Olympique de Marseille lost 2-1 to Benfica in the quarter-final first leg of the Europa League. Pau Lopez and Angel Di Maria scored for the Portuguese side.
Pierre Emerick-Aubameyang's goal kept hope alive for the Marseille comeback. The return match is scheduled for next Thursday, on the pitch at the Orange Vélodrome. The Marseillais hope to dominate the debates to reach the semi-finals of the competition where Liverpool or Atalanta will await them. The Italian club also dominated the Reds at Anfield (0-3), in a match that was won by the Reds (3-0). The Marseille players had to be more efficient and above all more technically accurate in the second act, while Quentin Merlin had to leave his teammates on a stretcher with a serious knee injury. If the result is not perfect, OM still has hope of achieving a good performance if the score stays like that. There is plenty of room to bounce back in a week.