Goalkeeper Fabien Barthez celebrated his Olympique Marseille return by saving twice and scoring once as his team beat RC Strasbourg 4-3 on penalties in their French Cup first round tie today.
The sides had been deadlocked at 1-1 after extra time before Barthez palmed away Strasbourg's third kick and then dived full length to block a powerful shot from Senegalese striker Mamadou Diang.
Barthez, France's international goalkeeper, applied the finishing touch by taking his team's last penalty shot and blasting the ball past Richard Dutruel.
A 1998 World Cup and Euro 2000 winner, Barthez won the 1993 European Cup with Marseille in the first of his three seasons at the club.
He left for a five-year spell at Monaco before moving to Manchester United in 2000. The 32-year-old has won two league titles with United, but was dropped by manager Alex Ferguson at the tail-end of last season.
Marseille and United reached agreement on a nine-month loan transfer in October, but FIFA blocked the move because it had not been registered during the transfer window.