The Olympique de Marseille Sentinel
The dugout28 Feb 2028
Amine Harit says Olympique de Marseille went back on their word
“I was told what my role would be, and I signed on that basis. It has not happened.” A grievance with a date attached is the hardest kind to settle.
Match26 Feb 2028
Olympique de Marseille get the job done against RC Strasbourg
A 1‑0 win over RC Strasbourg, earned rather than given, and the sort of afternoon that sends everyone home talking about next week instead of this one.
Looking ahead28 Feb 2028
The neighbours are next for Olympique de Marseille
Nothing about the week ahead is ordinary. Paris Saint-Germain on Saturday, a town that has already started talking about it, and a dressing room that does not need telling what it means.
Player ratings28 Feb 2028
Both jobs done by Pierre-Emile Højbjerg — 6.98
A midfielder is measured on whether the team functions when he is on the pitch, which is nearly impossible to see and completely obvious in retrospect. 9 actions, 6.98, and a manager who will not be substituting him again in a hurry.
Squad28 Feb 2028
A muscle injury sidelines Thomas Deschamps for 14 days
Nobody makes a documentary about a hamstring and everybody in the game fears one. Olympique de Marseille will be careful with the return date, because the second one is always worse than the first.
Player ratings28 Feb 2028
Nobody on the pitch touched Neal Maupay
7.99, and no serious argument from anybody who was there. Olympique de Marseille had eleven men on the pitch and one of them decided how it went.
Loan watch28 Feb 2028
Igor Paixão keeps scoring at Paris FC
23 appearances away from home and 10 goals to show for them. Every one of them makes next summer's conversation a little more expensive.
The dugout28 Feb 2028
Pierre-Emile Højbjerg has become a man the manager trusts
Nobody at Olympique de Marseille will say this on the record and the team sheets have been saying it for weeks. There is a small group in every squad who get picked when the fixture is difficult, and he has joined it.
The dugout28 Feb 2028
Julien Colin has his say
“We earned that. I asked them for a reaction and I got one, and now I want the same again on Saturday.” Julien Colin on a 1‑0 afternoon that pleased him more than he was prepared to show.
In brief
- The dugout Somebody else is better right now than Emerson
- Player ratings Bradley Barcola keeps on missing
- Looking ahead Bradley Barcola faces his old club