A shock start for Olympique de Marseille on the first day of Ligue 1 against Brest. Mason Greenwood marked his entrance with a double before a goal from Luis Henrique. Del Castillo missed a penalty before a masterpiece from Mahdi Camara. Follow the match live.
17:53 – Half time!
After Camara’s goal, Benoît Bastien reviews the 22 players in the match in the locker room.
17:51 – What a goal!
Geronimo Rulli is finally beaten! At the end of added time, Romain Del Castillo crosses back. In front of the Marseille area, Mahdi Camara controls and takes a volley. His attempt hits the crossbar before ending up in the back of the net.
17:47 – Precious Harit
Decisive today in the offensive phases, Amine Harit recovers many balls. Note that there are five minutes of additional time.
17:45 – The Balerdi festival!
What a ride from Leonardo Balerdi! The Argentinian recovers the ball and makes a double contact before a great bridge. He even gets ahead of Marco Bizot in the area but he does not manage to put the ball back in the field.
17:43 – Douaron offside
At the end of the first period, Le Douaron was flagged offside after a call behind Cornelius.
17:40 – No penalty
Brest are demanding a penalty following a handball by Balerdi but the Argentinian points out that he touched the ball with his thigh first.
17:37 – No fault
After a cross from Jonas Martin, Romain Del Castillo falls into a duel with Pol Lirola but Benoît Bastien does not whistle anything.
17:34 – The Marseillais in management
This first half hour is very serious on the part of the Phocéens who are in total control against the Brestois.
17:32 – Dream start for Greenwood!
With his right foot, Mason Greenwood deceives Marco Bizot and scores twice.
17:30 – Penalty!
How efficient the Marseillais are! After an oriented control, Harit launches Wahi who puts him back in the area. The Moroccan collapses in contact with Jonas Martin and Benoît Bastien whistles a penalty. Martin gets a yellow card. Greenwood is going to rush.
17:27 – OM makes the break!
Two counters and two goals for OM this afternoon! After a clearance from Luis Henrique, Harit recovers the second ball and launches Greenwood who provokes in the area before serving Harit back. The Moroccan backheels for Henrique who opens his foot. His shot is deflected by Chardonnet before ending up in the back of the net. 2-0 for OM before the half-hour mark.
17:24 – Everything is going well for Rulli
After a deflection from Ajorque, Murillo heads the ball back to his goalkeeper but his header is too short. The Douaron player gets ahead of Rulli who intercepts the ball with his head.
17:22 – Henrique hit
While Brest had a touch to negotiate, Luis Henrique sat down on the field. The Brazilian was hit on the left ankle by Lala.
17:21 – Cornelius in trouble
Responsible for the penalty, Cornelius is in great difficulty at the start of the match, like this bad pass for Lirola.
17:17 – Rulli again!
What a start to the match from Geronimo Rulli! After his penalty was saved, the Argentinian turned away a huge volley from Pereira Lage that was heading towards the Marseille goal. The goalkeeper stretched well to his right to push back the danger.