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As the two teams came out to Van Halen’s Jump, there was much talk of the Big Three in France setting themselves apart from the rest of the league even this early on. Nevertheless, even within that subdivision, there’s a distinct line between Marseille, and Paris Saint-Germain and Monaco. Marseille may have finished second last season, but they, like so many runners-up around Europe, were some way off leaders PSG, and, despite playing at home, they appeared to be heading into the game to stop PSG from winning rather than going for it themselves. The two teams were set up to match one another perfectly: Marseille in a 4-2-3-1 and PSG in a 4-3-3, ensuring each player had an opposite number and only Zlatan Ibrahimovic, who would drop off the front between the lines, found any space. This unfortunately led to a rather dull opening half an hour, with the few chances coming from lapses in concentration rather than well-worked play. Elie Baup’s men had an obvious split between their team, with the front four the only ones really involved in attack and everyone retreating into two banks of four when defending. The split in Laurent Blanc’s side appeared less […]
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