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Gianluca Scamacca allowed Atalanta to emerge unbeaten from the Stade Velodrome, as only a Chancel Mbemba stunner let Olympique Marseille equalise.

La Dea had Isak Hien suspended, but Giorgio Scalvini returned to the starting XI. OM had Samuel Gigot banned, Bamo Meité, captain Valentin Rongier and Bilal Nadir injured, but Chancel Mbemba, Amir Murillo and Quentin Merlin returned.

It was an ideal start to silence the loud Stade Velodrome crowd, as Gianluca Scamacca sprung the offside trap on the Teun Koopmeiners through ball, took a touch and drilled right-footed into the far bottom corner.

However, Sead Kolasinac landed awkwardly after a jump and was forced to limp off, replaced by Mario Pasalic so Marten de Roon dropped into midfield.

Soon after, Marseille were able to equalise when defender Mbemba marked his comeback with a strangely swerving strike from outside the box that bounced off the inside of the far post and ricocheted into the net.

Marseille really should’ve turned it around just before half-time when going on the counter two against two, but Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang incredibly fired the angled drive across the face of goal and wide.

Aubameyang also got away from Davide Zappacosta, only to be denied by brave Juan Musso goalkeeping.

Pau Lopez smothered a Koopmeiners snapshot and Marseille had the ball in the net with Ismaila Sarr’s tap-in, but Luis Henrique was offside in the build-up.

Ademola Lookman came off the bench and had a good chance fired across the face of goal, then Marseille substitute Azzedine Ounahi thumped the crossbar on an Aubameyang assist within moments of his introduction.

Faris Moumbagna slipped when trying to take advantage of a Musso error, while Aleksei Miranchuk’s strike looked like it was going in until the final bend took it inches wide of the upright.

Marseille 1-1 Atalanta

Scamacca 11 (A), Mbemba 20 (M)

02-05-2024 20:00 1/2 Final Orange Vélodrome

Atalanta 1 - 1

Player statistic

1st half
    11' Gianluca Scamacca (Assist: Teun Koopmeiners)
Chancel Mbemba (Assist: Geoffrey Kondogbia)

20'     2nd half

Leonardo Balerdi

69'    

Match statistic

49 Possession % 51 14 Total shots 8 3 Shots on target 2 6 Shots off target 4 5 Blocked shots 2 11 Corners 1 2 Offsides 1 12 Fouls 16 Marseille Atalanta

Starting lineups

16
Pau López Goalkeeper 62
Amir Murillo Defender 72' 99
Chancel Mbemba Defender 7
Jonathan Clauss Defender 65' 5
Leonardo Balerdi Defender 11
Amine Harit Midfielder 72' 19
Geoffrey Kondogbia Midfielder 27
Jordan Veretout Midfielder 23
Ismaïla Sarr Attacker 65' 44 Luis Henrique Attacker 10
Juan Musso Goalkeeper 19
Berat Djimsiti Defender 77
Davide Zappacosta Defender 85' 42 Giorgio Scalvini Defender 22 Matteo Ruggeri Defender 23
Sead Kolasinac Defender 17' 13
Éderson Midfielder 15
Marten de Roon Midfielder 7
Teun Koopmeiners Midfielder 17
Charles De Ketelaere Attacker 84' 90

59'

Substitutes

20
Joaquín Correa Attacker 1
Simon Ngapandouetnbu Goalkeeper 36
Rubén Blanco Goalkeeper 48 Yakine Said M’Madi Defender 37 Emran Soglo Midfielder 49 Raimane Daou Midfielder 46 Gaël Lafont Midfielder 41 Keyliane Abdallah Attacker 3 Quentin Merlin Defender 65' 14 Faris Moumbagna Attacker 65' 8
Azzedine Ounahi Midfielder 72' 29
Iliman Ndiaye Attacker 72' 31
Francesco Rossi Goalkeeper 29
Marco Carnesecchi Goalkeeper 25
Michel Adopo Midfielder 10
El Bilal Touré Attacker 45 Marco Palestra Defender 43 Giovanni Bonfanti Defender 53
Pietro Comi Defender 8
Mario Pasalic Midfielder 17' 11
Ademola Lookman Attacker 59' 59
Aleksey Miranchuk Midfielder 84' 33
Hans Hateboer Defender

85'

This article first appeared on Football Italia and was syndicated with permission.

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