Shock at the opening of the 28th day of Ligue 1. Olympique de Marseille travels to a competitor for European places at the end of the season, Lille. Probable line-ups, predictions… Find out everything you need to know about this gala poster.
What a display at the opening of the 28th day of Ligue 1. As the French championship teams enter the final stretch, Lille welcomes another contender for European places, Olympique de Marseille. Fourth in Ligue 1, three points behind AS Monaco, 3rd, Lille have the opportunity to take a big step towards European qualification at the end of the season. For this clash, Paulo Fonseca will be without Samuel Umtiti, Angel Gomes and Andrej Ilic, while Rafael Fernandes, Tiago Morais and Adam Ounas are doubtful. At a press conference, the Portuguese coach returned to the importance of this meeting: “It’s the truth. Because if we win, it will be very difficult for Marseille to catch up with these 10 points. After this match, it will not be There will only be six matches and therefore 18 points to distribute. But the same, if we lose tomorrow, we will only have six matches to make up for it. The other teams will also have difficult matches but I repeat we have to think about ourselves.”
On the Marseille side, the club. Marseille remains on three defeats in a row, including two in the league. Once again, Jean-Louis Gasset faces many absentees: Chancel Mbemba, Bamo Meïté, Valentin Rongier, Bilal Nadir, Jean Onana, Amir Murillo, Jonathan Clauss and Ismaïla Sarr. In the race for the Champions League, a result is almost obligatory for the Marseille players who are aware of it: “Tomorrow, we have to restart. It is the last team faced away from home which is above us (at ranking). If we have the opportunity to come back a little… It’s an important match, the players are aware of it. We still have our future in our hands,” declared the Marseille coach. Facing the best team in the championship at home with 30 points taken out of 46, Lille is formidable at the Pierre-Mauroy stadium, as Jean-Louis Gasset underlined: “Lille is a very good team. It’s a club that works very well. I know the president (Olivier Létang), I appreciate the coach for his work, even if I don’t know him personally. When we see Lille play, this amalgamation between old people, who set an example, and young people players, like Yoro, Zhegrova or David, they really deserve it. They are the best team at home, with 30 points taken out of 46. In their stronghold, there they are good, it’s up to us to get through this stage, to restart something thing.”
The opening match of the 28th day of Ligue 1 between Lille and Olympique de Marseille is scheduled to kick off on Friday April 5 at 9:00 p.m. at the Stade Pierre-Mauroy in Lille (France). Bastien Dechepy will be the referee of the match.
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Lille: Knight – Diakite, Yoro, Alexandro, Ismaily – Andrew, Bentaleb – Zeghrova, Yacizi, Haraldsson – David.
OM: Lopez – Garcia, Gigot, Balerdi, Merlin – Veretout, Kondogbia – Harit, Ndiaye, L.Henrique – Aubameyang.
