Neal Maupay, Marseille’s summer signing, savoured his team’s incredible 2-3 win in Lyon on Sunday by mocking his hosts for the day in the locker room.
Neal Maupay (28 years old) savored OM’s completely crazy success in Lyon (2-3), Sunday, by joking. The Marseille striker published a story on Instagram in which he mocks the Lyonnais. The former Nice and Saint-Etienne player immortalized himself drinking sips of water from a bottle branded with the OL logo. A well-known “troll” on social networks, as if to indicate that he enjoys the bitterness of his rivals.
A regular “troller”
On Sunday, the Versailles native came on in the 79th minute to replace Luis Henrique. The striker joined Marseille on August 30, on loan with an option to buy from Everton, to compensate for the long absence of Faris Moumbagna. And he quickly blended into his new environment with a goal last week against Nice (1-0) and this teasing after a success against another Marseille rival. Maupay is quite used to mocking opponents as he proved with Tottenham player James Maddison last season.
He was a little more measured, but just as happy, when speaking to the press. “We are all very happy,” he confided. “We made the match difficult for ourselves with the exclusion of Leo (Balerdi) at the start of the match (5th) but we showed that we had character and quality. All the elements seemed unfavourable. It is in these moments that you see the character of a team. Everyone responded and the three scorers are players who came off the bench, it also shows the mental strength of our group.”
“The championship is very long and we want to win every game,” he insisted. “It’s only three points, but maybe those are the ones that stick because we beat Lyon on their home turf with a man down. We’re all convinced that we can do great things. It’s a victory but there are still plenty more to go for if we want to achieve our goals. We’re a real group of good players and friends. It’s a whole group that will make the difference this season.”
