And yes, it is possible to play part of your European future on August 9, when almost everyone is sipping Cuba Libre in flip-flops (except yours truly). This is even the annual fate of the 3rd in Ligue 1 (well, it will be that of the 4th next summer), and it therefore falls on Olympique de Marseille this time, after 53 consecutive eliminations from AS Monaco in the play-off. of C1 (thanks Opta for the precise stat). So OM had the good idea to recruit damn (well) from July to guarantee an already competitive team, with potentially all the major recruits lined up (Lodi, Kondogbia, Sarr, Ndiaye and Aubameyang) this Wednesday. That’s good, because we are already talking about a third preliminary round trap in Athens, against Panathinaikos.
A name that inevitably slams into the history of European football, even if in fact, we only know the Brazilian ball teaser Bernard (30 years old, ex-Shakhtar) in the composition of Pana. As a reminder, the return match will take place on Tuesday August 15 at the Vélodrome, and if it goes well, OM will then have to stuff themselves with a play-off (this is often where things get stuck for French football), a priori against Braga . Because yes, the Portuguese largely beat the Serbs of Backa Topola in the preliminary round on Tuesday (3-0). Any news from Vitinha by the way? Come on, let’s stop being teasing, see you tonight.
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