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After an almost perfect start to the season, OM lost on the Strasbourg pitch this Sunday evening at the end of the 6th day of Ligue 1 (1-0).
With a record of four victories and a draw, the first five rounds of the championship had allowed OM many ambitions – projections which perhaps took a little lead in the wing this Sunday evening in Strasbourg. This trip to Meinau could seem tricky for the Olympians, but it really was. With the result for Roberto De Zerbi a first setback conceded.
Faced with a youthful Alsatian team – among the youngest in the French elite this season – the Marseillais held out the stick to be beaten, too soft at the start of the debates and forced, it is true, to improvise in defense with the establishment of Hojbjerg in the rearguard in particular. An imbalance from which the RCSA was able to take advantage with confidence, like Moreira’s meritorious scorer before the break (1-0, 40e).
Greenwood wasn’t enough
Also less impactful offensively, the Phocaeans relied on Greenwood essentially to create danger in the opposing camp – only the English striker was unsuccessful and Petrovic, in the Strasbourg cage, made the necessary saves , including in money time against a Maupay launched in place of a Wahi who is still very discreet this evening.
Entering the game shortly after the hour mark to compensate for Koné’s injury, Rabiot did nothing, still lacking direction in his new team. And OM suffered their first defeat of the season, now finding themselves three lengths behind the leading PSG-Monaco tandem. This while Racing returns to the first part of the table, eighth, four points behind its victim of the day.
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