• Olympique de Marseille lost 2-1 to Brest in their last home game of the season.
  • The Marseillais have somewhat spoiled the celebrations of the 30th anniversary of the victory in the Champions League with this defeat, synonymous with 3rd place in Ligue 1.
  • As since Friday, the supporters had again responded with a magnificent tifo in tribute to the European title of 1993.

At the Velodrome stadium,

A bronca to end the season at the Velodrome, while the anthem of the Champions League sounded in Bollaert, on the evening of the celebrations of the 30th anniversary of the victory in the European Cup. All the ingredients were gathered on Saturday evening for the evening of Olympique de Marseille to be perfect, a tour of the stadium of the stars of 1993, a magnificent tifo offered by the Marseille supporters to celebrate the 30th anniversary of the title of European champion in a stadium once again sold out, for a last home match against Brest, which had already ensured its maintenance last week. And even the mayor, Benoît Payan, with the role of Capo in the South Winners.



Yet the Marseillais managed to lose 2 goals to 1 against Brest, while Lens won 3 goals to 0 against Ajaccio, a defeat synonymous with 3rd place in Ligue 1 for OM, and direct qualification for the next Champions League of the Blood and Gold. Against a preliminary round, in August, for the men of Tudor.

OM definitely has the gift of spoiling everything this season

Despite the magnificent animations of the whole stadium, with Depé and the cup with big ears in the north corner, Boli with the same cup in the Ganay stand, and the squad of 93 with the European Cup in the south corner, the Marseillais delivered a soporific first half. What about the second, during which the men of Tudor managed the feat of being even worse than before the break, to the point of conceding a goal by the Marseillais of birth, Hugo Magnetti (57th)?

We first thought of yet another booster shot, as too often this season at the Velodrome stadium, when Chancel Mbemba made up for it by slamming a ball on corner (75th). But the hammer Madhi Camara confirmed what we sensed a few minutes later on corner (81st): OM definitely has the gift of spoiling everything this season.

"We weren't even able to do that"

"We have no explanation to give except that we were not up to the task tonight, as often this season at home. It's not normal, the fans have been perfect all season. With what was at stake, it was at least to offer them this victory to make the party even more beautiful because they set fire to the whole city. We weren't even able to do that. What do you want me to tell you? ", said Valentin Rongier completely disillusioned in the mixed zone.

Igor Tudor's men ended the season at home under thunderous whistles, for a tour of the pitch with a string of low heads. "We are sad. We wanted to give a great victory, there were motivations for that, the 30th anniversary of the Champions League, the last one at home... But we weren't good enough," the coach said.

A match that finally sums up the season of the Marseillais. Despite "a great Champions League campaign", and a qualification still possible in the last match against Tottenham (1-2), OM still finished last in its group. In the Coupe de France, they achieved the feat of eliminating PSG in one of the most beautiful matches of the season at the Velodrome, before pitifully being taken out by Annecy at home. And in Ligue 1, a second place mortgaged in two defeats in the North, against Lens (2-1) and Lille (2-1).

Valentin Rongier "touched, angry"

Yet Igor Tudor prefers to retain "a lot of positives" from this season: "I am proud and happy with this season. We played great football. All in all, this team gave a lot of emotions and had good results. I am very satisfied with this season. We hoped to be a little higher, but we are in our place."

A feeling not at all shared by his midfielder, the only one to have appeared in the mixed zone after this new bitter defeat, Valentin Rongier: "I am touched, angry, necessarily because we do not have the right to do that. I don't have the words. It's a failure with the quality of the squad, we should have done better even if we should not throw everything away either. From the frying on the line between Igor Tudor and his players, like Dimitri Payet's comfort hug to a Mattéo Guendouzi disappointed in front of the south corner at the end of the match, two players sidelined by the Croatian and who could no longer be part of the OM squad next season.

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