Thursday, September 30, 2021 at 11:15 PM• Mart Oude Nijeweeme • Last update: 23:19

Olympique Marseille and Galatasaray shared the points in Group E of the Europa League on Thursday evening. The home team of trainer Jorge Sampaoli created chance after chance, but in the end failed to break the spell. Due to the draw, Galatasaray remains the leader in the group with four points from two matches, while Marseille occupies third place with two points. The game in France was interrupted for about ten minutes after both supporters pelted each other with fireworks. Lazio settled 2-0 in the same group with Lokomotiv Moscow. ‘s loss of points l’OM is favorable for the coefficient ranking for the Netherlands, which is currently in direct pursuit of France.

Trainer Fatih Terim had made a base place at Galatasaray for Patrick van Aanholt and Halil Dervisoglu, among others, while Ryan Babel had to settle for a place on the reserve bench. The chances for both teams could be counted on one hand in the early stages. With half an hour on the clock, Amine Harit created the first danger in the Stade Vélodrome. The attacking midfielder set up a good combination with Dimitri Payet, but then failed to get a shot in a promising position.

Ten minutes before half time, Cengiz Ünder was still close to the opening goal. The winger forced Fernando Muslera to an extreme save with a placed shot of about 25 yards. After this, the game was briefly stopped. Galatasaray supporters caused the necessary chaos by throwing fireworks into the boxes with supporters of the home team. Referee Pawel Raczkowski counted eight minutes of stoppage time. In the closing second of the first half, Kerem Aktürkoglu got the chance to Cim Bom to take the lead against proportion. However, the attacker failed face to face with goalkeeper Pau López.

After the break, Bamba Dieng had the perfect opportunity to open the score. Ünder was sent into the depths and gave the ball wide to the Senegalese who followed, who then came a toe-length too short to slide the ball in. It rained chances for Marseille in the second half. After an hour, Mattéo Guendouzi also failed to shoot the ball from one meter into an empty goal. The midfielder was tapped ten minutes before the end by Victor Nelsson. Arbiter Raczkowski pointed to the dot, but came back to this after the intervention of the VAR. Marseille and Galatasaray eventually shared the points.