Marseille says goodbye to Europe after being shipwrecked against Galatasaray

Sampaoli’s Olympique de Marseille has been a roller coaster ride in the Europa League. He has not had consistency, he has lived off very specific peaks and has shown that, beyond individual talent, the excessive youth of the team has weighed on key moments. Today, against a Galatasaray that was far from brilliant, The Marseille team suffered a comfortable 4-2 defeat and finally said goodbye to the second continental competition.

The match started out as a nightmare for Marseille. Sampaoli, used to changing position players to try to discover new attributes of these, placed Guendouzi and Gueye, midfielders, wingers, so the afternoon in Turkey did not look good with such an approach. On the other hand, the Santa Fe decided to play with Luan, who measures 1.90 and it is evident that he is more central, as a side, in another decision that was decisive for the future of the first half.

Galatasaray did not need a great first half to go 2-0 at halftime. In fact, those of Termin marked in the only two occasions that they had during the first 45 minutes. Led by a great Feghouli, which remains intact, the historical Turk stepped forward by means of Cicaldau, who took advantage of a fantastic play by the former Valencian to beat Pau López. Feghouli, immeasurable throughout the first act, was not satisfied and continued to punish Luan’s back, who, although his match was to forget, had in his boots the 1-1 in a carom that ended with a shot to the post of the Brazilian.

The Marseille was shipwrecked in Turkey. He had no luck in attack, Sampaoli’s approach did not achieve the desired result and those of Termin returned to the charge, again with Feghouli, to score the 2-0 in a center of the winger that rebounded in Caleta-Car and that surprised Paul López. Marseille, condemned for errors that prevent you from advancing in Europe, were able to reduce distances, but again the crossbar, this time after a great shot from Dieng, prevented it.

The second half was no different from the first. Marseille started better, generating a very clear chance of Dieng that the forward failed to empty goal, but it was a mirage. It was not the night of the Sampaoli. Galatasaray again found the deficiencies of their rival and Feghouli, for the umpteenth time, entered the unmarked area behind Luan’s back and scored the 3-0. There was a slight reaction from the Marseille team, generating a penalty that Milik turned into a rebound after Muslera guessed the shot in the first instance, but little else. Babel, who had been in the field for 20 seconds, put the lace to a team broken by the lack of goal and that made up the result at the end thanks to a shot from Milik after a great cross from Konrad.

The rest of the day

West Ham and Bayer Leverkusen certified their direct qualification for the round of 16 of the Europa League of football, after beating Rapid Vienna (0-2) and Celtic Glasgow (3-2) on Thursday, on a day in which Betis, despite defeating Ferencvaros 2-0, was forced to play the round of round of 16. In this way, the English and Germans joined Olympique de Lyon, who already secured their presence in the round of 16 last day. A classification that could not have been more suffered for Bayer Leverkusen, who despite going ahead after 16 minutes of play on the scoreboard, entered the final leg of the match at a disadvantage (1-2). Ten final minutes in which Gerardo Seoane’s men managed to turn the scoreboard with goals from Robert Andrich, who had already scored the first local goal, and from French striker Moussa Diaby, who established the final 3-2 in 87.

It was West Ham who had no problem sealing their ticket to the round of 16, who secured first place in Group H, after beating Rapid Vienna 0-2 with two goals from Ukraine’s Andriy Yarmolenko and Mark Noble. penalty, in the final minutes of the first half. A first place that will be played on the last day in group E Galatasaray, who beat Olympique Marseille 4-2 on Thursday, and Lazio, who beat Lokomotiv Moscow 0-3 with a penalty double from Ciro Immobile and a goal from the Spanish Pedro Rodríguez who rounded off the “lazial” victory in 87. Ottomans and Turks will meet on December 9 at the Olympic in Rome, in a clash in which while Galatasaray would be enough with a draw to get a passport to the round of 16, Lazio need to win by more than one goal advantage if you want to avoid the round of 32.

For its part, Red Star Belgrade, who beat Bulgarian Ludogorets 1-0 this Thursday with a goal from Montenegrin midfielder Mirko Ivanic, their qualification for the round of 16 will be played on the last day at the Braga field, which lost the first place in group F after losing 3-2 to the Danish Midtjyllamd.EFE