Olympique de Marseille will not taste, for the moment, the scent of a sixth European final. The Marseillais were hung at home (0-0) and eliminated Thursday May 5 by Feyenoord-Rotterdam, who will challenge Roma on May 25 to try to win the very first Europa League Conference. However, it took very little to hope to qualify. A small goal in advance would have been enough for OM to win the extension after the cruel defeat of the semi-final go to the Netherlands (2-3). If it obviously does not have the prestige of the Champions League, won by OM in 1993, the Europa Conference League, the latest of the European cups, was a real end-of-season goal for Marseille to try to dust off a record that has been frozen for ten years.
OM quickly deprived of Payet, injured
Jorge Sampaoli’s team, black armband in memory of the 30th anniversary of the Furiani disaster, pushed in vain, quickly penalized by the injury in the first period of Dimitri Payet. The Marseille leader had the two best chances at the start of the match before going out half an hour into the game, hit in the right leg, to the cheers of the Vélodrome. Neither Bamba Dieng, little in sight, nor Arkadiusz Milik, who entered in place of Payet, nor Cengiz Ünder, launched at the end of the match, found the fault against Feyenoord-Rotterdam, which nevertheless seemed within reach of the Phocaeans. “The match changed with the exit of Dimitri Payet” on injury, summed up Marseille coach Jorge Sampaoli, saying he now wants “turn the page” and refocus on Ligue 1.
Incidents on the sidelines of the match
Incidents between Marseille and Dutch supporters broke out before the match in Marseille, in the area of the velodrome stadium. The police had to intervene to limit the violence. A total of 10 people were arrestedincluding two Dutch supporters, arrested for throwing projectiles and for “attempting to introduce smoke” into the stadium.