 Ramba uchinyora ndima iyi - Musi wa 12 April 1986, Bernard Tapie akava purezidhendi, nemhaka yamaiya weMarseille Gaston Defferre, uye nokukurumidza akavaka chikwata chakanakisisa chakanga chaonekwa muFrance kusvikira panguva iyoyo. Kusayina kwake kwokutanga kwakanga kuri Karl-Heinz Forster naAlain Giresse, avo vakatengwa mushure meFIFA World Cup ya1986. Tapie akasaina huwandu hukuru hwevatambi vanoremekedzwa mumakore mashoma anotevera mukutsvaga kwake mukombe weEuropean, saJean-Pierre Papin, Chris Waddle, Klaus Allofs, Enzo Francescoli, Abedi Pele, Didier Deschamps, Basile Boli, Marcel Desailly, Rudi Völler, Tony Cascarino naEric Cantona pamwe nekugadza varairidzi vepamusoro vakaita saFranz Beckenbauer, Gérard Gili naRaymond Goethals. Pakati pa1989 na1992, Olympique de Marseille yakakunda mazita mana ekurwisana mumutsara uye French Cup. Chikwata ichi chakasvikawo kumagumo eChampions Cupkokutanga muna 1991, kurasikirwa pazvirango kuRed Star Belgrade. Chinhu chinokosha munhoroondo yekirabhu kukunda iyo itsva fomati Champions League muna 1993. Basile Boli akarova chibodzwa bedzi kurwisa Milan yeItaly mumutambo wokupedzisira wakaitirwa muOlympic Stadium yeMunich. Kukunda ikoko kwakanga kuri kokutanga kwechikwata cheFrance uye kwakaita kuti Didier Deschamps naFabien Barthez vave kaputeni muduku uye muchengeti wemagariro, mumwe nomumwe, kuti vatore zita racho. 