Marseille-Lyon: (3-2): OM overthrow OL in the final minutes and win Olympico

The atmosphere was electric at the Vélodrome stadium. Olympique de Marseille hosted Olympique Lyonnais this Sunday evening for a shock at the top of the table, decisive for direct qualification for the Champions League. And the two teams did not miss the meeting.

From the first minutes, the Lyonnais took advantage of a blunder by the Olympian defense, one more, to offer themselves a first scoring opportunity. Corentin Tolisso, left alone after a placement error by Leonardo Balerdi, was quick to adjust Gerónimo Rulli with a left-footed shot under the crossbar (3rd).

The Olympians, who had not won in Ligue 1 since January 24 (2 draws, 2 defeats), then increased the intensity a notch and increased the number of mistakes. Habib Beye’s players, who were celebrating his first on the Vélodrome bench, were even saved by Rulli, who intervened in front of the Ukrainian Roman Yaremchuk at the end of added time in the first period.

Returning from the locker room, Corentin Tolisso saw his second goal cruelly refused for being offside by a few millimeters. Before the incoming Igor Paixão, on the field for seven minutes, set the Marseille enclosure buzzing with a delicious right-foot curl at the entrance to the area (52nd).

Aubameyang reverses everything

Uncertain, the end of the match initially turned to the advantage of Paulo Fonseca’s men. After another loss of ball, from Emerson this time, Endrick serves Rémi Himbert who easily wins his one on one with Balerdi before finishing with a left-footed cross shot (76th).

A lead that will not last more than five minutes. On a poorly kicked corner by Emerson, Igor Paixão puts the ball back into the area towards Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang who throws himself inside five meters and fifty to tackle the leather and reset the counters to zero (81st).

The match then headed straight towards a perfect tie… before the Gabonese striker sent the Olympian supporters into ecstasy by scoring the winning goal in the empty cages after a perfect serve from Ethan Nwaneri (90th + 1).

As in September 2024, thanks to Jonathan Rowe, Olympique de Marseille turned the tide in the final moments and ideally placed itself back in the race for the podium, two points behind Lyon (3rd). Plunged into crisis, the Phocaeans are finally getting their heads above water.