Our prediction for this Europa League match:
Marseille
Match Time & Date:
02/05/2024
03:00 PM
Prediction: 2-1
Atalanta
Stade Velodrome will be packed when Olympique Marseille and Atalanta square off against each other in the Europa League semi-finals, first leg. OM aim to build on a 2-1 win over Lens and they are surely capable of making life difficult for the Orobici in front of home fans. Michael Murillo limped off with injury at the weekend, with Jean Onana likely to step up, while Faris Moumbagna is back from the Ligue 1 ban.
Atalanta, on the other hand, are eyeing their fourth consecutive win in all competitions as they recorded a routine 2-0 victory over Empoli at the weekend. The Orobici did well to shock Liverpool in the Europa League quarter-finals, but seeing that Marseille have turned their Velodrome into a real fortress, home win should be considered this time out. The likes of Emil Holm and Rafael Toloi should miss out with injuries for the away team.
Highlighted Player (Marten de Roon):
After spending his youth career in ASWH, Feyenoord and Sparta Rotterdam, Marten de Roon made his senior debut on 27 March 2010. The midfielder played for Sparta against Twente back then, but he made no more than three appearances for de Kasteelheren in the 2009/2010 season.
Marten de Roon joined Heerenveen in 2012 and in 2015 he moved to Serie A side Atalanta. He made 36 appearances for Atalanta in the 2015/2016 Serie A campaign, but on 4 July, 2016, he signed a contract with Middlesbrough for a reported fee of £12m. The Dutch footballer scored one goal in three appearances for Netherlands U19 team.
Marten de Roon was born in Zwinjndrecht, Netherlands on 29 March, 1991. His main position is central midfield, but he is capable of playing as a defensive and attacking midfielder as well. Martin de Roon is a right-footed footballer and he is 185 cm tall.
Highlighted Team (Marseille):
Olympique de Marseille are considered one of the best French football clubs. Les Olympiens won their ninth Ligue 1 title in 2010, but winning of the 1992/1993 Champions League trophy is seen as the club’s biggest success. Marseille defeated Italian giants Milan in the title game, with Basile Boli scoring the winner (1-0) in the Olympiastadion showdown.
It has to be noted, though, that the Stade Velodrome outfit were banned from defending the title in the 1993/1994 season after being involved in a match-fixing scandal. To make things even worse for the fans, the club suffered enforced relegation to the Ligue 2. Olympique de Marseille participated in the Europa League final on two occasions (1998/1999, 2003/2004), but they were beaten by Parma and Valencia respectively in the title games. OM’s home ground Stade Velodrome was opened on June 13, 1997 and the capacity of the stadium is 67.394.
The likes of Franck Ribery, Didier Deschamps, Didier Drogba, Laurent Blanc, Fabien Barthez, Samir Nasri, Fabrizio Ravanelli and Djibril Cisse all played for Marseille in the past.
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