Marseille failed to clamp down on leaders Paris Saint-Germain by drawing 1-1 at home to Montpellier on Friday, in the opening of the 29th stage of the French Football League .
And with the start of the final race to win the title, Marseille II failed to reduce the difference with leaders Saint-Germain to 4 points, as it settled for raising its score to 60 points, compared to 66 for the Capital Club, which receives Lyon at home on Sunday in the most prominent matches of this round.
The southern club also continued wasting points at its "Velodrome" stadium for the fifth consecutive match in the league, as it achieved a series of 3 draws and two defeats.
Since his loss to Saint-Germain at the end of February, 0-3, the men of the Croatian coach Igor Tudor scored 8 points out of 12 possible, with a draw against Strasbourg 2-2 and Montpellier, and two wins against Rennes 1-0 and Reims 2-1.
Marseille was absent from the Moroccan international midfielder, Ezzedine Onahi, who was injured during the international break with his country, until the end of the season.
Montpellier opened the scoring after a joint game started by Tunisian Wahbi Khazri, and the ball reached Sibi to Wahi, and from there to Arnaud Nordin, who hit a floor that deceived the goalkeeper (12), but the referee canceled the goal initially due to offside the passer of the ball to return and rule on the video assistant referee “VAR Which indicated the validity of Wahi's position.
The owners of the land equalized before the whistle at the end of the first half from a penalty kick that was successfully executed by Matteo Guendouzi after a handball inside the area on Montpellier defender Mamadou Sacco (44).
Despite his stumbling, Marseille managed to keep his record free from defeat against Montpellier in his last eight matches at home in the league (4 wins against 4 draws), knowing that his last loss dates back to August 17, 2014 (zero-2).
For his part, Montpellier is going through a good period with the arrival of coach Michel Der Zakarian, where he achieved 5 victories against two draws against Lens 1-1 on February 25 and Marseille in the last seven stages.