A lot happened on the Francis-le-Blé pitch on Saturday. Stade Brestois, third in the last Ligue 1 campaign and qualified for the Champions League group stage, was outclassed by OM.
Roberto de Zerbi’s team won 5-1 for the first day of the Championship.
With a significantly renewed squad, the Italian coach managed to make his attack effective in Brittany. A double for Luis Henrique (26th, 48th) and Mason Greenwood (3rd, 31st, pen.) and a goal scored by Wahi (69th, pen.) proved the former Brighton manager right to start the three players.
Moumbagna, the big worry
Before the match, the most optimistic of OM supporters would not have bet, for example, on two goals scored by Brazilian winger Luis Henrique, his total in 73 matches with the Marseille club, all competitions combined, before the trip to Brest.
Who would have imagined the enormous performance of Geronimo Rulli? The Argentinian goalkeeper made several decisive saves, including a penalty from Del Castillo that was deflected in the 7th minute, almost immediately after Mason Greenwood opened the scoring.
Before the other matches of this first day, OM takes the lead in the standings, ahead of PSG, winner the day before at Le Havre (1-4). The bad news for Roberto de Zerbi is the injury of Faris Moumbagna. Coming into play in the 71st minute, he came out in the 79th on a stretcher, seriously injured in a knee.
