European tour: Lille beats Olympique de Marseille and falls into the top three in the French

The 28th round of French Championship kicked off this Friday. Lille beat Olympique de Marseille, 3-1, in a duel played at the Pierre-Mauroy Stadium. The winning goals for the home team were scored by Jonathan David, Rémy Cabella and Gudmundsson, while Ismaily (own goal) scored for the visitors.

With the result, Lille reached 49 points and entered the direct classification zone for the group stage of the next Champions League, thus sleeping in third place. Olympique de Marseille remained in seventh place, with the same 39 points as at the beginning of the round.

Now, both clubs turn the key and start focusing on European competitions. Lille returns to the pitch in the Conference League. In the first leg of the quarterfinals, the French team will face Aston Villa this Thursday (11), at 4 pm (Brasília time), at Villa Park.

On the other hand, for the first leg of the quarter-finals of Europa LeagueOlympique de Marseille visits the Benfica also this Thursday. The ball rolls at 4pm, at Estádio da Luz.

The game

It was Olympique who started the game going forward. After just two minutes, Aubameyang played for Veretout. The midfielder finished from outside the area, but goalkeeper Chevalier fell to make the calm save.

With 10 minutes, it was Lille’s turn to respond. Jonathan David found Zhegrova on the right side of the penalty area. The player finished, but goalkeeper Pau Lopez went for it and sent it out for a corner.

The game remained very open, with both teams creating scoring opportunities. In the 25th minute, Pau Lopez worked again. After Cabella’s cross, Alexsandro rose higher than the Olympique defense to head it, and the goalkeeper sent it across the bottom line.

Already 42 minutes in, Olympique de Marseille scared the opponent again. Ounahi made a good move and crossed to Luis Henrique, who finished. Again, however, Chevalier was there to prevent the visitors from scoring. With that, the duel went to halftime at 0-0.

Five minutes into the second half, Olympique de Marseille had the best chance to open the scoring. After receiving a beautiful pass from Harit, Aubameyang entered the penalty area and hit the goal for a good save by Chevalier.

But it was Lille who actually opened the scoring. Luis Henrique missed the pass and Jonathan David got the ball. The Canadian invaded the penalty area, was brought down by Gigot, and the referee signaled a penalty. From the kick, the striker himself converted and put Lille ahead: 1-0.

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25 minutes into the second half, Lille increased their lead on the scoreboard. Bentaleb recovered the ball and found a great pass for Cabella. The number 10 invaded the penalty area and hit the spot to score his team’s second goal in the match.

However, Olympique did not give up and managed to score with less than ten minutes left in the game. Lille’s defense cleared poorly and Aubameyang fought for the ball. The ball hit the attacker, then Ismaily and ended up in the back of the net: 2-1.

However, in the 40th minute, Lille completed the victory by finding the net for the third time. Tiago Santos received the ball on the left inside the penalty area and crossed low to the back. Gudmundsson arrived hitting to put an end to any possible reaction from his opponent.

Check out results from the other European championships this Friday

Italian
Salernitana 2 x 2 Sassuolo

German
Eintracht Frankfurt 1 x 1 Werder Bremen

Portuguese
SC Farense 2 x 0 Boavista