Olympique Marseille 3 - 1 Metz
Marseille scorers: Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang (13’), Igor Paixão (48’), Hamed Junior Traorè (90+3’)
Metz scorers: Giorgi Tsitaishvili (49’)
Venue: Orange Vélodrome, Marseille, France
Referee: Stéphanie Frappart
| Starting XI | Notes | Subs | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gerónimo Rulli | Jeffrey de Lange | ||
| Benjamin Pavard | Hamed Junior Traorè | 82’ 90+3’ | |
| Leonardo Balerdi | Emerson | ||
| Facundo Medina | 45+2’ | Bilal Nadir | |
| Tim Weah | Ethan Nwaneri | ||
| Pierre-Emile Højbjerg | Tochukwu Nnadi | 82’ | |
| Quinten Timber | 82’ | Ange Lago | |
| Igor Paixão | 48’ 90’ | Arthur Vermeeren | 72’ |
| Mason Greenwood | 82’ | Himad Abdelli | 90’ |
| Amine Gouiri | |||
| Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang | 13’ 72’ |
Manager: Habib Beye (Senegal)
| Starting XI | Notes | Subs | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pape Sy | Jonathan Fischer | ||
| Koffi Kouao | 84’ | Urie-Michel Mboula | |
| Sadibou Sané | Terry Yegbe | ||
| Alpha Touré | 87’ | Fodé Ballo-Touré | 82’ |
| Maxime Colin | 56’ 82’ | Benjamin Stambouli | |
| Jean-Philippe Gbamin | Lucas Michal | 87’ | |
| Jessy Deminguet | 82’ | Giorgi Kvilitaia | |
| Bouna Sarr | Giorgi Abuashvili | ||
| Gauthier Hein | Nathan Mbala | 82’ | |
| Giorgi Tsitaishvili | 49’ | ||
| Habib Diallo | 90’ |
Manager: Benoit Tavenot (France)
1’: We’re off!
8’: SAVE!! A terrible error by Metz, Aubameyang picks off the pass in the back but Sy jumps on the shot.
13’: GOAL MARSEILLE!! They hit a lightning counter, Greenwood puts in the final pass and Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang hits the perfect finish!
20’: Metz cut open again, Gouiri gets the cutback but somehow puts his shot high.
30’: SAVE! Aubameyang’s shot pushed away from the near post by Sy.
31’: Greenwood fires over the bar! Wasn’t on target, but should have gotten a corner since Sy took no chances and got a touch to it, but the ref misses it.
32’: Aubameyang’s second?? No, offside flag goes up. Great pass by Timber to spring him, he rounded the keeper and put it in but then saw the flag.
45’: Hein nearly levels it! He gets a shot out of nowhere for Metz and puts it off the far post!
45+2’: Facundo Medina carded for clipping Dominguet’s foot
HT Olympique Marseille 1-0 Metz Marseille dominating the game but not quite dominating the scoreline
46’: We’re back!
48’: GOAL MARSEILLE! A great pass finds Igor Paixão who just beats the keeper to the ball and chips it over him into the net!
49’: GOAL METZ! They immediately hit back! Giorgi Tsitaishvili fires up the middle and through the keeper! Not great work by Rulli there.
56’: Maxime Colin clips Weah on the break
59’: Greenwood sweeps a shot at goal from distance, Sy sees it coming all the way and pushes it aside for a corner
59’: SAVE!! The corner comes in and Balerdi sends in a short-range header but Sy punches it away!
69’: Timber with a great dribble into space, he fires from the edge of the box but puts it high.
72’: Marseille substitution: Arthur Vermeeren on for Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang
80’: Pavard’s attempted header glances well off-target.
82’: Metz double sub: Nathan Mbala and Fodé Balle-Touré on for Jessy Deminguet and Maxime Colin
82’: Marseille double sub: Hamed Junior Traorè and Tochukwu Nnadi on for Mason Greenwood and Quinten Timber
83’: A terrible chance wasted by Gouiri! Could have put it away but he’s miles wide.
84’: A lousy shot by Traore, and a yellow for Koffi Kouao for a foul in the buildup
87’: Huge chance lost by Metz. Mbala with a shot from 18 yards not close to the target.
87’: Metz substitution: Lucas Michal on for Alpha Touré
90’: Marseille substitution: Himad Abdelli on for Igor Paixão
90+3’: GOAL MARSEILLE!! A giveaway at the back! Abdelli just has to beat the keeper but he instead puts the no-look pass to Hamed Junior Traorè who just has to tap it in!
FT Olympique Marseille 3-1 Metz More of a struggle than it needed to be but Marseille gets it done