Premiere with a twist and the… right for Marseille

Although it was difficult, Marseille managed to overcome the resistance of Reims at the “Velodrome”, beating them 2-1 in the premiere of their obligations in this year’s Championnat, three days before they also host Panathinaikos.

The Phocaeans lined up with four changes in their basic formation, in relation to the recent match in Leoforos, against the “greens”, with Marthelinos making a small rotation.

This resulted in the visiting team taking the lead in just 10′, with the active Ito scoring with a powerful shot from the height of the penalty area…

Chances followed from both sides, until Unahi leveled the game with a shot from outside the area in the 23rd minute, while Reims saw Ito score again but the Japanese’s goal was disallowed by VAR in the 39th minute!

The second half started with a setback for the home side as they saw Muge go off injured in the 51st minute while Marthelino threw both Sarr and Aubameyang into the fray in the aftermath in search of the winning goal.

Finally, it came in the 73rd minute, with Vitinia scoring from a wide position and on the right and 2-1 was maintained until the referee’s final whistle.

The composition of Marseille: Lopes, Clos, Beba, Guigo, Lodi, Muge (51′ Sarr), Ronzier (67′ Veretou), Kodogbia, Unahi (83′ Guedouzi), Vitinia (83′ Arit), Ediaye (67′ Aubameyang).

The program of the 1st matchday:



Friday 11/8

Nice-Lille 1-1

(19′ Lebord – 90’+4′ Diakite)

Saturday 12/8

Marseille-Reims 2-1

(23′ Unahi, 73′ Bitinia – 10′ Ito)

Paris Saint Germain-Lorraine 22:00

Sunday 13/8

Brest-Lance 14:00

Clermont-Monaco 16:00

Nantes-Toulouse 16:00

Montpellier-Havri 16:00

Rennes-Metz 18:05

Strasbourg-Lyon 21:45

The next (2nd) matchday:



Friday 18/8

Metz-Marseille (22:00)

Saturday 19/8

Lyon-Montpellier (18:00)

Toulouse-Paris Saint-Germain (22:00)

Sunday 20/8

Lille-Nade (14:00)

Havre-Brest (16:00)

Lorient-Nice

Reims-Clermont

Monaco-Strasbourg (18:05)

Lance-Ren (21:45)