If Olympique de Marseille went through all the stages on Thursday against Ajax Amsterdam, the success achieved at the last minute constitutes a breath of fresh air for the Olympians.
In the tough in Ligue 1, where the Marseille club is only in 12the place in the standings with only three points ahead of the play-off, Olympique de Marseille is back in the Europa League. New illustration this Thursday with the victory snatched in added time against Ajax Amsterdam after a breathtaking match (4-3).
Thanks to this success, OM are already assured of competing at least in the Europa League play-offs at the end of next winter and Jordan Veretout, lined up in midfield, did not hide his relief at the outcome of the meeting.
“ We had a good match, we were keen to get back to winning ways, it was a bit of a complicated period at the moment. But we remained united, together we can do great things, even if everything was not perfect tonight. We conceded three goals but we scored 4, confided the former Nantes player. So the main thing was victory. Today, we are happy, we are qualified, now in 15 days we will play a small final in Brighton to play for first place. These are benchmark matches, from the European Cup, good matches to play, big matches, against a great Ajax team. We wanted to return to victory, we did, but we will correct the small mistakes. The most important thing was to win and we showed that tonight.”
