Despite a goal from Mattéo Guendouzi, the Marseillais bowed against Frankfurt on Tuesday in the group phase. OM is last in its group, but will qualify in the event of a victory over Tottenham, Tuesday November 1.
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The enchanted parenthesis is over. After two consecutive victories on the European scene, Olympique de Marseille was beaten by the Eintracht Frankfurt Wednesday October 26, in the group phase of the Champions League (2-1). Consequence: the Phocaeans find themselves last in their group before the last day.
But nothing is played for the men of Igor Tudor, who will have their destiny in hand Tuesday 1
With a favorable result in the other meeting (Sporting Portugal-Eintracht Frankfurt), the Olympians could even finish first in their group, an almost unexpected scenario on the Canebière a few weeks ago. But to win against the English, the Marseillais will have to do better than Wednesday, and especially from the start of the meeting. Because against Frankfurt, the Marseille supporters undoubtedly had an unpleasant taste of deja vu.
another bad start for OM
As in front of Sporting, Marseille defense did not last long before cracking. From the third minute of play, Evan Nadicka found Daichi Kamada at the entrance to the surface, to already offer the advantage to German players. Nothing frankly very reassuring on the OM side, all the more for a team that has just lost its last three Ligue 1.
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The fact remains that as often, the Marseillais were able to count on Mattéo Guendouzi to return to the score. More lively than the defense of Frankfurt, the former of Arsenal catapults under the bar of Kevin Trapp a stolen from the law on a Chancel Mbemba center (22
The realization of the former Nantesis could suggest a madness of madness at the Deutsche Bank Arena, which could almost compete with the victory the day before PSG Haïfa (7-2). It was nothing ultimately, and apart from a few occasions, like a strike from Amine Harit (45
“The disappointment is great. We make a bad start of the match. We concede two goals a little stupidly, we manage to come back to the score but it is played on details”, confided, after the meeting, Amine Harit at the microphone of Canal+. Unlike other teams such as FC Barcelona (beaten on their lawn 3 to 0 by Bayern Munich), the Marseillais can at least play their qualification on the last day.
“You have to say that we have a final to play next week against Tottenham. You have to go quickly to something else,” said Jonathan Clauss at the final whistle. In the event of a victory, the Marseillais would join the knockout stages for the first time since the 2011-2012 season.