On Monday night, Olympique de Marseille hosted Paris Saint-Germain in Matchday 5 of Ligue 1 — a game rescheduled due to severe weather at the Vélodrome. With PSG fielding a heavily reshuffled side due to injuries, a small mistake from goalkeeper Lucas Chevalier handed the advantage to the Phocaeans, who went on to win by the narrowest of margins (1–0), ending 14 years of Parisian dominance. After this historic victory, Marseille center-back Leonardo Balerdi spoke to Ligue1+.
Balerdi: “We didn’t want to let them play.”
Fourteen years since you last won here?
“It’s crazy — the fans deserve this. We do too, because we always work for moments like this. We’re happy, really happy.”
Was the plan perfect?
“We came here, at home, with that mentality. We didn’t want to let them play and I think we did that well. We worked hard and it paid off.”
