This Wednesday, Olympique de Marseille faced AS Saint-Etienne for the sixth friendly match of the preparation! Jorge Sampaoli’s men won 2-1 thanks to a beautiful goal from Konrad De la Fuente!
Jorge Sampaoli was able to test his squad in a friendly match against AS Saint-Etienne on Wednesday evening. For this meeting, Konrad De la Fuente, Mattéo Guendouzi or William Saliba had their chance as holders.
The Argentine coach will not have made the wrong choice as the young American winger has shown great things on his left side. Impactful, fast and efficient, the former FC Barcelona player has certainly scored points!
In midfield, Mattéo Guendouzi was extremely valuable in his physical impact, recovery of the ball but also in his ability to break lines through breakthroughs and forward passes.
LUAN PERES AND SALIBA SOLIDES, DECISIVE PASTOR
Coach Sampaoli trusted William Saliba in central defense alongside Leonardo Balerdi and Jordan Amavi. The player on loan from Arsenal performed very well. Strong defensively, he made his partners better.
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In the second half, Radonjic gave way to Ünder who showed good things on his right side. He notably fired the kicks stopped at the exit of Dimitri Payet. The Turkish international found Alvaro Gonzalez on a corner, the Spaniard allowing the Marseillais to win.
Luan Peres also made his debut and was not unworthy! The Brazilian seems to be well integrated into Jorge Sampaoli’s squad already. The former Argentina manager’s player at Santos showed a lot of solidity and notably made a high-quality defensive return. He should certainly move the hierarchy in defense.
THE GOAL OF KONRAD
Well launched by Benedetto, the Marseille rookie Konrad de la Fuente magnificently takes the beauty along and realistically deceives the Saint Etienne goalkeeper, Etienne Green 🎯@OM_Officiel already leads the score after less than 10 minutes of play ⏳ pic.twitter.com/iEGm3h5VsU
– C8 (@ C8TV) July 28, 2021
THE PURPOSE OF ALVARO
On a corner well taken by Cengiz Under, Alvaro Gonzalez gave the advantage to the Olympians a few seconds from the end of the match: 2-1 @OM_Officiel ends this meeting strong 👀 pic.twitter.com/SRAYjt523q
– C8 (@ C8TV) July 28, 2021