Without a league win for 4 days, OM had no choice but to win in order to finally relaunch in Ligue 1 and above all not to get out of the top 5 in Ligue 1. After the success against FC Basel a few days earlier, it was a somewhat overhauled Marseille, without Payet but with Amine Harit, who moved to the Francis Le Blé stadium to challenge a 13th-placed Brest there and who remained on a success against Lens. The start of the match was very clearly in favor of the Marseillais who found the fault quickly. After good work from Harit who recovered a ball in the middle and launched Milik, the Pole found Gerson who finished with the right foot (3rd). A goal which confirmed the good first minutes of Marseille while the Brestois seemed a little stunned. Michel Der Zakarian’s men nevertheless increased in power at the end of the first period without being sharp in the last meters like Youcef Belaili, active but sometimes clumsy in his decisions.
When they returned from the locker room, the Brestois pushed to come back and got a few chances. The Douaron even managed to eliminate Pau Lopez but missed his pass for his teammate when the goal was empty. And this lack of technical precision ended up being expensive. On a corner once again well struck by Amine Harit, the inevitable Milik placed his head and made the break in this meeting (63rd). In the euphoria of this second goal, the Marseillais even knocked out Brest with a goal from Amine Harit, which came to reward his very big match of the day. Very well ahead, OM quietly ensured their lead despite the reduction in Cardona’s score (90th + 1) and took the three points this Sunday evening in addition to taking care of their goal difference since Under drove the nail in the last seconds (90th +3). Which is important since Marseille takes second place in the standings ahead of Nice. For its part, Brest remains 13th.
