Himad Abdelli

Central Midfielder - Olympique de Marseille
24 Jan 2027
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18 Edition

The Olympique de Marseille Sentinel

30 Nov 2026
From our football correspondent Steady

Player ratings30 Nov 2026

Igor Paixão was unplayable

Successful dribbles: 35. He went past people as if he had been told there was a prize for it, and by the end the full-back had stopped pretending to try.

Match28 Nov 2026

No mercy from Olympique de Marseille

Toulouse FC will want this one forgotten quickly: 3‑0, every duel lost, and a long ride home. Olympique de Marseille were ruthless in the way good sides are ruthless.

Player ratings30 Nov 2026

A brace, and Amine Gouiri takes the afternoon — 8.61

There is a particular kind of quiet from an away end watching one man score twice. Amine Gouiri provided it, and the 8.61 beside his name is if anything generous to everybody else.

Squad30 Nov 2026

Tempers go at Olympique de Marseille

Pierre-Emile Højbjerg was at the centre of it, and by the time it was pulled apart there were three or four others involved. Training grounds are small places and long seasons make them smaller.

Player ratings30 Nov 2026

Timothy Weah in the eights

A performance of 8.01 does not come along often, and when it does the rest of the team becomes scenery. He was magnificent.

The dugout30 Nov 2026

The manager’s verdict

“I am not going to get carried away and I will not let them either. It was a good day. There will be harder ones.” Hervé Le Gall kept it short after the 3‑0 win, which is what managers do when they are happy.

Squad30 Nov 2026

Words at Olympique de Marseille training over how hard people work

Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Bakary Nimaga is at the centre of it, and the squad will now find out whether the standard rises or the pair of them simply stop speaking.

The dugout30 Nov 2026

A promise honoured at Olympique de Marseille

Something was said to Geoffrey Kondogbia and then it happened. In this industry that passes for remarkable, and the dressing room noticed faster than any supporter could.

The dugout30 Nov 2026

The manager makes an example of Théo Vermot

“If you cannot run for the shirt, somebody else will wear it.” No name was used and none was needed; every player in that room knew who it was for.

In brief

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10 Edition

The Olympique de Marseille Sentinel

5 Oct 2026
From our football correspondent Steady

Squad5 Oct 2026

A one-man rearguard from Jeffrey de Lange

There were 6 saves in it, and at least three that had no business being saves at all. The ten outfield players owe him a drink and they know it.

Squad5 Oct 2026

Words exchanged at Olympique de Marseille

Benjamin Pavard and a teammate said things this week that will take longer than a week to unsay. It was not about football, and both of them play on Saturday.

Squad5 Oct 2026

Nouhoum Kamissoko is a better footballer than he was

Not a run of form — an actual step up, held for months. At 21 he is doing things at this level he could not do at the start of the season, and the coaching staff will tell you exactly which of them.

Squad5 Oct 2026

Uroš Radaković stays put

“The easiest signature of my career.” Uroš Radaković and Olympique de Marseille agree another 2 years, and the manager can plan around him rather than about him.

The dugout5 Oct 2026

Himad Abdelli is still paying for one afternoon at Olympique de Marseille

Nobody will confirm this and nothing else explains the last month of selections. A costly error buys a player a period of being second choice that is always longer than the error was.

The dugout5 Oct 2026

Hervé Le Gall on the point

“A point is a point and I will take it, but we should have had all three.” Hervé Le Gall after the 0‑0 draw, and the sentence every manager in the country said at some stage this weekend.

Player ratings5 Oct 2026

Amine Gouiri leaves them behind him

Shots: 11. Goals: none. The chances were there and they were good ones, and they went into the stand, the goalkeeper's arms and the side netting in roughly that order.

Market5 Oct 2026

The Igor Paixão story refuses to die

It has been denied twice and printed three times, which is the usual arithmetic. Until Igor Paixão signs something — a contract at Olympique de Marseille or anywhere else — this column belongs to him.

Market5 Oct 2026

No place for Ugo Lamare El Kadmiri in the plan

“The manager did not use many words, and he did not need to.” Ugo Lamare El Kadmiri has his answer from Olympique de Marseille; what he does with it is the next window’s story.

In brief

8 Edition

The Olympique de Marseille Sentinel

21 Sep 2026
From our football correspondent Steady

Match16 Sep 2026

Ange Lago sends Olympique de Marseille through

Cup ties wait for somebody to seize them, and Ange Lago obliged against US Creteil. 1‑0 on the night, and the name in the next round’s hat is Olympique de Marseille.

Player ratings21 Sep 2026

No sign of nerves from Ange Lago at 21 — 8.02

The hardest thing about being 21 in a senior side is that nobody makes allowances. Ange Lago did not need any: 8.02, and he looked the most comfortable man on the pitch.

Squad21 Sep 2026

Benjamin Pavard in a row with a teammate

It was not about football and everybody who saw it knows that. Two men who have to play together on Saturday said things at Olympique de Marseille this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.

Squad21 Sep 2026

Yanis Sellami is a better footballer than he was

Not a run of form — an actual step up, held for months. At 19 he is doing things at this level he could not do at the start of the season, and the coaching staff will tell you exactly which of them.

Market21 Sep 2026

Joaquín Panichelli has his eye on Europe

It is not a grievance and it is not a demand: he wants to play continental football, and he has stopped hiding it. Whether Olympique de Marseille can give him that is a question about the club, not about him.

Match19 Sep 2026

Monaco take the points off Olympique de Marseille

Beaten 1‑3, and beaten fairly. The manager kept his words short afterwards, which was probably wise.

The terraces21 Sep 2026

The crowd has taken to Ange Lago

At 21 he is being sung about by people twice his age, which is an affection a signing has to earn over years and a local kid gets for turning up. It is also the hardest thing in football to live up to.

Player ratings21 Sep 2026

Nobody could get near Victor Joseph

Successful dribbles: 19. Every time he got the ball somebody had to make a decision, and every time the decision was wrong.

Squad21 Sep 2026

A row about effort at Olympique de Marseille

Somebody said out loud what several people thought about how hard another man trains, and Nayef Aguerd was in the middle of it. The one dressing-room argument that is genuinely about football.

In brief