Olympique de Marseille, now without Gennaro Gattuso on the bench and with Jean-Louis Gasset, the fourth coach of the season, was able to overcome Shakhtar Donetsk to reach the round of 16 of the Europa League (3-1).
Things seemed to get ugly right from the start. Eguinaldo, in a careless entry into the French area, fell and a penalty was awarded, which Sudakov (14′) converted to silence the entire Velodrome.
There was knife-edge tension and Marseille were almost out of danger, until Harit took advantage of the gift to feed the ball to Aubameyang, who showed his ferocity by becoming the top scorer in Europa League history with 31 goals (2. 3′).
Nothing really happened until the second half. A couple of checks for possible penalties without and typical cold war era, with two teams more afraid to concede than to get ahead. Until a ball in the area touched Aubameyang and Sarr sent it to save (74′). And soon after, Kondogbia, taking advantage of Riznyk’s terrible false start, scored an empty net goal (81′).
match lineup
16
7
3
18
4
99
8
19
Eleven
14
10
31
26
16
6
22
44
Eleven
twenty-one
14
10
7
Orange Velodrome
Dmytro Riznyk31
Yukhym Konoplya26
46′
Irakli Azarov16
83′
Taras Stepanenko6
79′
82′
16′
Mykola Matvienko22
57′
Yaroslav Rakitskyi44
91′
63′
Oleksandr ZubkovEleven
81′
80′
Artem Bondarenkotwenty-one
83′
93′
Danylo Sikan14
81′
63′
Heorhii Sudakov10
Eleven
22′
84′
Eguinaldo7
44′
Replacements
Artur Rudko1
Giorgi Gocholeishvili13
63′
Pedro23
83′
93′
Dmytro Kryskiv8
83′
Marian Shved9
81′
63′
73′
Novatus Miroshi25
84′
Ehor Nazaryn29
Victor Tsukanov77
Lassina Traoré2
81′
Kevin Kelly18
Kevin37
Newerton39
82′
coach
Jean-Louis Gasset
Marino Pusic
Source: La Verdad
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