Olympique Marseille beat Nice
French Ligue 1 continued yesterday night with Nice playing Olympique Marseille at Allianz Rivera. The game attracted over 31,000 fans. Olympique Marseille won the game 2-1.
Marseille’s Dario Benedetto opened the scoring in the 31st minute. Marseille headed into halftime 1-0 up. Nice equalized in the 66th minute via a penalty and Wylan Cyprien scored from the spot.
Dimitri Payet scored a penalty in the 73rd minute to secure victory for the Olympians.
Homophobic banners were displayed during the game.
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Centre Referee Clement Turpin stopped the game for some minutes for the banner to be removed.
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