And six! After Lille and Lyon in early November is a new big league in Bordeaux, third before this 17e championship day, which gave way to Olympique Marseille, Sunday, December 8. Players Andre Villas-Boas consolidate their second place, and now have six points ahead of their closest pursuer, Lille, pending the game late Rennes, today at seven points. And five behind Paris, which counts one match less.
The Marseille have been well helped by the Bordeaux, who have not won since 2008 at the Vélodrome in Ligue 1. The Girondins have completely missed their start of the second period, they had started with a goal in advance, thanks to a long shot by Yacine Adli (31e). On a corner, conceded stupidly on a setback of Pablo, Dimitri Payet did not hesitate to drop the ball at the back post on the head of Jordan Amavi, for the equalization (48).e).
Marseille mastery
The Bordeaux defense, so effective in the first period and that had fallen asleep Marseilles attempts, continued to thwart afterwards, trying several times to restart awkwardly from its own surface. After a few warnings without charge, Morgane Sanson ended up punishing the Girondins by recovering a bad pass in front of the penalty area. His powerful shot left no chance to Benoît Costil (60e).
The Marseillais continued to impose their pressing and showed a good control until the end of the match. The nonexistent offensive animation of Bordeaux facilitated the task. Sanson could have widened the gap by playing in the back of the defense (67e) and Payet narrowly missed a 50-meter lob (80e). It was finally Tchouameni who hijacked Radonjic's strike against his side to give the score a little more scale (90e + 1).
Marseille continue its good run in Ligue 1, and could further strengthen his stature of dolphin PSG with two affordable games before the truce: a trip to Metz, 18e in the standings, before the reception of Nîmes, 19e.