Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang felt the blow after the elimination of OM in the third preliminary round of the Champions League.
The music of the Champions League will not resonate at the Vélodrome again this season. Olympique de Marseille saw the group stage slip away from them from the 3e preliminary round. Consequence of his elimination on penalties against Panathinaikos (0-1, 2-1 3-5 pens).
Beaten in the first leg in Greece, OM seemed set to reverse the situation but a goal conceded in the last moments of additional time forced the Marseillais to go through a penalty shootout which would prove fatal.
Author of the two Marseille goals, Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang did not hide his disappointment after the match. “A great sadness, of course. When we see all the efforts produced by the team, we say to ourselves that it is not deserved for them opposite. Everyone fought to win tonight, but it didn’t happen, unfortunately. So there is necessarily a lot of sadness, because we had a good match and we met the expectations of the public. Then we take this silly goal at the last minute… It hurts, but now we have to look at the rest, ” thus entrusted the former Gunner to the microphone of M6.
