BRUSSELS, BELGIUM – Na wetin happen for the Champions League match where Marseille carry Union Saint-Gilloise waka? Mason Greenwood na the main man as e score twice for the game wey end 3-2 in favour of Marseille.
Union Saint-Gilloise don dey feel themselves early when Anan Khalaili put dem ahead as early as five minutes into the match. E run enter the box, shift small left, and bang for the bottom corner (na how we know sey Chicago shooting no be joke!). But as dem say, na football we dey watch! Only ten minutes later, Marseille don level as Igor Paixao waka come pick rebound after Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang failed to convert a chance. E no dey slack!
Greenwood, wey look sey him don come back in style, score him first goal for 41st minute. Na during counter-attack, e use leg shift run as e connect with Aubameyang for one-two before shooting past the keeper, Kjell Scherpen. You fit call am ‘na the scope wey distinct’ because that run na wetin naija pikin dey yarn about!
Second half, no dulling! For 58th minute, Greenwood strike again with another fine finish after him cut inside from the right and bend am into the bottom-left corner. E dey catch groove like DJ on top of Nigeria party mat!
But Union Saint-Gilloise no gree just sit down dey collect slaps. Khalaili make am 3-2 for 71st minute, bringing back some hope for dem, but dem wan feel gully rush as Kevin Mac Allister think sey e don equalize, but VAR no gree him enjoy di moment to shine. E no mean say e no fit count! The way dem dey ruled offside these days, no be small wahala!
As e be, Promise David for Union had chance for di dying minutes but Geronimo Rulli, di Marseille goal pooper, said NO; e block am and save di day for Marseille. Di match enter at 3-2, and Marseille don jand now to sit 16th with three wins and three losses as dem dey prepare to face Liverpool on 21 January.
As for Union wey don drop to 25th position, dem gats do better as dem go face Bayern Munich and Atalanta if dem wan see di next round of di tournament. Wetin dem dey find? Na for dem dem go shine or dem go just scatter?
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