This season Marseille started in the second most powerful tournament in Europe, where they unexpectedly stopped only in third place, which gives the team the right to take part in the Conference League, which is a new tournament from UEFA. At the stage of the group stage, the team lost the first two lines to Lazio and Galatasaray and the Provencals lost only once. The start in the French Cup was quite easy. Olympic knocked out Rocheville (4:1) and Chauvigny (3:0) from the draw. The southerners are quite confident in the tournament distance of the country’s major league championship, where in 21 rounds they chalked up 11 wins and seven peaceful outcomes, which brought 40 points and the third position. The gap from the second “Nice” is only two points, with one game in hand. In 2022 the Blue and White defeated Bordeaux (1:0), drew with Lille (1:1) and dealt with Lens on the road (2:0). Kolasinac, De La Fuente and Guye, who is in the national team, will not be able to play today.
On the way to the League Cup final, the White-Greens beat the uncompromising Santa Clara (2:1) not without difficulty. In this game, teams pleased the fans with all the options for scoring goals. From the penalty spot, in their own net and even sending off Costa received a red card for rough play. In the Primeira Liga Sporting are in second position after 19 rounds. Ruben Amorim’s wards have 15 wins and two draws, which brought 47 points, which is three more than today’s opponent. In the last round the “lions” did not cope with “Braga” at home (1:2).
