Mbemba responds to Scamacca: Marseille-Atalanta is 1-1

Marseille, 2 May 2024 – The return match will decide the Europa League semi-final between Marseille e Atalanta. At the Velodrome it ended 1-1, a result that leaves any game open for the match at the Gewiss Stadium. The Goddess can say she is satisfied, because despite a good first half, advantage of Chess, there was also a match of suffering, equal to Mbempa and pole of Ounahi, in the presence of an intense Olympique and carried away by its audience. In the end he had the good ball miranchuk but the left shot went wide. In seven days, decisive challenge in Bergamo.  

The match

Gasp chooses the starters with Koopmeiners and De Ketelaere in support Chess, Gasset opts for Aubameyang with Luis Henrique and Sarr. The game lives in the sign of aggression on both sides of the pitch, because it is in the DNA of Atalanta e Marseille do so and this is how their nature emerges. The Goddess has the great merit of immediately silencing the Velodrome with the usual goal in Europe Chess, who now throws stones towards the goal with the first ball he touches. The right diagonal is the winner from a through ball by Koopmeiners. Another classic. Atalanta saved themselves shortly after when they saved everything from Musso's missed exit Kolasinac. The bad luck is that the defender, on the occasion, gets hurt and it falls to Pasalic with consequent retreat of DeRoon. Marseille attacks and the equalizer comes in the 20th minute mbemba he is free from the limit and the docile right foot kisses the post and settles behind Musso. It's not an easy match, because the Velodrome makes itself felt, Marseille is intense and rhythmic and Atalanta doesn't always manage to find the vertical for Scamacca. There are no great opportunities except for a left-footed shot koopmeiners which passes to the side and some OM scrums in the Bergamo area, but in general the first half seems to go by without risks. Instead, following an insistent action by Atalanta, Marseille started on the counterattack by putting Aubameyang in front of Musso: diagonal out and sigh of relief. The game remains open even in the second half, above all enjoyable with the teams facing each other head-on even risking dangerous restarts. Atalanta he performs, but so does Marseille and so the discussion remains balanced. We try from the outside, Koopmeiners on one side and Kondogbia on the other, but nothing has happened. Gasp changes attack and tries the card Lookman to liven up the department and the Nigerian striker immediately provides the reactivity that was needed. The number eleven invents a number in percussion, it's a shame that the right hiss just to the side. It would have been a sensational goal. OM instead scores in the 64th minute with Sarr, header after a rebound from Musso, but the linesman raises his flag. Even though there is a second leg, the two teams continue to face each other openly and courageously in search of success and the new player Ounahi he gives the Goddess shivers with a right-footed shot that hits the crossbar. These are moments of suffering for the guests who also risk Musso's indecision which however the goalkeeper resolves by avoiding the goal from Moumbagna. Only towards the end, practically in the 90th minute, did Atalanta have the chance miranchuk who throws the left that shaves the post. It would have been the decisive sack, perhaps not entirely deserved given the general balance and some risks. It ends one by one: at the Gewiss the Dea will have to beat Marseille.  

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Marseille-Atalanta 1-1

Marseille: Lopez, Clauss (20' st Merlin), Mbemba, Balerdi, Murillo (26' st Ounahi), Harit (26' st Ndiaye, Veretout, Kondogbia, Sarr, (20' st Moumbagna), Aubameyang, Luis Henrique. All . Gasset Available: Abdallah, Blanco, Correa, Daou, Lafont, Ngapandouetnbu, Said, Soglo: Musso, Scalvini, Djimsiti, Kolasinac (16' pt Pasalic), Zappacosta (38' st Hateboer), De Roon, Ederson, Ruggeri, Koopmeiners, De Ketelaere (38' st Miranchuk), Scamacca (13' st Lookman). Available: Adopo, Bonfanti, Carnesecchi, Comi, Palestra, Rossi, Toure ' Booked: Balerdi Expelled: