At the Vélodrome stadium, Marseille coach Jorge Sampaoli preferred to bet on the speed of Dieng, scorer in the first leg, rather than on the experience of Milik, not successful on Sunday in the defeat against Lyon in Ligue 1 (3- 0).
To feed the Senegalese international (22), Sampaoli has lined up a duo of creators with Dimitri Payet and Amine Harit, supported in midfield by the Brazilian Gerson.
Finally, defensive midfielder Bouba Kamara has apparently been pushed back into the center of the defense at the expense of Croatian Duje Caleta-Car, at fault on one of Feyenoord's goals in the first leg and replacing Thursday at the kick of 'mail.
And goalkeeper Steve Mandanda was established in the cage for his 101st European match with OM.
On the Dutch side, there were no particular surprises with the tenure at the top of the Belgian-Nigerian striker Cyriel Dessers, author of a double in the first leg, supported by the stirring Colombian winger Luis Sinisterra.
Olympique de Marseille and Feyenoord Rotterdam are vying for a place in the final of the very first edition of the Europa League Conference, a new competition launched this season by UEFA on the third European level.
The final is scheduled for May 25 in Tirana, Albania.
Team compositions:
Marseille: Mandanda (cap.) - Rongier, Saliba, Kamara, Luan Peres - Guendouzi, P. Gueye, Gerson - Harit, Dieng, Payet.
Coach: Jorge Sampaoli (ARG)
Feyenoord: Marciano - Geertruida, Trauner, Senesi (cap.), Malacia - Aursnes, Kokcu - Nelson, Til, Sinisterra - Dessers.
Coach: Arne Slot (NED)
Referee: Sandro Schärer (SUI)
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