Before their match, Sporting has had a beautiful start to their Champions League campaign, beating Frankfurt by 3 goals before getting a late win over Tottenham.
Marseille have lost both of their Champions League games this season, opening the campaign with a 2-0 defeat against Tottenham before losing to Eintracht Frankfurt in their previous match.
Sporting got their first goal in the first minute, when Edwards flicked the ball down the right to Trincao who surged forward. The man on loan from Barcelona then cut in and curled a low shot into the bottom corner. It’s the fastest Champions League goal so far this season.
Marseille equalized through Sanchez in the 13th minute, as Adan hovered on the ball inside his six-yard box. Under pressure, he smashed an attempted kick upfield against the former Arsenal man, with the ball deflecting into the net off the post.
Three minutes later, the home side leads, when Clauss found Harit with a deep cross into the box. The scorer got in front of his marker and headed the ball past Adan.
The visitors’ keeper, Adan was shown a red card, after he stopped the ball from going to Tavares with the ball bouncing over his head. The referee looked to play advantage, but there was none. The goalkeeper completely misjudged the flight of the ball and paid the price.
Things get worse for Sporting as the substitute goalkeeper’s mistake costs them another goal. Balerdi got to a corner from Harit before Israel who looked to punch the ball away. The substitute goalkeeper completely missed it, and the ball ended up in the net.
The last goal of the match came in the 84th minute, when Mbemba shaped to shoot, he rolled the ball past Reis and Inacio, who were anticipating a shot, smashing the ball across the goal into the bottom corner.
Marseille secures their first Champions League win of the season after a convincing victory against Sporting.
