Football: Marseille eliminated from the Europa League by Galatasaray
The Marseillais lost in Turkey during the 5th day of the Europa League.
Match sheet
Galatasaray, 4 – Marseille, 2.
Nave Stadium (Istanbul).
Half time : 2-0.
Arbitrator : Tobias Stieler (Germany).
- Goals for Galatasaray : Cicauldau (12th), Caleta-Car (30th csc), Feghouli (65th), Babel (83rd).
- Goals for Marseille : Milik (70th, 84th).
- Warnings for Galatasaray : Cicaldau (36th), Morutan (90th +5).
- Warnings for Marseille : Gueye (37th), Dieng (45th +1), Peres (53rd), Guendouzi (62nd), Milik (89th), Gerson (90th +7).
- GALATASARAY : Muslera (cap.) – Yedlin, Nelsson, Marcao, van Aanholt – Antalyali, Kutlu (Elmaz, 90th +3), Cicaldau (Morutan, 51st) – Feghouli (Luyindama, 82nd), Diagne (Mostafa Mohamed 90th +3), Aktürkoglu (Babel, 82nd).
- MARSEILLE : Lopez – Saliba, Caleta-Car, Peres – Kamara (cap.), Gueye – Lirola, Guendouzi, Gerson, Dieng (De la Fuente, 57th) – Milik.
Without any offensive idea in the absence of Dimitri Payet and in great defensive distress, OM were clearly and logically beaten Thursday, November 25 in Istanbul by Galatasaray (4-2), which eliminates them from the Europa League and sends them back its continental future a notch lower, in the Europa League Conference.
OM can hope for the C4 …
Jorge Sampaoli’s players, penalized in particular by a terrible first half hour, stayed very far and can not even finish second. For OM, Europe is not yet finished. He will host Lokomotiv Moscow on the last group day and a draw will be enough for him to reach the play-offs of the new C4.
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The sanction is logical because this time, unlike three of the first matches, Marseille was really not the better than its opponent. The 4-4-2 inaugurated by Sampaoli to try to compensate for the absences did not work and the failures were numerous, starting with that of Kamara, whose two losses of ball resulted in a volley on the bar of Diagne (11th) and at the opening of the score of Cicaldau (1-0, 12th).
And it is very logical that Galatasaray doubled the stake, Caleta-Car dispatching in its own but a ball from Cicaldau (2-0, 30th).
The result was not better and the Turks scored two but easy, by Feghouli (64th) and Babel (83rd), abandoned by the opposing defense. After each of these two goals, OM reacted with Milik (69th, 85th). In vain…