My Adventure in Marseille; 2020

My 3rd best striker Mwakingwe who was injured before I joined the club came back from injury and after 2 reserve matches I decided to hand him his first league start under my management and he
really repaid the favour

OM 4-2 Valenciennes Ligue 1 23.8.2020

OM (4-1-1-2-2): Kamanzi, Allan, Wallace, Die,
Pirulto, Suleiman, Imbula, Ayew, Okafor, Mwakingwe, Jabeur

Goals: Mwakingwe(1, 26), Jabeur (46, 68)

MOTM: Mwakingwe

We completely dominated proceedings of the match with 24 shots(10 on target) to their 10 shots(4 on target) and possession was 55 to 45. And for the first time my squad had no yellow cards while they had 3.

OM 1-0 Sampdoria Euro Cup 4th Qual. Rnd Leg 2 27.8.2020

OM (4-1-1-2-2): Kamanzi,Salluce, Mendoza, Jbara,
Pirulto, Suleiman, Suna, Connolly, Etuhu, Ayew, Jabeur

Subs used: Mwakingwe in for Jordan Ayew (66)

Goals: Etuhu (56)

MOTM: Adria Mas (Sampdoria)

We just had to put the game to bed in this 2nd leg and we did just that, although I must say I was expecting to win by a larger margin.

I was drawn in the group stage alongside

Braga
Ekrans
SK Rapid Wien

A Relatively Easy group, the only Challenge there being Braga, but I have faith in my OM team to clinch an easy qualification.

LOSC Lille Metropole 2-1 OM Ligue 1 30.8.2020

OM (4-1-2-1-2): Kamanzi, Kabore, Wallace, Jbara,
Allan, Suleiman, Suna, Connolly, Okafor, Ayew, Jabeur .

Subs Used: Mwakingwe for Jabeur(66), Imbula for Suna(73)

Goals: Ayew (24)

MOTM: Jose Luis Vaquero (Lille)

This was not the best way to end an amazing month but I fielded a pretty weak team due to fatigue and I definitely saw some positives in it.

August Review

I used the 4-1-1-2-2 formation for 743 minutes and I have scored 20 goals and conceded 7

I used the 4-1-2-1-2 formation for 283 minutes and I have scored 5 goals and conceded 6, thus, this tactic has to go, I am now searching or new formations and open to ideas.

My super striker has scored 4 goals in 6 appearances which is not a bad statistic for a new comer still settling in a new club. My highest assister is Suleiman who has racked up 3 assists in 4 appearances.

My highest rated player is Etuhu with 7.88 followed by Mwakingwe with 7.80 and then Jabeur with 7.61.
I’m really looking forward to next month and seeing how my players reply from the loss against Lille
And seeing that my first match is on the 13th of September, it’ll give ample time for rest

OM 4-0 FC Sochaux-Montbe Ligue 1 13.9.2020

OM (4-1-1-2-2): Kamanzi, Bertello, Wallace, Jbara, Pirulto, Suleiman, Kabore, Connolly, Etuhu, Mwakingwe, Jabeur

Goals: Jabeur (20,72), Mwakingwe(56), Pirulto(64)

MOTM: Etuhu

This was a wonderful victory for my squad, a superb response from the Lille loss. They responded magnificently and I got a well deserved victory.

OM 5-0 Ekranas Euro Cup Grp K 17.9.2020

OM (4-1-1-2-2): Kamanzi, Salluce, Mendoza, Jbara,
Pirulto, Suleiman, Suna, Connolly, Etuhu, Aywe, Jabeur

Subs Used: Jabbari for Jabeur(inj)

Goals: Shushkevich(o.g)(14), Ayew(17), Levitskiy(o.g)(46), Connolly(pen 55), Jabeur(76).

MOTM: Jabeur

Jabeur picked up an Injury during the game and is out for 7-9 days

Girodins Bordeaux 1-1 OM Ligue 1 20.9.2020

OM (4-1-1-3-1): Mandanda,Bartello, Wallace, Die,
Allan, Suleiman, Kabore, Ayew, Suna, Etuhu, Mwakingwe

Subs used: Connolly for Suna (45)

Goals: Connolly (73)

MOTM: Steve Mandanda

I had to change my formation back to the 4-1-1-2-2, that’s when I equalized, then they had red card in the 78th minute and I set my strategy to overload with the hope that I would be able to exploit their one-man disadvantage. But my pressure was just not enough for a winning goal.

It was a pretty even match as you can see from the screenshot below

OM 3-0 Stade Rennais FC Ligue 1 26.9.2020

OM (4-1-1-2-2): Kamanzi, Salluce, Wallace, Jbara,
Pirulto, Suleiman, Suna, Connolly, Etuhu, Mwakingwe, Ayew

Subs used: Habeur for Makingwe (67), Okafor for Etuhu(72)

Goals: Ayew(14, 22), Jabeur(90)

MOTM: Ayew

Month Review

The league table after september


The player stats


The fixtures of September and October


It was a pretty good month winning three and drawing one match, and i am 3rd in the Ligue 1
but i have a very tough month ahead with 7 matches and 2 derbies, one against PSG and the other against OGC Nice. I'm really looking forward to what will be undoubtedly a very wonderful, hard, interesting, fun month!!

Nice results, you are in a good position 3rd. Your mission should be stop PSG, with Ibra is a train :S!!

2012-12-07 23:00#71380 andrew98 : Nice results, you are in a good position 3rd. Your mission should be stop PSG, with Ibra is a train :S!!

I'll try my best, thanks Andy.

SK Rapid Wien 0-4 Euro Cup Grp K 1.10.2020

OM (4-1-1-2-2): Bertelllo, Wallace, Jbara, Pirulto; Suleiman, Kabore;
Etuhu, Connolly; Ayew, Jabeur.

Subs used: Michael Okafor for Etuhu(45), Mwakingwe for Ayew(45)

Goals: Jbara(11), Jabeur(44,79), Kabore(88)

MOTM: Jabeur

It was a very nice match which I controlled, but I was also worried because I had 5 yellow cards

OM 4-1 OGC Nice 4.10.2020 Ligue 1

OM (4-1-1-2-2): Salluce, Wallace, Jbara, Pirulto; Suleiman,Suna;
Etuhu, Connolly; Mwakingwe, Jabeur.

Subs Used: Ayew for Suna (18)

Injuries: Suna( out for 4 weeks)

Goals: Mwakingwe(6, 28), Ayew (22, 50)

MOTM: Mwakingwe

OM 5-0 AC Ajaccio Ligue 1 17.10.2020

OM (4-1-1-2-2): Bertelllo, Wallace, Jbara, Pirulto; Suleiman, Kabore;
Etuhu, Ayew; Mwakingwe, Jabeur.

Goals: Jabeur(26,42), Etuhu(31), Ayew(47), Mwakingwe(54)

MOTM: Jabeur

OM 4-1 Braga Euro Cup Grp K 22.10.2020

OM (4-1-1-2-2): Salluce, Mendoza, Jbara, Pirulto; Suleiman, Kabore;
Etuhu, Connolly; Ayew, Jabeur.

Subs used: Mwakingwe for Connolly (45)

Goals: Etuhu (30,74), Mwakingwe (48), Jabeur (89)

MOTM: Etuhu

Toulouse FC 0-2 OM Ligue 1 25.10.2020

OM (4-2-2-2): Bertelllo, Wallace, Jbara, Pirulto; Suleiman, Kabore;
Okafor, Connolly ; Mwakingwe, Jabeur.

Goals: Claudio (o.g), Mwakingwe (45+1)

MOTM: Connolly

OM 1-0 RC Lens Ligue 1 28.10.2020

OM (4-1-1-2-2): Bertello, Wallace, Jbara, Pirulto; Suleiman, Suna;
Etuhu, Ayew; Mwakingwe, Jabeur

Goal: Jabeur (88)

MOTM: Die

I wasn’t at all pleased with this performance. I was happy that we were going to face a very weak side before PSG, but if we perfume like this, I think PSG is going to wipe the field with our uniforms.

PSG vs.OM Ligue 1 31.10.2020

Ladies and Gentlemen, my name is Jim Beglin and I shall be your guide throughout this match. Welcome to the Parc des Prince in the city of romance, Paris. We are here for a heated rival battle between Paris Saint-Germain and Olympique de Marseille. PSG are slight favorites due to their home advantage. And Om seem to be reducing in Quality lately and if they play the way they played against Lens, then this might not be much of a match
Line-up and formations

KO
2min: Wallace lost the ball to Abdel Aziz…….Abdel Aziz took a shot, Kemanzi pushed it away, Aziz was first to the rebound…….GOAL!!!! PSG are ahead with only 2 minutes played!!

10min: Pastore dispossessed Kabore, Kabore tackled him and passed the ball to Ayew, Ayew took the ball past Rojas and blasted it towards the top corner………Sirugu was there to turn it behind

45+1 min: Abdel Aziz cut infield with the ball, he centered the ball, Elshaarawy found some space and powered a header at goal……..GOAL!!!!! now PSG are 2 goals up and we are still in the 1st half

HT: This is quite embarrassing for OM they need to find their rhythm if they wanna get back in this game

2nd half
61min: Suleiman took the ball forward, he passed the ball to Kabore, he took a first time shot…….but Sirugu saved and held the ball.

63min: Malongi came forward and passed to Abdel Aziz, he took a few steps and took a shot……….Kamanzi saved and held onto the ball

64min: Pirulto went forward and sent floating ball into the 18 yard box, Jabeur rised…………GOALLL!!!!! He pulled one back for OM!!!

FT
A very disappointing performance from OM her as they had a lot of chances but struggled to put them away.

That was the last game of the month; if I had won I would have gone to the top of the table but 2nd is also not a bad position.


October and November Fixtures/Result


It was a good month overall but i lost the most important match of the month,
I have another important match coming up next month against OL

I sincerely apologize for not posting in a month, i was very busy with a whole lot of things. I want to know if i should continue the story or just let it go, please give your opinions.

continue it jus read through it there and you have been gettin some very good results with a couple of tough 1s aswell.. the league is still there for the taking