Despite the draw conceded against Atalanta Bergamo (1-1) in the first leg, Olympique de Marseille approaches its Europa League semi-final return with confidence. Coach Jean-Louis Gasset and his men feel capable of eliminating a not-so-impressive opponent at the Vélodrome.
Olympique de Marseille has reason to believe it. Not to mention the rest granted by the Professional Football League, with the postponement of its match initially scheduled for last weekend, the Marseille club did better than compete with Atalanta Bergamo in the semi-finals first leg of the Europa League. An encouraging performance for Faris Moumbagna’s teammates, calm before the return match in Italy on Thursday.
Moumbagna’s confidence
“ We are confidentreassured the Cameroonian attacker in the columns of Dauphiné Libéré. We know we’re going to show something there. It’s a semi-final second leg, we’re going to show character. There is nothing left to lose and everything to gain. We’re going to go play our football. As I always say, the result is at the end of the 90 minutes. » Or more in the event of a tie in both matches. The scenario cannot be excluded. But like his center forward, coach Jean-Louis Gasset feels his team is capable of taking the upper hand.
“ The speech is to be positivereacted the OM coach. Already talking about the first leg. We played our match at home knowing the perfect match we had to play and we weren’t far off, apart from the first quarter of an hour where we stuttered a little on technique. We played on par with them, being even more dangerous than them at times, with the best opportunities. Now the return match will be in a smaller stadium, but hot too. We have to prepare the players for a different scenario, for the match that we will have to play tomorrow. In my opinion the start of the match will be decisive. » This time, the Marseillais will try to avoid conceding a goal from the 11th minute.
