Europa League: Marseille dominated by Lisbon but still in the race for qualification

Amine Harit, l’un des Marseillais le plus actif hier à Lisbonne. MAXPPP – FILIPE AMORIM

Battus mais pas abattus. Les Marseillais partiront avec un but de retard (2-1), la semaine prochaine au retour.

The week is definitely complicated for the Ligue 1 teams still involved in the European scene. After Paris, dominated in the Champions League by Barcelona, ​​Marseille was beaten on Thursday in Lisbon, during their quarter-final first leg of the Europa League. This is the fifth consecutive defeat for OM, in all competitions.

The Phocaeans were not unworthy but like almost all the French teams who regularly come to challenge Benfica, they bit the dust (2-1). The Portuguese club now has 18 matches without defeat (13 wins, 5 draws) against French clubs. Current series.

Aubameyang reduces the score

This time, the hero of the match is not a certain Vata like in 1990, but Rafa Silva. Very active, especially in the first period, the attacker came to adjust Lopez with a pointer to open the scoring very early in the game (16th). Di Maria, the former Parisian, then took advantage of the space to double the lead. Fortunately for OM, Aubameyang ended up reducing the score (67th). A lesser evil before the return match.

The other quarter-finals of the Europa League: Bayer Leverkusen – West Ham (2-0); Liverpool – Atalanta Bergamo (0-3); AC Milan – AS Roma (0-1).