Football: Lyon and Monaco without pressure in the Europa League, Marseille to save the honor
Lyon and Monaco, already qualified for the knockout stages of the Europa League, are calm for the last phase of the group stage, where Marseille, eliminated, will try to be drafted in the Europa League Conference.
After their defeat (4-2) on the ground of Galatasaray, the Marseillais let slip their chance to continue the adventure in C3. Thursday at the Velodrome (9 p.m.), they must avoid another setback against Lokomotiv Moscow to keep their third place which sends them to C4 play-offs. The other representatives of Ligue 1 have them for the honor.
Lyon, brilliant with 5 victories out of 5, can end the group stage with a perfect score. For that, he will have to defeat, at the Parc OL (6:45 p.m.), the Glasgow Rangers, already assured of playing the play-offs against a third of C1, in a match which will therefore have no accounting stake.
Rennes conference in the Europa League
No more suspense for Monaco, first in group B, who travels to Austria to face Sturm Graz, dead last. Nor for Rennes, a floor lower in the Europa League Conference, which already has his ticket in his pocket and will challenge Spurs at Tottenham in a gala match. But the men of Antonio Conte, them, learn a lot: they can eliminate in case of misstep. Additional tile, several cases of Covid have been identified in the workforce. “It does not change much for us. The team they will field, it will be what it will be, but the important thing is to know what we want to do with this match”, a assured the Rennes coach Bruno Genesio.