PLAYER RATINGS | Marseille 3-0 Lyon: Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang and Vitinha star in comfortable OM victory in rearranged Choc des Olympiques
Ligue 1, Round 10, 06/12/23
Olympique de Marseille continued their revival whilst Olympique Lyonnais’ downward spiral continued as Gennaro Gattuso’s men secured a comfortable and highly deserved victory in Wednesday night’s rearranged Choc des Olympiques (3-0).
This time, Lyon made it to the Vélodrome in one piece. Lyon’s team bus was attacked en route to the stadium on 29th October, the date initially set for this Choc des Olympiques, with Fabio Grosso seriously injured. The Italian has since been sacked by Lyon. He wasn’t the only absentee this time around; Lyon’s fans were also banned from travelling in order to avoid a repeat of the violent incidents witnessed in October.
This time, football thankfully took centre stage. Lyon had shown signs of improvement against RC Lens, despite a 3-2 defeat last weekend, and Pierre Sage’s men were organised in the early stages, however, that stability was shortlived. Marseille scored with essentially their first chance of the game.
Rayan Cherki was too easily dispossessed and Marseille broke vertically, putting Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang through on goal. The Gabonese forward was unselfish, teeing up strike partner Vitinha to finish. Aubameyang was at the heart of OM’s second goal too. This time, the former Arsenal and Chelsea man found Michael Murillo at the back post with a nicely dinked cross, and the full-back simply couldn’t miss from just a yard out.
It could have been three before half-time, but Anthony Lopes got down well to turn Jordan Veretout’s shot around the post. However, Marseille could not be denied for long. Once again it was Vitinha and Aubameyang who linked up to put the result beyond doubt. Vitinha showed great strength to win his duel with Dejan Lovren before
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