The AFP claims that Marseille, which was seen as potential Ligue 1 champion as recently as Christmas, is in such bad form that even second-bottom Metz will fancy its chances for their showdown onFriday. Fourteen games after the winter break, when Marcelo Bielsa’s team was in first place, OM now trails AS Monaco in third-place by five points, and is a full 11 points behind Lyon,and a massive 14 adrift of leader Paris Saint-Germain. Last week, Marseille lost 5-3 in a humiliating defeat to relegation-threatened Lorient, after which OM president Vincent Labrune said,”That looked like collective suicide.”