The 3 most memorable Olympico clashes in history 🔥

This Sunday evening, Olympique Lyonnais hosts Olympique de Marseille for the third matchday of Ligue 1.

An Olympico that we hope will be as memorable and spectacular as the three we’re about to show you...

Buckle up and (re)discover the three most unforgettable Olympicos in history!

OL 5-5 OM, November 2009

Claude Puel’s OL hosts Didier Deschamps’ OM at Gerland.

The first 45 minutes are already wild, with the halftime score at 2-2. Souleymane Diawara answered Lyon’s opener from Miralem Pjanić, and Benoît Cheyrou responded to Sidney Govou’s goal.

After the break, OM shifts into high gear! The Phocaeans take the lead thanks to a goal from Bakari Koné... and even go up 4-2 with ten minutes left after Brandão’s goal!

What follows is simply epic. OL scores three goals in nine minutes (a brace from Lisandro López, a goal from Michel Bastos) and finds themselves ahead, 5-4, as stoppage time begins!

At that point, everyone thinks Lyon has secured the win. But after a scramble in the Lyon penalty area following a long throw-in from Laurent Bonnart, OM manages to equalize with an own goal from Jérémy Toulalan.

OM 5-5 OL. The greatest match in Ligue 1 history, according to some...

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OL 2-3 OM, September 2024

Almost exactly a year ago, Olympique de Marseille pulled off a legendary victory against their rivals.

A 3-2 win clinched in the very last seconds of the match after a MA-GIS-TRAL goal from Jonathan Rowe... while OM had been playing with ten men against eleven since the 5th minute.

The video highlights of this legendary Olympico:

OM 1-1 OL, September 2015

Marseille hosts Lyon, who had signed Mathieu Valbuena a few months earlier. The former darling of the Vélodrome became public enemy number one that night.

A mannequin in his likeness is hung in the Virage Sud, and the Phocaean defenders go hard on him in every duel. Until the sending off. Shortly before halftime, with OL leading 1-0 thanks to an Alexandre Lacazette penalty, Romain Alessandrini tackles Mathieu Valbuena from behind and is immediately sent off by the referee.

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At the hour mark, the match is interrupted for 25 minutes. A flare and a glass beer can landed in the Lyon penalty area, near Anthony Lopes.

After riot police were deployed at the foot of the stands, the match resumed. And, miraculously, OM managed to equalize, playing with ten against eleven, thanks to a goal from Karim Rekik.

Final score: 1-1. A chaotic evening and a wild scenario that still sticks in everyone’s mind today...

And for you, which Olympico is the most memorable?

This article was translated into English by Artificial Intelligence. You can read the original version in 🇫🇷 here.

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