Olympique de Marseille faces Shakhtar Donetsk in the round of 32 second leg of the Europa League, this Thursday (9 p.m.). Here is all the essential information on this match.
“ I don’t have any goals. I have a hundred day mission. We will try to win as many matches as possible, but this is a special competition. We can bring back a little sunshine. We must react. That’s what I told the players, I think they are aware of it. A simpler style of play may be needed, and then it’s the state of mind that will do the rest. » Jean-Louis Gasset did not beat around the bush when approaching his commando mission on the bench of Olympique de Marseille.
Inducted in an emergency after the sidelining of Gennaro Gattuso, the experienced technician has an ideal opportunity to make an impression, with an important match against Shakhtar Donetsk, this Thursday evening. After achieving a parity score in Hamburg a week ago (2-2), the Marseillais can regain their confidence in the event of qualification. In the ranks of OM, no one has forgotten that the Europa League had been the clearing of an already very foggy first part of the season. “ I feel them aware of what they missed. Their heads are foggy, you have to talk to them simply. We talk about marking, aggressiveness, concentration, it’s the basis of football. I think they are aware“, repeated Gasset. The message got through.
The expected compositions
OM : Blanco – Clauss, Méïté Mbemba, Gigot, Merlin – Kondogbia, Ounahi, Harit – Moumbagna, Aubameyang.
Shakhtar Donetsk : Risnyk – Gocholeishvili, Bondar, Matvienko, Azarov – Stepanenko, Kryskiv, Sudakov – Zubkov, Sikan, Kevin.
Where to watch the game ?
This round of 16 second leg between OM and Shakhtar Donetsk will be broadcast free of charge on W9 this Thursday evening, as well as on Canal + Foot, from 9 p.m. It will also be possible to watch it on the streaming platforms of the two groups, 6Play and MyCanal.
