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04/10 16:33 CDT Greenwood turns provider as Marseille halt shaky run to beat
bottom club Metz
Greenwood turns provider as Marseille halt shaky run to beat bottom club Metz
Mason Greenwood provided two assists as Marseille bounced back from consecutive
Ligue 1 defeats to overcome bottom side Metz 3-1 on Friday.
Habib Beye's men came into the game having lost to Monaco and Lille by the same
2-1 scoreline and they were determined not to lose a second straight home match
for the first time since November 2024.
Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang got them going after 13 minutes when he took
Greenwood's pass and fired home to round off a quick counterattack.
Greenwood's assist allowed Igor Paixao to chip over the goalkeeper and make it
2-0 three minutes into the second half. But a minute later Georgiy Tsitaishvili
pulled a goal back for the visitor.
However, Metz rarely threatened again and Hamed Junior Traore completed the
scoring in stoppage time for 3-1 and to lift Marseille above Lille and into
third place.
Metz remained on the bottom of the 1 table and almost certain to be relegated.
Paris stun Monaco
Paris FC scored three times in the first 24 minutes to pave the way towards a
statement 4-1 victory over Monaco and end its seven-game winning run.
Jonathan Ikone got a brace, either side of a goal from Italian Ciro Immobile,
and put the home side in the driving seat.
Monaco pulled a goal back shortly before halftime through Folarin Balogun but
Paris substitute Luca Koleosho added the fourth after 71 minutes and extend the
club's sterling run under Antoine Kombouar, the coach appointed in late
February.
The capital side has gone six matches unbeaten since he took over, taking 12
points from a possible 18 in the process.
The result lifted it above Angers and into 12th place in Ligue 1.
It was a chastening defeat for Monaco, for which Paul Pogba appeared as a
second half substitute for the first time since December.
Monaco stayed in fifth place but could be passed by Lyon and Rennes, who play
this weekend.
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