Published November 23,2024
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Marseille beat Lens 3-1 on Saturday to remain inside touching distance of Ligue 1 table-toppers Paris Saint-Germain.
Second-half strikes from Valentin Rongier, Luis Henrique and Pierre-Emile Hojbjerg ensured Marseille stay third, 9 factors behind PSG and three off Monaco in second spot.
After the highest two each received on Friday, Marseille wanted to get again to successful methods with their journey to Lens following their hunch in kind earlier than the worldwide break and something aside from a win would have meant they trailed PSG by at the very least 11 factors.
Following a flying begin to life underneath new coach Roberto De Zerbi, Marseille have been hit-and-miss in latest weeks, dropping two of the their final 5 within the league.
These got here within the type of a chastening 3-0 loss at residence to arch-rivals PSG in October after which within the final matchday earlier than the break, a shock 3-1 residence defeat to mid-table Auxerre.
Lens appeared the extra threatening facet within the first half with Marseille counting on goalkeeper Geronimo Rulli to maintain the match goalless going into half-time.
However, it was the south-coast facet that ultimately made the breakthrough 4 minutes into the second interval by way of Rongier.
Good centre-forward play by Neal Maupay arrange the prospect for the midfielder who equipped a cool end one-on-one with the goalkeeper.
On 57 minutes, Luis Henrique doubled the guests’ lead with a rolled end from the right-hand facet of the field after a swift counter-attack caught Lens on the break.
But all the things appeared to unravel for Marseille within the house of 5 minutes on the finish of the match.
Angelo Fulgini pulled one again for Lens within the eightieth minute, earlier than Remy Labeau Lascary thought he had grabbed a leveller on 85 minutes.
However, the house supporters’ pleasure was minimize brief when the referee determined after a VAR overview that there had been a foul within the build-up and the equaliser was disallowed.
Let off the hook, Marseille then sealed the three factors one minute from time when Hojbjerg drilled residence a fierce free-kick from the sting of the field.
Later on Saturday, lowly Saint-Etienne host bottom-of-the-table Montpellier earlier than Reims tackle Lyon.
Source: www.anews.com.tr