Current location:sport >>
Marseille survive Villarreal fightback to go through
sport39434People have gathered around
IntroductionOlympique Marseille qualified for the quarterfinal of the Europa League despite suffering a 3-1 defe ...
Olympique Marseille qualified for the quarterfinal of the Europa League despite suffering a 3-1 defeat away to Villarreal on Thursday evening as the Spanish side went close to a historic European fightback.
Villarreal went into the game looking to overturn a 4-0 defeat from the first leg and with even the most fervent of their fans expecting to see them overturn what looked like a decisive deficit.
However, Villarreal looked to get back into the tie from the very start with an aggressive display that saw them pin Marseilles in their own half, with 12 shots in the first half, to zero from the French side.
Only one of those shots ended up in goal, as Etienne Capoue scored a powerful header in the 32nd minute.
Capoue saw another effort deflected wide before the break, and Alexander Sorloth, who was impressive all game, netted a second goal in the 54th minute after a pass from Goncalo Guedes, which was given after a long VAR check.
Villarreal were pinning Marseilles back in their own half, and goalkeeper Pau Lopez made a double save to deny Gerard Moreno's header and Guedes' follow-up effort.
Yerson Mosquera almost brought the house down when he scored Villarreal's third with seven minutes left to play. Marcelino Garcia's side were inches away from an equalizing goal in the closing minutes as Jose Luis Morales forced another good save from Pau.
With Villarreal camped around the Marseille area, Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang launched a counterattack that saw him weave past two defenders and leave Jonathan Clauss with a tap-in to assure their side's place in the quarterfinals.
Tags:
Reprint:Friends are welcome to share on the Internet, but please indicate the source of the article when reprinting it.“Culture Canvas news portal”。http://burma.unhasdecoradas.org/content-95e199714.html
Related articles
Party time! Lauren Sanchez celebrates her grand Met Gala debut while mingling with fashion A
sportLauren Sanchez made her Met Gala debut as she rubbed shoulders with fashion A-listers while joined b ...
【sport】
Read moreTaylor Swift drops surprise double album
sportNEW YORK (AP) — Could there be a Taylor Swift new album rollout without a few additional surprises?N ...
【sport】
Read moreConditions improve for students shot in Maryland park on 'senior skip day'
sportGREENBELT, Md. (AP) — Three of the five youths shot in a suburban Washington, D.C., park during a hi ...
【sport】
Read more
Popular articles
- Too much water, and not enough: Brazil's flooded south struggles to find basic goods
- Rigoni, Stuver propel Austin to 1
- First baseman Nathaniel Lowe back with Rangers after missing first 20 games with oblique strain
- Yankees' slugger Aaron Judge strikes out four times, hears boos on promotional bobblehead day
- Real Madrid clinch record
- Rapids use pair of own goals to beat Dallas 2
Latest articles
2024 NHL draft lottery: Sharks win right to No. 1 pick for 1st time in team history
Zelensky, Stoltenberg agree to hold urgent meeting of Ukraine
I'm a nutritionist and here are my top tips to beat your sugar cravings for good
Tomas Totland scores first MLS goal in stoppage time, St. Louis plays Sporting KC to 3
Workers at Stellantis plant near Detroit authorize strike in dispute over health and safety issues
Stalin's lost city: Inside the crumbling remains of once
LINKS
- Global smartphone shipments climb nearly 8% in 1st quarter as Samsung retakes the lead
- A technicolor twist on Yu the Great
- China's broadband speed more than doubles in 3 years, report says
- Night landscape against stunning Milky Way in N China
- Asian cinema ready to unite
- Assange faces further wait for appeal against extradition to US
- Conservationists give wings to black
- The Philippine president says he won't give US access to more local military bases
- I'm an influencer and these are the things I never expected about the job
- Israel prepares attack on Rafah as truce talks resume in Egypt