Marseille warmed up for a visit to Actual Madrid within the Champions League by cruising to a 4-0 win at residence to 10-man Lorient in Ligue 1 on Friday, with Mason Greenwood’s early penalty setting them on the best way.
Greenwood rolled in from the spot on 13 minutes after Lorient’s Darlin Yongwa had been despatched off for making a gift of the penalty.
The result by no means appeared unsure after that, and a Greenwood nook was headed in by Benjamin Pavard to make it 2-0 with simply 20 minutes gone.
France 2018 World Cup-winning centre-back Pavard was making his Marseille debut, returning to Ligue 1 after nearly a decade away, having signed on mortgage from Inter Milan simply earlier than the switch deadline.
England worldwide midfielder Angel Gomes made it three with an excellent strike from the sting of the realm simply after the half-hour mark, and Nayef Aguerd — one other defender making his Marseille debut — sealed the win with a deflected shot deep in stoppage time on the finish of the sport.
The win is a second in 4 outings in Ligue 1 this season for Roberto De Zerbi’s Marseille, who’re provisionally three factors behind the main duo Paris Saint-Germain and Lyon earlier than they play on Sunday.
It was one other depressing night time for newly-promoted Lorient, who’ve now let in 11 targets in dropping their final two matches, following a 7-1 residence loss to Lille simply earlier than the current worldwide break.
Pavard and Aguerd have been amongst seven new signings making their debuts for Marseille following a frenetic summer season within the switch market.
“The membership did an incredible job within the switch window, the squad is admittedly robust, and now we have introduced in actually good gamers,” stated De Zerbi.
“However this was like the primary recreation of the season for us as a result of it was the primary time a lot of the gamers had performed collectively.”
Final season’s Ligue 1 runners-up start their European marketing campaign with a troublesome journey to Spain to play Xabi Alonso’s Madrid on Tuesday, earlier than internet hosting nice rivals PSG in home motion subsequent weekend.
