Goals and Highlights Marseille 0-1 Monaco: in Ligue 1
Monaco took the three points as visitors against Marseille by the minimum, reaching eighth place with 41 points, leaving the home team in third place and with no chance of regaining the runner-up spot.
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In a game where Marseille dominated the first half, Monaco came back from the break motivated, starting to keep goal and that earned them the only goal that gave them the three points.
Both teams start going from one area to the other looking for a goal, both playing entirely on the counter.
Second yellow card of the match for Axel Disasi, the first was two minutes before, Luan Peres was booked.
At the end of the first half, the home side were far superior, but Monaco had a flash of brilliance to open the scoring that was disallowed for offside.
They are two of Jorge Sampaoli's requests for the next tournament as the Argentine has a great esteem for them since they coincided in the Chilean National Team. He believes it is necessary to add them to have more experience and sees in them the qualitative leap they need to take a step forward in their national and international objectives.
Monaco vice-captain Axel Disasi proclaimed and added that they will fight in the remaining matches because they are competitive.
"We will have to quickly analyze what we missed today before going to play the semi-final of the Coupe de France in Nantes and try to return to play a final at the Stade de France. We will fight until the end. I have confidence in our group and we know we can achieve great things.
Gelson Martins spoke at a press conference, the Portuguese winger, who recently celebrated his 100th game for the Red and Whites in the 2-0 win over Lyon, mentioned that playing against teams that are deep in the back can seem to underperform.
"It's very difficult to play against teams that play deep in their own half. This can make it look like our performance is low. But we have to find solutions to try to break down these defenses, looking for more variety in our movements. It will be up to us, the players who are on the offensive, to find the right spaces."
Olympique Marseille president Pablo Longoria intends to buy William Saliba, who is on loan at the club from Arsenal. His intention is for the center-back to return to England and after the end of the season, to try to acquire his services on a permanent basis. Everything will depend on the player's decision and that of Mikel Arteta, who wants to try him out in the preseason, according to Le Provence.
Olympique de Marseille will be looking for a win to return to second place after Nice beat leaders PSG by the narrowest of margins to win 49 points, 2 more than Marseille, so a win would put them 1 point above the leaders and cut the gap to 12 points.
In a statement, the Olympique de Marseille supporters' club targeted the Argentine coach for his performance. The faction known as The Dodgers expressed on their social networks.
"Despite convincing results and objectives that are still achievable, many questions continue to pollute the daily life of Olympique de Marseille. Evidently it is about the human and sporting management of Jorge Sampaoli," the letter began.
Monaco coach Philippe Clement, speaking at a press conference, stressed that Marseille are very strong and that it will be a difficult match.
"They are very strong in organization and possession. They are not a team that presses all the time. It will be a difficult match, but I believe in our strengths to counter this team."
This is what the Stade Velodrome looks like ahead of the match between Marseille and Monaco, in search of three points to stay alive in the competition.
Source: Olympique de Marsella
So far, 42 have defended the colors of AS Monaco and Marseille, 40 players and two coaches. Many have lifted titles with both teams, among the best known is the 1998 World Cup winner and Euro 2000 winner with France, the greatest tricolor goalkeeper in history: Fabien Barthez, winner of the Club Cup in 1993 with Eric Di Meco and Manuel Amoros in particular.
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In the last 5 meetings between the two teams, with 2 wins for each team and a draw.
Monaco 0-2 Marseille, 11.Sep.21, 21-22
Monaco 3-1 Marseille, 23.Jan.21, 20-21
Marseille 2-1 Monaco, 13.Dec.20, 20-21
Monaco 3-4 Marseille, 15.Sep.19, 19-20
Marseille 1-1 Monaco, 13.Jan.19, 18-19
Monaco has just lost 2-1 in Ligue 1 against Nantes and in the French Cup semifinals they lost on penalties after a 2-2 draw, losing 4-2 in the shootout.
For their part, Marseille drew 1-1 in Ligue 1 against Troyes to stay second in the league, while in the Conference League they beat Qarabag 3-0.
Strahinja Pavlovic, 20 years old, is one of the most promising talents, he was bought by AS Monaco in the winter transfer window 2020, paying about 10 M€, now he leaves to continue his training in Basel. Informing through a statement on their social networks.
"AS Monaco announces the loan of Strahinja Pavlovic until the end of the season, with an option to buy, to FC Basel, currently third in the Swiss Super League. The Club wishes him every success for this end of season."
After Russia's invasion of Ukraine, where several teams outside the Russian country are in the spotlight, where tycoon Dmitry Rybolovlev is the main Russian billionaire who is still standing in the midst of the persecution of faces linked to Vladimir Putin. He was accused in the US of being close to President Putin, but France denied this. Rybolovlev left his country in 2010 after selling his stake in the company Uralkali to people close to Putin.
22-year-old Mattéo Guendouzi arrived on loan from Arsenal, having his second loan outside London after spending last season at Hertha Berlin, now he will definitely stay at Marseille, fulfilling the variables that made the loan permanent.
The French midfielder will sign with the Vélodrome club until 2026.
Wissam Ben Yedder, has become the revelation of Ligue 1, he is at the top of the league's scoring charts with 15 goals ahead of Kylian Mbappe and Dimitri Payet. Despite the fact that his club has not had a good tournament.
Source: EFE
Dimitri Payet, is the most important player of the club and very unbalanced in the opponent's field, having 9 goals to his credit so far in the tournament, so his participation is crucial for the team to be at the top of the table.
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William Saliba's performances this season at Marseille have earned him the club's Player of the Month award. Being a trend shared by Arsenal, the parent club, who have handed out awards to their players.
Saliba has received the award three times this campaign in France, and looks increasingly likely to return alongside Arteta.
Alvaro Gonzalez is living an attentive ordeal at Marseille, being removed from the team for club reasons, something that surprised the player who at all times has led a dressing room that wanted to aspire to great things. Having various episodes on and off the field.
"What I'm going through now is bad soccer, because the coach? well, the club, made decisions when I had been renewed five months ago and I didn't want to move, of course. Afterwards, in the city, people love me, take good care of me and I am very comfortable, but, of course. In the end we move for the sporting aspect. If I don't play, I can't be well and I'm not at my best", he admitted.
Mónaco: Alexander Nübel; Ruben Aguilar, Axel Disasi, Guillermo Maripán, Caio Henrique; Gelson Martins, Aurélien Tchouaméni, Jean Lucas Oliveira, Sofiane Diop; Wissam Ben Yedder, Kevin Volland.
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