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High hopes for a strong season from Marseille lasted one match.

High hopes for a strong season from Marseille lasted one match.

After an opening round defeat to Rennes, a rowdy locker room brawl in the Marseille camp made the wrong kind of headlines and lead to the immediate transfer of Adrien Rabiot and Jonathan Rowe. Far from ideal for a team with aspirations of challenging PSG for the title.

There have been on the pitch problems too, with Marseille losing their last Ligue 1 outing against Lyon before the international break. "In August at Marseille, we’ve had what can happen in four or five years at another club,” lamented Marseille coach, Roberto de Zerbi.

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Friday’s home match against Lorient needs to be complete reset for de Zerbi's players, especially ahead of their Champions League opener against Real Madrid on Tuesday in the Bernabeu.