We must not arrive late this Friday at the Vélodrome, and not leave too early or too quickly. Indeed, it was from the 3rd minute of play that Samuel Gigot, with a header, opened the scoring during the duel between OM and Strasbourg (1-0) at the opening of the 18th day of Ligue 1. A goal who seemed for a long time to be the only one, before the equalizer, in stoppage time, of the young Jérémy Sebas who, at 20 years old, scored the first goal of his professional career (1-1, 90th 2).
As a result in the ranking, Marseille climbs a notch to find itself at least provisionally 5th ahead of Lille. Above all, OM continues its series of invincibility in the championship, started after a setback in Lens on November 12 (1-0). For their part, Strasbourg remains 9th.
It started strong for the Marseillais, who were rewarded for their good start to the match. Following a corner, Veretout had the good idea to go after the players who had remained in the area. Vitinha deviated, and who was lurking in the area… Samuel Gigot, found alone at the penalty spot before placing his head in the back of the Sels net (1-0, 3rd). Then nothing for the rest of the first half. The match became physical and complicated for both sides. Strasbourg got back on the ball but was well targeted by the Olympian defense.
But the Phocaeans made the mistake of leaving the Strasbourg players alive. The more the match progressed, the more Gattuso’s men struggled, with only Veretout coming close to scoring in the second half. Found at the far post, he took his time before hitting and beating Sels, but his prudence allowed Senayo to return in time to stop the ball on the line. Then what was supposed to happen happened…
After several Alsatian chances, including a crossbar from Bakwa on a free kick, it was finally at the end of the match that Sebas managed to equalize following a confused action in the area (1-1, 90th 2nd). In this match, the Olympians not only lost 2 points, they were also abandoned by Kondogbia, who was out injured. OM missed their first in 2024, and without their African players leaving for the CAN, the month of January could be complicated.
