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French Newspaper L’Equipe Headline for Mason Greenwood & Marseille- “Unconditional Love” & “OM, Sweet Home”

French newspaper L’Equipe had an interesting headline today (August 27, 2024) covering Mason Greenwood and his start at Olympique Marseille. The former Manchester United youngster joined OM earlier this summer for a 30 million euro fee and has already scored 3 goals for his new club, prompting L’Equipe to run an article on him.

The French paper’s cover page had the headline “OM- Greenwood, L’Amour Sans Condition” (Marseille & Greenwood, Unconditional Love”). The article inside had the subheadline “OM, Sweet Home” (a play on Home, Sweet Home using OM)

Greenwood L'Equipe 2024

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xG Stats Brighton vs Man Utd 2024 Garnacho chance Zirkzee Offside | BHAFC 2-1 MUFC

Here is a look at the xG (expected goals) stats from Brighton v Manchester United (official crowd attendance of 31,537). BHAFC won the game 2-1 thanks to a late goal from Joao Pedro.

United were left ruing a huge missed opportunity at 1-1 when Garnacho had an empty net to shoot at, but team mate Joshua Zirkzee ended up making contact with his shot, leading to the goal being disallowed for offside.

xG Brighton 1.62-1.19 Man Utd shots map (Actual score BHA 2-1 MUN)

1-0 Welbeck goal vs Man Utd xG 0.72
1-1 Amad Diallo goal vs Brighton xG 0.08
2-1 Joao Pedro header goal vs Man Utd xG 0.16

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Referee for FA Cup Final 2024 | Same ref who was in charge of United’s 7-0 loss to Liverpool

The referee for this weekend’s FA Cup final has been announced, and it’s Andy Madley, the same referee who had the whistle when Manchester United lost 7-0 to Liverpool in March last year. Madley was also the referee when Brighton thrashed United 4-0 at the end of the 2021/22 season.

Has Andy Madley refereed a Manchester Derby before?

Yes, Madley was in fact also in charge of the City v United league clash a couple of months ago (March 2024) at the Etihad, which the former comfortably won 3-1.

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