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27 Sports Tuesday, March 5, 2019 Balotelli posts goal celebration video on social media mid-match Lyon thrash Toulouse to strengthen grip on top-three spot PARIS: Mario Balotelli showed off a new goal celebra- “Often this season, we haven’t been calm under tion on Sunday as he took a selfie video with his pressure, but against Toulouse it was a good match,” Marseille teammates and posted it on social media dur- said Lyon captain Nabil Fekir, whose 21-year-old ing their 2-0 win over Saint-Etienne. The Italian scored younger brother Yassin made his Ligue 1 debut as a his fourth goal in six Ligue 1 games since joining 79th-minute substitute. Marseille from Nice in January by hooking home “Playing with my brother was a huge pleasure.” The Florian Thauvin’s 12th-minute corner with an excellent home side took less than 10 minutes to break the dead- acrobatic volley. lock at the Groupama Stadium as Memphis Depay fired “Balotelli takes the pressure, he takes the limelight. home a wonderful individual goal. He reminds me of (Zlatan) Ibrahimovic and he scored an Mathieu Dossevi levelled for Toulouse on the quar- Ibrahimovic goal,” said Saint-Etienne coach Jean-Louis ter-hour mark, but the visitors folded after Bertrand Gasset. “He has brought back the public, the confi- Traore restored Lyon’s advantage in the 30th minute. dence, and many of his teammates will raise their level Nabil Fekir netted a penalty five minutes later, and for- of play.” mer Celtic striker Dembele compounded Toulouse’s As he celebrated his volley, Balotelli took a phone misery in the second half.
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