Despite great difficulty in the Championship, where he has yet to score a goal since arriving at OM, Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang has nevertheless scored 4 goals in European Cup matches under Marseille colours.
Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang is turning in the European Cup and at the moment, it is smiling at Olympique de Marseille. Difficulty in the championship, as he has still not scored in five Ligue 1 matches, the Gabonese international scored his third and fourth goals in the cup for OM against Europe’s Ajax Amsterdam on Thursday. A few weeks after his double against Panathinaikos, the former FC Barcelona and Arsenal striker did it again. Not everything was perfect in “Aubame”‘s performance, if he had been more realistic he could have finished the match with three or four goals.
Aubameyang’s double and the score 3-3!
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The Gabonese nevertheless received the best rating from the newspaper L’Equipe, with a very good 7/10… and a more nuanced assessment. “They started their match very poorly, like their team, and even lost the match in a one-on-one (18th) after Sutalo’s gift. Alone up front, he had difficulty overcoming the opposition defence, but he finished the scoring through a self-sacrifice shot at the end of the run (38th). Their second half was more of the same with waste (60th) and a new goal (78th) to equalize with a strike from Axios. Can we read in the columns of a national daily?
Aubameyang hopes for a turning point in Ligue 1
The leaders of Olympique de Marseille are now waiting for Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang, who will not play in Cannes this winter with Gabon, to be equally effective in Ligue 1. To stand out in the next match, you will have to be excellent as Pancho Abbardonado’s men travel to the Parc des Princes on Sunday evening to challenge PSG. A match during which OM are in danger of losing… but against a defense composed of Marquinhos and Skriniar, Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang’s pace will be a key asset for OM.