- Marseille striker Mason Greenwood was substituted off at half-time in opposition to PSG
- He was criticised by supervisor Roberto De Zerbi, in addition to by the French media
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Mason Greenwood was given the bottom potential mark of 1/10 within the participant scores of French newspaper L’Equipe following his efficiency for Marseille in Sunday’s 3-0 residence loss to Paris Saint-Germain.
The previous Manchester United striker went into the sport in sturdy kind, after scoring six objectives in his first seven video games for Marseille following a summer time switch from Previous Trafford.
However he was substituted off at half-time in opposition to PSG after a dismal show within the opening 45 minutes.
The entire objectives had been scored throughout the first half and Greenwood was straight at fault for the third as he surrendered possession with a poor move moments earlier than Bradley Barcola scored.
Greenwood was additionally criticised for his lack of effort within the build-up to the opening purpose scored by Joao Neves.
Mason Greenwood (left) made the eighth look of his Marseille profession on Sunday
Greenwood performed the primary 45 minutes and acquired a score of 1/10 in newspaper L’Equipe
L’Equipe’s match report tore into Greenwood because it learn: ‘[Manager Roberto] De Zerbi waited till half-time to take him off, and even that was too late, as his contribution bordered on disrespect.
‘When he does not have the ball at his toes, he appears bored with all the things else. His informal jog earlier than the primary purpose and particularly the horrible move earlier than the third purpose had been outright fiascos.’
De Zerbi was additionally vital of Greenwood after Sunday’s sport.
Explaining why he took him off, the previous Brighton boss mentioned: ‘As a result of I did not like the best way he performed.
‘If we wish to compete for the title we’ve got to push in all matches.
‘I believe he was having a nasty day. He gave us lots of objectives and factors however while you’re at OM, if you wish to combat for the championship, it’s important to push in each match.
‘You may’t say you are doing a great efficiency by scoring two objectives after which having a nasty patch the following match. It is not potential. He is a great participant however I anticipated extra from him tonight. However not solely from him. I at all times count on extra generally.’
Marseille supervisor Roberto De Zerbi substituted Greenwood off throughout the half-time break
Champions Paris Saint-Germain cruised to a 3-0 victory away at Marseille in France’s Ligue 1
Greenwood joined Marseille from United in a £30million deal in July.
He had not performed for the Premier League membership since January 2022. He was arrested throughout that month on suspicion of tried rape, assault, and coercive behaviour.
All costs – which Greenwood denied – had been dropped by the Crown Prosecution Service in February 2023 following the ‘withdrawal of key witnesses and new materials coming to mild’.
Regardless of the case in opposition to him being dropped, there was vocal opposition from some sections of the Marseille fanbase to his signing, with a bunch of followers launching a ‘#GreenwoodNotWelcome’ marketing campaign when he was initially linked with the membership.
Marseille’s mayor Benoit Payan additionally opposed the transfer.
