(Ligue 1 2022/2023): Highlights AJACCIO - MARSEILLE

It was a dead rubber, yet a match with explosive pre-match news. Ajaccio, the venue for Igor Tudor's final game in charge of Marseille. The Croatian cited personal reasons behind his departure from the OM bench as the Olympian board must once again spend the summer headhunting. For Ajaccio, the season can't finish soon enough. According to boss Olivier Pantalone, this early opportunity for Ben Ahmed Touré, indicative of why the pairs had scored only 22 goals, A sensational 2-1 win at OM's Orange Velodrome in October, now a distant memory. Two wins, two draws in 2023 for Ajaccio. Ruslan Malinovsky and Cengiz Under desperately tried to put the visitors ahead. Touré failed at one end, but fellow Ivorian Ismail Traore keeping the score blank with a brilliant goal-line clearance. Mateo Guendouzi wearing the captain's armband, although like many others, his future might be away from the club. Ajaccio aiming for a rare league double over Marseille, looking to the spirit of the 2004-05 team, while Tudor hoped to end on a high, a podium finish, a decent return. Ruslan Malinovsky only denied a goal by the brilliant Benjamin Leroy. Wonderful reactions, Under and the Ukrainian international linking again. This a save worth seeing again. Well, for the first time since September 2020, no OM players in the French international squad. Jordan Verrauteau sending a reminder to Didier Deschamps, but then after 641 minutes without a goal, that is some way to break a scoring duck. Clermont-Vidal bringing smiles all around the stadium, and what a finish. The first touch exquisite, the second exemplary. His very first Ligue 1 Uber Eats goals, the 29th time of asking. It may be a goal before Ajaccio returned to Ligue 2 Pekete, but memories for a lifetime. A rare double for Ajaccio, a Marseille finish on a low, but with a route to the Champions League open, Olivia Pantalone will look to the campaign back.