{"id":508623,"date":"2026-03-02T02:51:07","date_gmt":"2026-03-02T02:51:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/508623\/"},"modified":"2026-03-02T02:51:07","modified_gmt":"2026-03-02T02:51:07","slug":"marseille-3-2-lyon-mar-1-2026-game-analysis","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/508623\/","title":{"rendered":"Marseille 3-2 Lyon (Mar 1, 2026) Game Analysis"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a data-player-guid=\"144992ae-be0d-2d29-60a9-becb7a872435\" href=\"http:\/\/espn.com\/soccer\/player\/_\/id\/122260\/pierre-emerick-aubameyang\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang<\/a> struck twice in the final nine minutes as <a data-clubhouse-guid=\"0946f01d-a5f4-2c8e-c61d-bc162eac3f3a\" href=\"http:\/\/espn.com\/soccer\/team?id=176\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Marseille<\/a> came from behind to snatch a dramatic 3-2 win over <a data-clubhouse-guid=\"539b3343-df3a-e111-6050-4eba24fc90b7\" href=\"http:\/\/espn.com\/soccer\/team?id=167\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Lyon<\/a> in <a data-league-guid=\"b7217910-7773-3ea8-bc69-30c19c579306\" href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/soccer\/league\/_\/name\/FRA.1\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Ligue 1<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Marseille were stunned as <a data-player-guid=\"9dd8fa1f-6701-2285-3813-318775d6179e\" href=\"http:\/\/espn.com\/soccer\/player\/_\/id\/192060\/corentin-tolisso\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Corentin Tolisso<\/a> put Lyon ahead after just three minutes at the Stade Velodrome but replied early in the second half through <a data-player-guid=\"81257efb-4ac9-14d2-ab5d-0eed25d9a443\" href=\"http:\/\/espn.com\/soccer\/player\/_\/id\/289114\/igor-paixao\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Igor Paix\u00e3o<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><a data-player-guid=\"ed65a044-50d7-30b7-b77b-64a6200fe6a1\" href=\"http:\/\/espn.com\/soccer\/player\/_\/id\/403842\/remi-himbert\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">R\u00e9mi Himbert<\/a> put the visitors back ahead 14 minutes from time but Aubameyang had the final say as he levelled on 81 minutes and then grabbed the winner in stoppage time.<\/p>\n<p>Victory lifted fourth-placed Marseille within two points of Lyon in third.<\/p>\n<p>Lyon made the perfect start as Tolisso finished clinically after being played in by <a data-player-guid=\"02f672bb-9a67-3576-8c67-ae8f4016f456\" href=\"http:\/\/espn.com\/soccer\/player\/_\/id\/346612\/endrick\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Endrick<\/a>, who spurned a chance to double the lead.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang celebrates after scoring a goal for Marseille against Lyon in Ligue 1.\" class=\"\" data-mptype=\"image\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP\/\/\/yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7\"\/>Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang celebrates after scoring a goal for Marseille against Lyon in Ligue 1.<\/p>\n<p><a data-player-guid=\"4889bbd5-1682-c219-71fe-8596565f7b1a\" href=\"http:\/\/espn.com\/soccer\/player\/_\/id\/276221\/mason-greenwood\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Mason Greenwood<\/a> forced a save from <a data-player-guid=\"7c53231d-3895-98d9-0bc3-4410e55b4a1f\" href=\"http:\/\/espn.com\/soccer\/player\/_\/id\/221278\/dominik-greif\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Dominik Greif<\/a> as Marseille threatened an equaliser but Tolisso had what would have been a second ruled out for offside.<\/p>\n<p>Paixao levelled the scores after 52 minutes when he curled a shot beyond Greif after being played in by Pierre-Emile Hojbjerg.<\/p>\n<p>Lyon responded to reclaim the lead as Endrick released Himbert and the teenager got away from <a data-player-guid=\"b23eead2-a05a-9111-4c9c-1c8711c5595c\" href=\"http:\/\/espn.com\/soccer\/player\/_\/id\/271555\/leonardo-balerdi\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Leonardo Balerdi<\/a> before firing left-footed past <a data-player-guid=\"3b1c0bb6-333d-ec9f-a598-5fdd33140ab3\" href=\"http:\/\/espn.com\/soccer\/player\/_\/id\/167192\/geronimo-rulli\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Ger\u00f3nimo Rulli<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Marseille rallied in the closing stages and equalised for a second time with a superb Aubameyang volley from a corner taken by Paixao.<\/p>\n<p>Aubameyang was not done there and settled the contest with another fine finish after Paixao led a break down the left and <a data-player-guid=\"0b55a923-cc0f-3d1d-a0bd-ca654a791961\" href=\"http:\/\/espn.com\/soccer\/player\/_\/id\/349733\/ethan-nwaneri\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Ethan Nwaneri<\/a> fired in a low cross.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang struck twice in the final nine minutes as Marseille came from behind to snatch a 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