Pelé's son Ayew the lad for Marseille
Like father, like son. Nobody was more delighted to hear that Jordan Ayew had scored on his Marseille debut than his father, former Marseille great Abedi Pélé.
Ayew's goal, meanwhile, had coach Didier Deschamps reflecting on the aging process.
Marseille were trailing 1-0 at Lorient when 18-year-old Ayew came off the bench in the 63rd minute to make his Ligue 1 debut.
Five minutes later he scored the equaliser.
Defender Souleymane Diawara added a vital winner in stoppage time to fire OM second in the table.
Ayew: For everybody in Ghana
Ayew said: “I was in a good position for the goal, Baky [Koné] found me and I stuck it away. Actually I thought I was offside.
This is a dream come true for me. I'm happy for my family, my brothers, sisters, cousins, everybody in Ghana, and the Marseille academy.
The other players put me at ease, the likes of Gaby [Heinze], Lucho [Gonzalez] and above all Baky, who provided the pass for my goal.”
Ayew's elder brother André is also on Marseille's books and is currently out on loan at Ligue 2 club Arles Avignon.
He was one of the first to call Abedi Pelé, a team-mate of Deschamps' in the golden era of the early 1990s.
Proud Pelé
Abedi Pelé told L'Equipe newspaper: “I had Jordan on the phone when he was on the team coach.
I told him not to get big headed, to work hard and listen to the coach.
He told me that Didier had spoken to him after the match and had given him advice and warned him to keep his feet on the ground.
I'm really happy that someone like Didier is looking after him.”
Deschamps: "He's audacious"
Deschamps joked: “I played with the dad and now I'm coaching the son, so that doesn't mean I'm getting any younger!
"It's great for Jordan because he's audacious and insouciant. The road is still long for him.
"He's lucky to have a father who can help him out. His father must be very happy because he has two footballing sons who both possess plenty of quality.”