Olympique de Marseille: Droit au But

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COUPE DE FRANCE NINTH ROUND DRAW

04 December 2017


The draw for the Ninth Round of the Coupe de France has been made at the FFF headquarters in Paris. The tie of the round is by far Alain Casanova’s new look Olympique Lyonnais side hosting one of his former sides in Toulouse, in a game where either side could progress to the tenth round. Ligue 2 side Paris FC will host struggling Troyes AC in what could be one of the most fascinating ties, and one of the more likely games to see a shock result. For Olympique de Marseille the draw has thrown up a repeat of the Coupe de la Ligue Fourth Round fixture, meaning Christophe Galtier’s men will visit Ligue 2 side Evian for the second time in a matter of weeks.

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UEFA CHAMPIONS LEAGUE GROUP E: MATCHDAY 6 UPDATE

06 December 2017

MATCH REPORTS

The final whistle has been blown on the Group Stages of the UEFA Champions League and in Group E it is Olympique de Marseille who top the group and will therefore be seeded going into next weeks draw for the knockout round. The only goal of the game at the Stade Velodrome came in the 30th minute as Brice Dja Djedje delivered another assist, this time for Islam Slimani whose powerful header ricocheted off the cross bar to give Marseille a 1-0 win which saw them secure 1st place in the group.

At the Etihad Stadium, Manchester City claimed their place in the UEFA Europa League with a surprising 3-1 victory over Barcelona. Sergio Aguero got the scoring under way in the 17th minute with a fantastic free kick which flew past Marc-Andre ter Stegen in the Barca goal. It remained 1-0 until after half time, when in the 67th minute Aguero turned provider for Kevin de Bruyne who lashed the ball past ter Stegen to give City a 2-0 lead. However just a minute later Lionel Messi had slipped Ivan Rakitic through in space, and the Croatian slotted home from 14 yards out to give Barca a lifeline. However the Catalan giants hopes of equalising were soon ended in the 76th minute as Sergio Aguero, performed a Messi-esque run through the Barca half before dinking the ball into the bottom corner to give Man City a 3-1 lead that put them comfortably through to the Europa League and saw Marseille top the group.

GROUP STANDINGS

Olympique de Marseille top the group then after a comfortable 1-0 victory over Lazio and Barcelona’s defeat in Manchester. Barcelona will be unseeded and will face one of the other group winners in the knockout stages, whilst Manchester City fall into the Europa League. Lazio are out of European competition completely for this season.

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UEFA CHAMPIONS LEAGUE FIRST KNOCKOUT ROUND DRAW

11 December 2017

The people in charge at UEFA have drawn the teams out of the hat for the Round of 16 for the UEFA Champions League with some mouth-watering ties drawn out of the hat. With the Group Winners being guaranteed to play the second leg at home, the 16 teams left in the competition have been split into two pots of 8; the Group Winners in the Seeded pot and the Group Runners up in the Unseeded Pot.


There you have it then, the draw for the First Knockout Round of the UEFA Champions League. The first legs will be played on the 13/14th & 20th/21st of February with the return legs being played on the 6th/7th & 13th/14th March.

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COUPE DE LA LIGUE FOURTH ROUND UPDATE

12 December 2017


Olympique de Marseille laboured into the Quarter Finals of the Coupe de la Ligue with a 2-0 extra time victory over Ligue 2 side Evian TG. In a tight game at the Parc des Sports it took until the 95th minute for the Ligue 1 giants to take the lead when Brice Dja Djedje played a pacey cross into the area, which found its way through a crowded penalty area which was eventually met by the right foot of Jonas Martin who made it 1-0. Then just 8 minutes later, the scoring was finished as Edwin Cardona found Mousa Dembele at the edge of the area who lashed the ball into the goal to score his first goal for the club and put Marseille into the Quarter Finals.

Coupe de la Ligue Quarter Final Draw

The draw for the Coupe de la Ligue Quarter Finals has thrown up some extremely interesting ties. Zinedine Zidane will return to Saint-Etienne with his new PSG side, whilst Stade Rennais will entertain Toulouse. Olympique de Marseille will host Bordeaux, whilst AS Monaco will welcome Olympique Lyonnais to the Stade Louis II, as the competition begins to really heat up.