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Sunday, September 13, 2020
Olympique de Marseille creates the sensation with a win against archrival Paris St. Germain. The game had a lot of fire, mainly due to unsportsmanlike conduct. In injury time it was the same for five players: red or yellow-red.
French champion Paris St. Germain also lost his second game of the season in a savage soccer battle. The Champions League finalist, coached by Thomas Tuchel, lost 0: 1 (0: 1) to runner-up Olympique de Marseille in Prinzenpark before 4,000 spectators. With two defeats, the capital club started for the last time in Ligue 1 in 1984/1985.
In injury time the match intensified completely, five players saw red or yellow-red, including returnees Neymar. World champion Florian Thauvin (31) scored for OM, after 20 unsuccessful attempts, the South of France won a competitive game against their archrivals Paris for the first time since 2011.
The mood exploded in the game.
(Photo: imago images / PanoramiC)
In the first game of the season, PSG had lost 1-0 to the promoted Lens, and Paris had lost only three games in the entire previous season. In injury time he went berserk when both teams attacked each other with wild kicks. Neymar, Kurzawa Layvin (both PSG) and Jordan Amavi (OM) saw red, Leandro Paredes (PSG) and Dario Benedetto (OM) yellow-red.
Neymar hits himself on the nape
Neymar was sanctioned for hitting Álvaro on the neck after video evidence. Twelve other players saw the yellow card over the course of the game. Neymar (28), like Angel di Maria, returned to the starting eleven after surviving the corona infection. National player Thilo Kehrer also played from the start, Julian Draxler was substituted in the 61st minute after recovering from a groin strain.
Tuchel also had to do without Kylian Mbappé, Marquinhos and Mauro Icardi, who had also been quarantined after positive tests. Meanwhile, AS Monaco, the new club of former Bayern coach Niko Kovac, recorded their 1,000th Ligue 1 win. With forward Kevin Volland in the starting lineup, Monaco won 2-1 (1-0) at FC Nantes and, with seven points from three games, climbed to second place behind leader Stade Rennes with the same points.
