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Save the honor. This was the goal of the tricolor clubs engaged in the Europa League on Thursday. Indeed, Olympique de Marseille (1 draw, 3 losses), Stade Rennais (1 win, 3 defeats) and the Girondins de Bordeaux (1 draw, 3 losses) are far from shining on the European stage this season. It was therefore necessary to rectify the shooting this Thursday. The scapular club showed the way by winning 2-0 against Slavia Prague. At 9 pm, the Phoenicians and Bretons were on deck. The first were traveling to Eintracht Frankfurt. Already eliminated from the C3, the finalists of the last Europa League (1 point) had to deal with an undefeated German formation and leader of Group H (4 wins, 12 points). For this meeting without stake, Rudi Garcia had decided to bet on a 4-4-2 and make a great turnover of his staff. Hubocan, Amavi or Germain were in the titular holder. Opposite, Adolf Hütter opted for the same system with Kevin Trapp in the cages and a duo Haller-Jovic in tip.
OM humiliated in Frankfurt
And the evening started very badly for the Olympians. From the first minute of play, following a corner, Gacinovic accelerated right side before hitting left. Pelé pushed back both fists as best he could. But Jovic followed perfectly and sent a heavy shot into the net (1-0, 1e). The start of the match was clearly to the advantage of the Germans, who put speed and percussion. But the Phoenicians did not let go. At the 13th, Lopez served Germain perfectly in the box. Back to the goal, the striker of the OM realized a beautiful sequence control of the bad-recovery of volley of the right. But Trapp hijacked the ball. While Marseille seemed a little better, Luiz Gustavo, pressed by Willems, sent a pbad back to Pele, who was not on his line. The Brazilian scored against his side a goal gag (2-0, 17). Unbelievable ! In the wake, Frankfurt was not far from tripling the bet. After getting rid of Kamara, Jovic, alone against Pelé, crossed too much his shot (19th). Opportunities continued to rain on the German side. At the 29th, Tawatha was playing Caleta-Car, in great suffering tonight, before sending a center to Gacinovic.
The latter took the ball well but Pelé, in two stages, cleared the danger. Gacinovic, Jovic, Haller, the danger came from everywhere for the OM which was led logically to the break (2-0). When the lockers returned, Frankfurt left with the same intentions. Russ pierced the Marseille defense before hitting the goal. Hubocan turned away for a corner (46 '). If the attackers Phocéens were not inspired like Mitroglou (50th, bad choice), Radonjic took advantage of a cons to send a beautiful shot of the law obliging Trapp to a parry. Sarr, who had followed, did not fit his shot (53). Opposite, Frankfurt was still pushing. Willems found Haller whose right shot skimmed Pele's post (57 '). But the Germans were visibly less successful than the Marseillais tonight. For the 62nd, Bouna Sarr also scored against his side by wanting to clear a center Da Costa in front of his goal (3-0). Then 4-0 in the 67th thanks a goal from Jovic, who took the best of Rolando before adjusting Pelé. A score that did not move until the final whistle despite the badaults of Eintracht Frankfurt. With this new defeat, OM is last in its group since the Apollon Limbadol won against Lazio Rome (2-0). A dirty night for the tricolor club.
Rennes stays alive
For its part, Stade Rennais (3rd, 3 points) kept a small hope of qualifying. For that, it was necessary to win during the last two days of Europa League while counting on a success of Dynamo Kiev in Astana this Thursday in advanced match. What managed to do the Ukrainians who won 1 to 0. The Bretons had to fill the other part of the contract when they moved to Jablonec (4th, 2 points), already eliminated. To put the odds on his side and afford a final against Astana at Roazhon Park on December 13, Sabri Lamouchi opted for a 3-5-2 with a duo Ismaïla Sarr-Clément Grenier attack. Hatem Ben Arfa started on the bench. At first, both formations put rhythm and intensity. Rennes side, we bet on a high dry. But the Czechs, aggressive and disciplined, played the blows thoroughly and took the advantage little by little. The pressure was on the cages of Koubek who had to face the attempts of Travnik (10th, 14th) or Hovorka (24th, shot countered by Da Silva). The Bretons resisted somehow behind. In front, the attackers, like an Ismaïla Sarr rarely found, had very few balloons to put in the tooth especially as the Rennes lost a lot.
In front, Jablonek was close to opening the scoring. After a center Kubista, Delozal crossed his head too (28th). Then, after a head thrown into the surface, Delozal's devil sent a shot from the left at close range. This time, Koubek was saved by his cross (31) before leaving a new parade after a header Lischka (33). Except for a cross shot by Johansson (44th), the SRFC did not really offensively but was doing well at the break (0-0). It was necessary to show a much better face in the second period for Rennes. And ten minutes after the recovery, Clément Grenier found the flaw. After a good job in the area, Sarr found Grenier in the background. The latter took the right and propelled the leather in the skylight (0-1, 55th). If Jablonek continued to fire Koubek's goal (Kubista's 66th, 85th shot on shot, 91st parade), the SRFC held on and was not far from doubling the lead with Hunou (90th). Rennes won in the final 1 to 0. A success that allows the French club (6 points) to have his destiny in hand and play a final on December 13 against Astana (8 points) at home. Other results of the evening include Chelsea's 3-0 win over PAOK Salonique in the L group with a pair of Frenchman Olivier Giroud.
The results of 21-hour matches:
Group G:
Rangers 0-0 Villarreal
Group H:
Apollon Limbadol 2-0 Lazio Rome (Faupala (32nd), Markovic (82nd) for Limbadol)
Eintracht Frankfurt 4-0 Olympique Marseille (Jovic (1st, 67th), Gustavo (17th, CSC), Sarr (62nd, CSC) for Frankfurt)
Group I:
Malmö 2-2 Genk (Lewicki (65), Antonsson (67) for Malmö, Pozuelo Melero (42), Paintsil (53) for Genk)
Sarpsborg 2-3 Besiktas (Muhammed (2nd), Heintz (6th) for Sarpsborg, Lens (63rd, 90th), Vagner Love (66th) for Besiktas)
Group J:
Standard Liege 1-0 Sevilla FC (Djenepo (62) for the Standard)
Group K:
Jablonec 0-1 Stade Rennais (Attic (55th) for Rennes)
Group L :
Chelsea 4-0 PAOK Thessaloniki (Giroud (27th, 37th), Hudson-Odoi (60th), Morata (78th) for Chelsea)
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