Marseille - Olympiacos 0-1: Great away win at "Velodrome" with a header from Esse

With Santiago Esse as the golden scorer and decisive interventions from Stefan Ortega, Olympiacos defeated Marseille 1-0 in France.

Olympiacos achieved a huge European victory in Marseille, defeating Marseille 1-0 at the "Orange Velodrome" for the 2nd matchday of the Europa League League Phase. Imanol Alguacil's team doubled their wins in the competition, reaching 6 points, while the French remained without a point after two matches.

Esse decided the match in the first half

The decisive moment of the match occurred in the 42nd minute. After a corner kick from Chiquinho, Santiago Esse jumped higher than everyone in the area and with a powerful header sent the ball into Jeffrey De Lange's net for the 0-1. In injury time of the first half (45'+2'), Roman Yaremchuk scored again for the Piraeus team, but the goal was disallowed as offside after a VAR review.

Ortega was a wall against the French pressure

In the second half, Bruno Genesio's Marseille increased their pressure, having possession of the ball (54% to 46%) and 11 total attempts. However, Olympiacos' goalkeeper, Stefan Ortega, had an excellent performance, recording 5 saves, stopping the attempts of Igor Paixão and Timothy Weah.

Despite the hosts' changes in the last half hour, the "red and whites'" defensive line with Panagiotis Retsos and Lorenzo Pirola kept a clean sheet. In the 88th minute, Armando Gonzalez had an opportunity to double the visitors' goals, but De Lange blocked his shot, with the 0-1 remaining until Michael Oliver's final whistle.