Malinovsky in the next match for Marseille earned a penalty and almost scored from the center of the field (VIDEO)

Ukrainian midfielder of the French "Marseille" Ruslan Malinovsky yesterday played another match for his team.

Ruslan Malinovsky (left) in the match against Clermont

The 29-year-old footballer was included in the Provençal starting lineup for the match of the 23rd round of the French Championship against Clermont. At the end of the first half, Malinovsky effectively executed a free kick, directing the ball exactly at the opponent's goal, but he met on his way the exposed hand of Muhammad Cham Sarachevich. The goalkeeper, in the end, coped with this kick, but after using the VAR system, everything turned into a penalty kick against Clermont, which was realized.

Let's add that shortly before the final whistle, Malinovsky had another scoring chance when he tried to hit the opponent's goal with a shot from the center of the field, but the Ukrainian was a little lacking in accuracy.

According to the results of this match, the Ukrainian received 7.1 points from WhoScored, which became the average score in Marseille (the highest score is 8.1, the lowest is 5.9).

French Championship. 23rd round

Clermont - Marseille - 0:2 (0:1)
Goals: Sanchez (44 pen., 81)

Marseille: Lopez, Kolasinac, Gigot (Bayi 46), Balerdi (Mbemba 46), Kloss, Veretout Malinovsky, Rongier, Guendouzi (Kabore, 46), Under (Ounahi, 84), Sanchez (Oliveira, 84).

We add that after moving to Marseille in early January of this year, Malinovsky played 8 matches for this team (in six cases he entered the field in the starting lineup), and he scored two goals.