Despite being the better side throughout the game, Hosni Abd Rabboh and his teammates at Strasbourg failed to end their game against Marseille to their favor and lost by a single goal which came through a counter attack in the 60th minute. Hosni played from the start but left the pitch in the 79th minute because of slight injury.

Hosni's Strasbourg failed to win any points from their home match against Olympic Marseille. Strasbourg were the better side but they lacked much in the final touch. On the other side, OM used their chances well and scored from one of the few chances that they got.

The first chance in the game was for Strasbourg which came through a weak header that reached the team captain Guillaume Lacour who had only Fabien Barthez to beat. However, Lacour's shot was denied by the foot of the post and the real chance went begging.

OM replied with a shot from inside the box but Strasbourg's goalkeeper made a comfortable save.

In the 33rd minute of the game, Hosni started an attack for Strasbourg, he passed the ball on the floor to Diane and the latter sent a through pass to the onside Gmamdia who fired a low shot at goal but Barthez managed to parry it away.

Minutes later, a Marseille defender almost scored an own goal when the ball hit him after a cross from the right wing, the ball almost went in but Barthez was alert and collected it safely.

Hosni moving out of the dressing room for the 2nd half

In the opening minutes of the 2nd half, Marseille applied some pressure on Strasbourg's defense and they had a chance through a powerful shot but it was saved after a 2nd attempt by Strasbourg's goalkeeper Nicolas Puydebois.