Tops/Flops Marseille - Strasbourg: OM attackers silent, Vieira's winning coaching

Tops

If there is one Marseillais who did not deserve to concede a draw, it is him. Samuel Gigot made a rather good impression during the 90 minutes, first of all he was the one who opened the scoring. Only in the third minute, the captain had the good idea to stay at the front, and he was happy with it! Veretout misses his cross, Vitinha straightens it and Gigot emerges to place his head and show the way to his teammates. During the rest of the match, he managed Balerdi and Meite correctly, in a defense that always had one foot dragging to counter the Racing attackers. Number 4 was imperial, and even led a few attacks, and almost offered a decisive pass to Veretout who spoiled his captain's offering. But OM suffered too much and the goal that was hanging in their face arrived, and this time Gigot was unable to do anything. The only downside to his match was his yellow card taken out of play which will prevent him from playing the next match.

It was he who scored the equalizer for Strasbourg, Jeremy Sebas came on in the 79th minute of play and immediately got in tune with the team. This goal is not only the reward for the good match of the Racing players, but also their very first as a professional. Moise Sahi Dion also got into the swing of things quickly, with his first touch of the ball he could have scored a decisive pass on Diarra's missed shot. Both took advantage of their team's strong time and their opponents' weak time, Vieira made his changes at the right time. Concerning the first goal, Sahi Dion was able to perfectly support an inspired Dilane Bakwa, and could even have scored the winning goal at the very end of the match, but he narrowly missed the target. Whether it was one or the other, both made their contribution in this conquest of the draw at the Vélodrome.

Flops

If you want to score goals, it is often easier when you are helped by the attackers. This Friday evening, Vitinha and Aubameyang showed themselves little, even despite the Portuguese's decisive pass for Gigot, Veretout crosses poorly and the number 9 sends a ball haphazardly towards the penalty spot, fortunately for him his captain lurked there. This is the only strong point of the match for the pair of attackers, and it came in the third minute, which shows the void left by the Marseillais offensive players during the rest of 90 minutes of the match. But as expected, Gattuso did not dare to change them, lack of equipment due to the CAN, or lack of confidence in the youth present on the bench. In any case, the functional duo that we were sold against Lyon and Lorient was broken down.

It definitely doesn’t! Everyone is looking forward to Kevin Gameiro's 100th goal in Ligue 1, but it wasn't for this match. Scorer against his former club Lorient on December 17, the Strasbourg number 9 remained silent against Lille and Marseille. However, the content of his match is not to be thrown away, but its release coincided with the Alsatian highlight. In the game, the former Parisian led Racing's few offensives in the first half, but lacked aggression against Balerdi, Meite and Gigot. The veteran left his place for Sahi Dion and that's where the attack had the chances it was missing before the hour mark. Gameiro was not bad, but we are forced to remain hungry , the 100th will arrive later.