BREST – Marseille Olympique striker Florian Thauvin scored his first goal in more than a year and scored two more for his team to start with the 2020–21 Ligue 1 season victory with a 3–2 win at Brest on Sunday.
The French international, who recovered from a prolonged ankle ligament injury in March, only to cancel the season, first scored since May 2019 as his shot deflected from the edge of the area got into the most sensitive corner.
Croatian defender Duje Caleta-Car added a moment with part of an hour to go from Thauvin’s free kick, before Romain Faivre regained a purpose for Brest.
Thauvin then became a supplier, so Caleta-Car learned of his double with a stopped ball header, while Gaetan Charbonnier prepared a tense finish with a moment for Brest.
Marseille’s scheduled opening match against Saint-Etienne last weekend was postponed after the club revealed that four players had tested positive for COVID-19.
Earlier on Sunday, Monaco won 1-0 at Metz despite falling to 10 men at the start of the moment, Benoit Badiashile scored the winner strongly in a free-kick.
Badiashile pounced on a loose ball in the area after a kick-loose in the first half to bring in the winner’s house and Monaco endured even though youssouf Fofana was ejected in the first minute of the moment was for a reservetable moment offensive.
Nantes were reduced to nine men by beating Nomes 2-1 with two goals in the first half, but his defence was seriously tested when striker Imran Louza showed a red card in the 47th minute.
Left-back Fabio also ejected the yellow card for a moment after Zinedine Ferhat reduced the deficit 12 minutes after the reboot.
Lille arrived from Reims with a 1-0 victory when the winger Jonathan Bamba fired a shot from the edge of the pass that overcame goalkeeper Predrag Rajkovic.
St Etienne beat Lorient 2-0 thanks to a double from Romain Hamouma, with Arnaud Nordin assisting on both goals, while Bordeaux Girondins also beat Angers 2-0 with first-half goals two minutes away via Josh Maja and Toma Basic.
Nice remains the most sensitive of the standings with two wins of two, while the protective champion, Paris St Germain, has not yet made his crusade after wasting the Champions League final against Bayern Munich last weekend (report through Rohith Nair in Bengaluru and Nick Said in Cape Town edited through Ian Chadband and Paul Simao)
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