About ten days ago, Olympique de Marseille recorded the arrival of Cédric Bakambu. The Congolese international striker had not played for a club since August and his departure, free from China. Last weekend, against LOSC, his contract was not yet approved and he would probably have done some good.
The questions that arose were clearly about his physical condition. He hadn’t played for a long time let alone in a really competitive championship. It was therefore a real surprise to see him in the group concocted by Jorge Sampaoli for the trip to Lens.
Obviously, he was not a starter and, anyway, El Pelado also decided to do without Arkadiusz Milik and therefore a real attacker at the start. OM generally mastered a first period, punctuated by an achievement, from the penalty spot, by Dimitri Payet. After the hour mark, it was time for the Argentinian to launch his new striker, instead of a rather disappointing Luis Henrique (75th).
He hits the mark on his first strike
A first time launched in depth, he failed in his ball grip chaining in stride two faults. We thought then that he needed a few training sessions to find sensations. But, finally, following a sequence where he recovered perfectly with a heel towards Guendouzi, the French international sent him into the area and with a shot from the left at the near post, gave more air to his team (77th ).
God’s Plan ???? pic.twitter.com/e5oCmBiiPa
— Cedric Bakambu (@Bakambu17) January 22, 2022
A very fine debut in their new colors and it’s not so often that OM get some air at the end of the match. The main interested party, at the microphone of Canal +, remained sober all the same: I seized the opportunity to be decisive. We must underline the good work of the team. We had a very serious game. We were solid at the start, although we confirmed. I’m happy, we have the 3 points “. His coach, Jorge Sampaoli, at a press conference, was thrilled: “ Bakambu? It was a small risk after his period of inactivity but we thought that over 15/20 minutes of play he could bring us something. speed “. The attacker could not have dreamed of better!
