{"id":18658,"date":"2019-12-09T15:15:28","date_gmt":"2019-12-09T15:15:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.com\/nigeria\/?p=18658"},"modified":"2019-12-09T15:15:28","modified_gmt":"2019-12-09T15:15:28","slug":"nigerias-taye-taiwo-and-cameroons-mbia-return-to-marseille","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/all-news\/nigerias-taye-taiwo-and-cameroons-mbia-return-to-marseille","title":{"rendered":"Nigeria&#8217;s Taye Taiwo and Cameroon&#8217;s Mbia return to Marseille"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Former Nigeria defender Taye Taiwo, former Cameroon midfielder Stephane Mbia and Algeria coach Djamel Belmadi were among the African legends present for Sunday&#8217;s Ligue 1 game as Marseille cruised to 3-1 victory over Bordeaux.<\/p>\n<p>The continent&#8217;s stars were in attendance to help the club launch a programme &#8220;OM Africa&#8221; as they aim to reach more supporters in Africa.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"und\" dir=\"ltr\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/OMAFRICA?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#OMAFRICA<\/a> ?? <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/qpjKT7ZAzQ\">pic.twitter.com\/qpjKT7ZAzQ<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Olympique de Marseille (@OM_Officiel) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/OM_Officiel\/status\/1203763621412646912?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">December 8, 2019<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>In flagging off the programme, 2019 Africa Cup of Nations winning coach Belmadi took the ceremonial first kick at Stade Velodrome before goals from Jordan Amavi, Morgan Sanson and Nemanja Radonjic stretched Marseille&#8217;s winning streak to six matches in Ligue 1.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Former Nigeria defender Taye Taiwo, former Cameroon midfielder Stephane Mbia and Algeria coach Djamel Belmadi were among the African legends present for Sunday&#8217;s Ligue 1 game as Marseille cruised to 3-1 victory over Bordeaux. 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