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Concluded with the score of 3-2 in favor of the local team, this first leg semi-final was played at a very intense pace.
Under the impetus in particular of Feyenoord, very playful and author of a permanent pressing.
Faithful to its principles of an ultra-offensive game, the Dutch club never calculated and constantly went forward, in large numbers.
The Marseillais, often under pressure, were able to respond by being dangerous in counterattacks.
The boiling atmosphere in the stands gave even more life to a meeting rich in opportunities and twists.
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Dessers strikes again
8+2=10.
Top scorer of this C4 before the meeting, Cyriel Dessers consolidated his status by offering himself a double.
The Nigerian striker, constant weight on the Marseille defense, made a good sequence to open the scoring, before scoring a second goal full of opportunism as soon as the recovery.
Efficient and author of a precious pressing to hinder OM's first recovery.
Unsustainable Sinisterra
Like Dessers, he is one of the strong links in this Feyenoord version 2021/22.
Luis Sinisterra also responded this Thursday.
Very active in his left lane, the Colombian international constantly made the difference in the first period, and particularly against an overwhelmed Rongier.
Unsustainable and effective.
Two minutes after his decisive backheel on the opener, the 22-year-old himself doubled the bet.
FLOPS
The huge mistake of Caleta-Car
In a Marseille defense battered throughout the match, Duje Caleta-Car suffered particularly.
The Croatian international, often caught behind on the onslaught of Feyenoord, cracked and weighed down his team from the kick-off of the second half, by committing a mistake as gross as it was serious in consequence.
His missed back pass to Mandanda turned into an offering for Dessers, ruthlessly to restore the advantage to his team.
A final goal synonymous with defeat for OM.
Guilty, Caleta-Car completely lost his footing in the second half, before giving up his place.
OM trapped on the sides
Dominating, the Feyenoord regularly made the difference by overturning the game on the sides, in the back of Marseille side completely overwhelmed.
Luan Peres, often poorly positioned, and Valentin Rongier, lost in a hybrid role on the right, experienced a real ordeal in the first period.
The tactical reorganization operated by Sampaoli, as well as the Dutch slowdown during the second act, allowed OM to rectify the situation after the break.