The month of March promises to be crucial for OM. The result of the double confrontation against Villarreal in the Europa League will probably have a considerable impact on the rest of the Marseille season.
This Thursday evening, Olympique de Marseille faces Villarreal, at 9 p.m., at the Stade Vélodrome, in the round of 16 first leg of the Europa League. A crucial match for the Marseille club. For Eric Di Meco, this double confrontation against the Spanish club even constitutes “the turning point of the season”.
“Firstly because it allows you to reach the quarter-finals of the Europa League and it will be mid-April, so you surf for a month on it, explained the sports consultant this Thursday afternoon on the “Moscato Show”. And imagine if you get knocked out by Villarreal, behind you go Rennes to Rennes, PSG and Lille to Lille. I’m afraid that the result of an elimination or qualification will generate the results of these three matches, which for me are the real turning point of the season, knowing if OM has passed a milestone. »
OM-Villarreal, the probable compositions
Marseille : Lopez – Clauss, Mbemba, Balerdi, Merlin – Veretout, Kondogbia (c), Harit – Ndiaye – Sarr, Aubameyang.
Villarreal : Reina – Mosquera, Bailly, Cuenca, A. Moreno – Akhomach, Comesaña, Coquelin, Baena – Guedes, G. Moreno (c).
On February 20, Jean-Louis Gasset became the coach of Olympique de Marseille, replacing Gennaro Gattuso. Since then, the Marseille club has managed to extricate itself from the crisis in which it was stuck, thanks to qualification for the round of 16 of the Europa League and two large victories in Ligue 1, against Montpellier and Clermont.
