Gouiri stars as Marseille kick off Ligue 1 season by thrashing 10-man Strasbourg

[p]The first game of the 2026/27 Ligue 1 season featured two teams who experienced a change of manager over the summer. New [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/marseille/SblU3Hee/"]Marseille[/a] boss Bruno Genesio saw his side make a purposeful start to proceedings, with [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/gomes-angel/AmAtkgFg/"]Angel Gomes[/a] going close on two occasions inside the opening quarter.[/p][p]The midfielder, who returned from a loan spell at Wolves, sent his first effort inches wide of [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/jorgensen-filip/OSueaqvP/"]Filip Jorgensen[/a]’s goal, around 10 minutes before he fired straight at the Chelsea loanee when the ball broke kindly to him in the box. [/p][p]After nervously watching his team’s slow start, [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/strasbourg/nP6UzIU1/"]Strasbourg[/a] head coach Hugo Oliveira finally saw his charges burst into life when [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/yassine-gessime/2o4NnnE9/"]Gessime Yassine[/a] found space to test [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/de-lange-jeffrey/GGTSMhui/"]Jeffrey de Lange[/a] at the near post.[/p][p]However, it was Jorgensen who produced the most impressive stop of the first period, tipping over [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/harit-amine/lxSgSRDd/"]Amine Harit[/a]'s whipped shot to get his team into the break without any damage to the scoreline.[/p][image alt="Key match stats" id="66734f6c-e1c1-4cf0-b5cd-44c238eaa7f0" credit-line="Flashscore" guid="b1f08a6a-a7b0-488a-b548-0781748d42b5" original-width="2160" original-height="2700" /][p]Jorgensen’s intervention ultimately only served to delay the inevitable as Marseille built upon their first-half momentum to break the deadlock within a minute of the restart.[/p][p][b][a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/paixao-igor/EuBBEVVq/"]Igor Paixao[/a] started the move on the left flank, beating one defender with dazzling footwork before feeding Gomes, who teed up [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/gouiri-amine/K0zFVdU8/"]Gouiri[/a] for a sweeping finish beyond the helpless goalkeeper. [/b][/p][p]The first goal of the Ligue 1 season was soon followed by the first red card, as [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/el-mourabet-samir/8ltXy6WP/"]Samir El Mourabet[/a] was given his marching orders for a petulant kick out at Marseille midfielder [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/hojbjerg-pierre-emile/ITwS8wMo/"]Pierre-Emile Hojbjerg[/a]. [/p][p][b]Matters quickly got worse for Strasbourg when Paixao capitalised on [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/doue-guela/vg3drc4E/"]Guela Doue[/a]’s complacency to draw a clumsy foul in the box, allowing Gouiri to send the goalkeeper the wrong way from the penalty spot and slot home his second of the contest.[/b][/p][embed guid="b4a00be1-eee6-41aa-9d8f-c9c71561a543" url="https://x.com/OM_English/status/2090897068718014705" social-type="twitter" /][p]There was still time left for the hosts to punish the depleted visitors with two further strikes.[/p][p][b]Substitute [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/abdallah-keyliane/YisRM9NA/"]Keyliane Abdallah[/a] drove a low shot in at the near post to open his account at senior level, moments before Hojbjerg’s controlled volley found a way past Jorgensen to compound Oliveira’s difficult debut in the Strasbourg dugout.[/b][/p][image alt="Match momentum" id="83258c76-bd65-4d43-938f-93e3622959b5" credit-line="Flashscore" guid="571910d7-6cae-4da0-a69b-a0d040438575" original-width="3840" original-height="2160" /][p][b]Flashscore Man of the Match: [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/gouiri-amine/K0zFVdU8/"]Amine Gouiri[/a] (Marseille)[/b][/p][p][b][a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/game/soccer/marseille-SblU3Hee/strasbourg-nP6UzIU1/summary/stats/?mid=6i9H6E5l"]Catch up on the match stats with Flashscore.[/a][/b][/p][infobox id="fdf30c7d-dae1-4aa9-a0fc-da9a5ca820f7" /]