Our prediction for this Europa League match:
A spot in the Europa League final will be at stake when Atalanta and Olympique Marseille square off against each other at Gewiss Stadium on Thursday evening. After sharing the spoils with OM at Velodrome, the Orobici are seen as favourites to win the second leg. However, the Serie A outfit will have to prove their worth on the field. Sead Kolasinac has joined the likes of Emil Holm and Rafael Toloi in the recovery room, while Isak Hien is back from suspension.
Mario Pasalic is widely expected to replace Kolasinac in the starting eleven. The visitors, on the other hand, aim to save the season by going all the way in the Europa League. Away win, though, should not be considered as Atalanta are a real force to be reckoned with at home. Speaking of the Ligue 1 side, Samuel Gigot returns from suspension, whilst all Rongier, Nadir, and Ruiz should miss out with injuries.
Highlighted Player (Amine Harit):
Amine Harit is a French-born Moroccan footballer, who plays for Schalke 04 in Bundesliga. Born in Pontoise (France) on June 18, 1997, Harit began his youth career in the suburbs of Paris, learning the football basics with Argentuil C.O.
After spending four years at Esperance Paris 19eme, the attacking midfielder moved to famous French club Paris Saint-Germain. However, he quickly returned to Esperance Paris 19eme and in 2011 he joined fellow French club Red Star. One year later he moved to Nantes, where he ended his youth career.
Amine Harit continued playing for les Canaris at senior level and after scoring one goal in 30 league games for Nantes, he signed a contract with Bundesliga side Schalke 04. Harit made two appearances for France U21 team, but he represents Morocco at senior level. The attacking midfielder, who is used as a winger as well, made his Morocco debut on October 7, 2017 against Gabon in the 2018 FIFA world cup qualifiers.
Highlighted Team (Atalanta):
Atalanta Bergamasco Calcio, better known as Atalanta Bergamo is an Italian football club from Bergamo which was founded in 1907 and is currently active in the Serie A.
The club host it’s home games in the Atleti Azzuri d’Italia stadium which holds a capacity of 27 000 sats. The club colors of Atalanta Bergamo are blue and black. Atalanta Bergamo holds the nickname Nerazzuri which is the same as Inter Milan.
Biggest succes of Atalanta Bergamo was in 1963 where the club managed to win the national cup (Coppa Italia). Atalanta won the Serie B three times (in 1959, 1984, 2006 and 2011). In Europe the club from Bergamo managed to stunt and reached the semi finals of the Europe Cup 2.