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Szymon Marciniak ??
TEAM FORM
Marcseille - WLLLD ------- Spurs - WLLDW
From Marcus Edwards’ returning to North London to haunt us to Conte storming out of his post-game press conference after being denied a late winner by VAR, our matchday five clash with Sporting was truly a Champions League tie for the ages.
Kane thought he had sent Tottenham through with a last-gasp winner, but after a three-minute VAR delay, the goal was ruled out for offside, and the emotion of the occasion was too much to take for Conte, who was soon sent to the stands by Makkelie.
Our boss - who will now serve a touchline ban for this pivotal game - was under no illusions that we did not deserve much out of the game based on their first-half performance, but we remain top of Group D and only need a point to progress to the knockout stages.
Lightning struck twice for us on the South coast regarding their slow start to matches, as Bournemouth found themselves 2-0 up before Bentancur completed a remarkable turnaround in stoppage time as Spurs won 3-2, ending their three-game winless run in all tournaments.
Such a dramatic victory ought to spur us on amid our recent struggles, but while Marseille's record against English clubs leaves a lot to be desired, we have never beaten a French team away from home in any European competition. Richalison was at the double for us when we bested Marseille 2-0 in North London back in September, but with the Brazilian absent for this match, the time is nigh for other players in our team to become European heroes of the hour.
With everything still to play for on a tantalising final matchday in Group D, We do battle with Marseille at the Orange Velodrome on Tuesday still vying for spots in the Champions Leage knockout rounds.
We are one point clear at the top of the section, while Les Olympiens sit in fourth place but are still capable of upsetting the apple cart and qualifying for the last 16.
A total loss of discipline from Sporting Lisbon two matchdays in a row could have handed Marseille a golden ticket to the knockout stages, with Igor Tudor’s side taking advantage of three red cards across two games for the Portuguese outfit to get their European campaign up and running.
However, amid a sticky patch in Ligue 1, Marseille did not have the formula to beat an 11-man team in Eintracht Frankfurt on the penultimate matchday which condemned them to a 2-1 defeat.
Having now dropped back to fourth place in the group with six points to their name, Marseille will be in the pot for the last-16 draw - potentially as group winners - if they overcome us on Tuesday, but anything less than victory and their hopes of a knockout berth in the Champions League will come to an end.
Winning just one of their last five games at home and conceding in each of their last six in front of their own fans is not music to the ears of the Marseille faithful either, and Les Olympiens must now endeavour to achieve a feat that they have not done since 2010 - beat an English team in the Champions League.
Szymon Marciniak ??
TEAM FORM
Marcseille - WLLLD ------- Spurs - WLLDW
From Marcus Edwards’ returning to North London to haunt us to Conte storming out of his post-game press conference after being denied a late winner by VAR, our matchday five clash with Sporting was truly a Champions League tie for the ages.
Kane thought he had sent Tottenham through with a last-gasp winner, but after a three-minute VAR delay, the goal was ruled out for offside, and the emotion of the occasion was too much to take for Conte, who was soon sent to the stands by Makkelie.
Our boss - who will now serve a touchline ban for this pivotal game - was under no illusions that we did not deserve much out of the game based on their first-half performance, but we remain top of Group D and only need a point to progress to the knockout stages.
Lightning struck twice for us on the South coast regarding their slow start to matches, as Bournemouth found themselves 2-0 up before Bentancur completed a remarkable turnaround in stoppage time as Spurs won 3-2, ending their three-game winless run in all tournaments.
Such a dramatic victory ought to spur us on amid our recent struggles, but while Marseille's record against English clubs leaves a lot to be desired, we have never beaten a French team away from home in any European competition. Richalison was at the double for us when we bested Marseille 2-0 in North London back in September, but with the Brazilian absent for this match, the time is nigh for other players in our team to become European heroes of the hour.
With everything still to play for on a tantalising final matchday in Group D, We do battle with Marseille at the Orange Velodrome on Tuesday still vying for spots in the Champions Leage knockout rounds.
We are one point clear at the top of the section, while Les Olympiens sit in fourth place but are still capable of upsetting the apple cart and qualifying for the last 16.
A total loss of discipline from Sporting Lisbon two matchdays in a row could have handed Marseille a golden ticket to the knockout stages, with Igor Tudor’s side taking advantage of three red cards across two games for the Portuguese outfit to get their European campaign up and running.
However, amid a sticky patch in Ligue 1, Marseille did not have the formula to beat an 11-man team in Eintracht Frankfurt on the penultimate matchday which condemned them to a 2-1 defeat.
Having now dropped back to fourth place in the group with six points to their name, Marseille will be in the pot for the last-16 draw - potentially as group winners - if they overcome us on Tuesday, but anything less than victory and their hopes of a knockout berth in the Champions League will come to an end.
Winning just one of their last five games at home and conceding in each of their last six in front of their own fans is not music to the ears of the Marseille faithful either, and Les Olympiens must now endeavour to achieve a feat that they have not done since 2010 - beat an English team in the Champions League.
Team News
Marseille will have centre-back Samuel Gigot back for Tuesday's game after the 29-year-old missed out at the weekend through suspension, but Sead Kolasinac has likely done enough to hold his place in the backline.
Kolasinac is one of several Arsenal-linked men who need no added motivation to put us to the sword, with Alex Sanchez, Guendouzi and Nuno Tavares all expected to be named in the first XI - the former should replace Bamba Dieng up top despite his goal against Strasbourg.
Pape Gueye is set to miss out, but Eric Bailly could be involved after returning to training from a thigh injury, and Tudor will likely recall Valentin Rongier to captain the side from the midfield.
As mentioned, icharlison is still out with a calf problem alongside Kulusevski and his troublesome hamstring issue, and Romero was another noteworthy absentee from the win over Bournemouth.
The Argentine centre-back was a "big risk" for the clash with Sporting according to Conte and is not available for Tuesday's game either, but returns to the XI should come for Bentancur, Eric Dier and Ivan Perisic.
A 3-5-2 setup failed to bear fruit at Bournemouth, so Conte can be expected to revert to a 3-4-3 here, in spite of us only needing a draw. Gil’s's performance off the bench against Sporting was lauded, and rightly so, but Moura seemingly has a better chance of lining up from the first whistle.
Kolasinac is one of several Arsenal-linked men who need no added motivation to put us to the sword, with Alex Sanchez, Guendouzi and Nuno Tavares all expected to be named in the first XI - the former should replace Bamba Dieng up top despite his goal against Strasbourg.
Pape Gueye is set to miss out, but Eric Bailly could be involved after returning to training from a thigh injury, and Tudor will likely recall Valentin Rongier to captain the side from the midfield.
As mentioned, icharlison is still out with a calf problem alongside Kulusevski and his troublesome hamstring issue, and Romero was another noteworthy absentee from the win over Bournemouth.
The Argentine centre-back was a "big risk" for the clash with Sporting according to Conte and is not available for Tuesday's game either, but returns to the XI should come for Bentancur, Eric Dier and Ivan Perisic.
A 3-5-2 setup failed to bear fruit at Bournemouth, so Conte can be expected to revert to a 3-4-3 here, in spite of us only needing a draw. Gil’s's performance off the bench against Sporting was lauded, and rightly so, but Moura seemingly has a better chance of lining up from the first whistle.
Head-to-Head
Our second competitive match where we won the first in September
