The French team Olympic de Marseille is preparing to face Panathinaikos Greece, today, Tuesday, at nine pm Paris time and ten pm Cairo and Riyadh time, at the Orange Vélodrome Stadium in Marseille.
Olympique de Marseille football team in the first match at Legui 1 - source: le parisian news paper
Olympique de Marseille VS Panathinaikos are part of the second leg of the second qualifying round of the Champions League this season.
Marseille lost the first leg to Panathinaikos in Greece
Today’s match is a tough test for Olympique de Marseille, as Panathinaikos won the first leg at home at Athens’ Apostolos Nikolaides Stadium 1-0.
Under the watchful eyes of 11,000 spectators in the stands of the Apostolos Nikolaides stadium, Panathinaikos succeeded in beating the companions of Moroccan star Azzedine Ouanahi, with an unanswered goal scored by former Brazilian international midfielder Bernard in the 83rd minute, with the help of young Greek striker Fotis Loanidis.
Olympique de Marseille, the only French team to win the Champions League in history, completed the last 25 minutes of the match with 10 men after Central African midfielder Joffrey Kondobia was sent off with a second yellow card in the 65th minute.
Marseille contemplates new players in Panathinaikos match
Olympique de Marseille coach Murcino is expected to start the Panathinaikos match today, with a formation with some new signings that have reached Marseille this Mercato.
The first leg saw the participation of a number of new players with Olympique de Marseille, such as Brazilian left-back Renan Lodi from Atletico Madrid after ending his loan with Nottingham Forest, and the famous Gabonese striker Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang from Chelsea on a free deal this summer.
