• The Marseillais conceded 3 goals against Feyenoord Rotterdam in their semi-final first leg of the Europa League Conference.

  • OM showed incredible defensive feverishness, especially from Caleta Car, even though his teammates didn't help him much.

  • Despite these three goals conceded, the Marseillais can continue to believe in a qualification next week in Marseille thanks to a good reaction in the first period.

At the De Kuip stadium in Rotterdam,

An unrecognizable defense synonymous with defeat.

Olympique de Marseille conceded three goals to finally lose 3-2 on Thursday evening against Feyenoord Rotterdam in the semi-final first leg of the Europa League Conference.

With a defense very far from being at the level of this meeting.

"We weren't surprised, but under pressure from the opposition without arriving in their camp in the first period," said Jorge Sampaoli in a post-match press conference.

From the first minutes of the match, William Saliba and Duje Caleta Car chained the gifts, with an incalculable number of raises in the opposing feet.

Clearances were no better, with an incredible lack of precision.

“I think there are a whole bunch of factors.

The moment, the adverse pressure, which means that this type of competition does not allow you to make mistakes.

Otherwise you suffocate.

It was hard for us, and this frustration of not being able to play meant that we made mistakes, ”explained the OM coach.

"A match unbalanced by an error"

The side, Valentin Rongier and Luan Peres, were not much more reassuring on their sides.

" Lost ?

I won't say that.

We knew they were going to rush, I think we tried to go out maybe a little too much.

We should have had more personality to extend clearances and play second balls.

But we didn't do it”, regretted Valentin Rongier.

“It was us, through individual and collective errors, who lost the match alone,” Mattéo Guendouzi showed himself even more cash.

How not to think of this terrible mistake by Caleta Car, who squarely offered the third goal to Feyenoord at the worst moment, just after the return from the locker room, by not pressing his delivery enough towards Mandanda?

"A match that was unbalanced by an error", recognized Jorge Sampaoli.

"Of course we can"

But by scoring two goals in the first half, by Dieng, and Gerson decidedly in form, the Marseillais can believe in a qualification during the return match in Marseille next Thursday.

Thanks, too, to a much more solid second period.

Despite this ball in the foot, failing Caleta Car's ball in those of Mandanda.

“Of course we can, we saw it in the second half.

We have a week to work and solve this problem that we had with a lot of balloons behind our backs, “Rongier wanted to be positive.

Except that before projecting themselves on the return, the Marseillais have a hell of a match to negotiate on Sunday with the reception of Olympique Lyonnais.

And the perspective of the Champions League, while taking Lyon out of the race for Europe.

This short defeat "very disputed, very committed", according to Sampaoli should not play too much on morale.

More on the physical.

Gerson received a bad blow to the shoulder, while Rongier limped out of the De Kuip stadium press room.

What OM must not do in their next two games.

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