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David Beckham plays his part as PSG beat Marseille in French Cup

   • Paris Saint-Germain 2-0 Marseille
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   rattled, when Jordan Ayew ploughed into French football's latest star
   attraction and finally left him rattled. David Beckham picked himself
   out of the tangle of bodies on the byline and eye-balled the Marseille
   substitute as players, Joey Barton principal among them, squared up all
   around. The flash of yellow shown to the victim of the lunge felt harsh
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   United, Real Madrid and Milan demonstrated in his positioning, movement
   and delivery. It had been his pass that opened up the left side of
   Marseille's defence for Kévin Gameiro to chase and cross for Zlatan
   Ibrahimovic on the quarter-hour mark, the Swede fluffing the first
   clear opportunity of the evening. It was also Le Spice Boy's quickly
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   the sides, a 16-minute appearance that had whetted the appetite. He had
   played a part in setting up Ibrahimovic's goal in stoppage time that
   night with Marseille having, rather mystifyingly, stood off the
   debutant and allowed him to exert his influence. The same criticism of
   Elie Baup's side might have been made here. Surely the temptation must
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   PSG's next two Champions League games following his dismissal in the
   last-16 tie at Valencia, added the second-half penalty to seal the
   victory before Marseille's frustrations overcame them.

   Romao leapt into an illegal challenge on Beckham, Barton caught him
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   "It was spiky the whole game," added Beckham. "It was like that at the
   weekend and it will be like that every PSG against Marseille game. Joey
   caught me with an elbow, but he 'explained' it just after. He does well
   for them and is a talented player. Good luck to him." That was said
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   PSG 2-0 Marseille | French Cup match report
   This article was published on the Guardian website at 21.55 GMT on
   Wednesday 27 February 2013. A version appeared on p44 of the Main
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