By Chris Wright
Having been crocked for over a month, Edinson Cavani scored on his PSG return as the Ligue 1 leaders eased to a 2-0 victory over Marseille on Saturday evening, though it could have been more emphatic, with Lucas Moura coming within the width of a gnat’s nadger to scoring one of the all-time great solo goals.
Setting out deep in his own half, Moura dashed past several Marseille defenders in lightning succession as he motored up-field, making it to the edge of the L’OM box in a matter of seconds and dinking a cute shot over ‘keeper Steve Mandanda – only for the legendary Rod Fanni to scupper his efforts with an excellent last ditch, goal-saving interference on the line…
(The footage is copyrighted, so you may have to follow the link in the frame to watch the action)
This close. *This* close.
(Video: Ligue 1)