Sassuolo beat Olympique Marseille 3-2 with Domenico Berardi, Andrea Pinamonti and Kristian Thorstvedt replying to Alexis Sanchez and Dimitri Payet, but it wasn’t very friendly and had a red card.
The domestic leagues are on a break for the 2022 World Cup in Qatar and Serie A fixtures are set to resume on January 4.
These teams crossed paths in Marbella and Marseille got off to the stronger start, taking the lead with former Inter striker Alexis Sanchez.
Berardi equalised and the Ligue 1 club went down to 10 men due to Leo Balerdi’s dismissal.
Payet still restored the French advantage until Pinamonti and in stoppages Thorstvedt turned it around.
Sassuolo 3-2 Olympique Marseille
Sanchez 8 (OM), Berardi 26 (S), Payet 55 (OM), Pinamonti 65 (S), Thorstvedt 92 (S)
Sent off: Balerdi 37 (OM)
Sassuolo: Consigli (Pegolo 46), Marchizza (Toljan 46), Rogerio (Cannavaro 90), Henrique, Berardi (Antiste 60), Alvarez (Pinamonti 60), Ferrari (Ayhan 46), Frattesi (Thorstvedt 74), Lopez (Ceide 62), Tressoldi (Romagna 74), Laurientè (Traorè 46)
Olympique Marseille: Lopez, Mbemba, Gigot, Balerdi (Kolasinac 33), Clauss, Rongier, Batug, Under, Payet, Sanchez (Ben Seghir 65), Tavares (Kabore 65)