Starting this Friday at the forefront of OM’s attack against Angers at the Vélodrome in Ligue 1, Neal Maupay received two yellow cards in three minutes before the half-hour mark. A new red card which should get the side talking Marseille.
Black Friday for Neal Maupay. Chosen by Roberto De Zerbi to start at the forefront of the Marseille attack against Angers at the opening of the 7th day of Ligue 1, the former Brighton player was sent off after half an hour of play after two consecutive yellow cards in three minutes.
In the 27th, the Marseille number 8 was warned for a stroll on the Angevin goalkeeper, Yahia Fofana. 180 seconds later, another card for Maupay, this time for a high foot late on Jean-Eudes Aholou. Two yellows synonymous with exclusion. His third in his career, but the first for two consecutive warnings. The action maddened Leonardo Balerdi, also sanctioned with a yellow as he returned from suspension after his red against OL two weeks ago.
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Angers also at ten
The new Marseille recruit therefore leaves his partners at ten, while OM had been in numerical superiority for… four minutes. On the SCO side, defender Lilian Raolisoa received a direct red card for an uncontrolled tackle on the leg of Ulysses Garcia.
Referee Romain Lissorgue waited until the VAR was viewed to change his decision, he who had first sent a yellow card. In the stands, Pablo Longoria and Fabrizio Ravanelli were furious, increasing their gestures of annoyance. If the cards were out in this first act, the chances, and especially the goals, were missing (0-0).
