Jean-Louis Gasset made three changes from the Europa League semi-final first leg. Samuel Gigot, Quentin Merlin and Iliman Ndiaye will start this Thursday on the field of Atalanta Bergamo.
90 minutes and a little more than a Europa League final. Held in check at the Vélodrome by Atalanta Bergamo (1-1) during a semi-final first leg, OM travel to Lombardy this Thursday to continue their journey in C3, hoping to validate their ticket for Dublin where the final on May 22. The official lineup is down, with the return of Samuel Gigot and the tenure of Iliman Ndiaye.
After serving a suspension, Samuel Gigot will return to his place with Leonardo Balerdi and Chancel Mbemba, scorer in the first leg, at his side. Quentin Merlin will be on the left side in place of Luis Henrique, who started last week. The midfield, in the 3-5-2 aligned by Jean-Louis Gasset, is the same as last week. But a little surprise in attack, with the tenure of Iliman Ndiaye, preferred to Ismaïla Sarr.
Solutions on the bench
Frustrated in the first leg where he wasted a big opportunity, the competition’s top scorer Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang knows he will have to be realistic this time. The Gabonese striker and his teammates had a week to prepare in the absence of a Ligue 1 match last weekend thanks to a favor from the LFP. For its part, traveling on Monday in a Serie A match, Atalanta Bergamo beat Salernitana (2-1).
Apart from two long-term injured (knees), Rongier and Nadir, Jean-Louis Gasset has an almost complete squad at his disposal. The technician will have solutions on the bench including Ounahi, Luis Henrique, Moumbagna and Ndiaye. In the event of qualification, OM will play a sixth European final against Bayer Leverkusen or AS Roma.
The composition of OM:
Lopez – Clauss, Mbemba, Gigot, Balerdi, Merlin – Veretout, Kondogbia, Harit – Ndiaye, Aubameyang.
