The OM staff will carry out a final set-up this Thursday morning. Iliman Ndiaye is expected in the axis, in front, in place of Faris Moumbagna, disappointing in the first leg. One position still sparks debate, that of left back. On the first leg, in Lisbon (1-2), Emran Soglo played the last half hour in this position, and he applies this Thursday.
“Quentin Merlin’s injury disrupted usexplained Jean-Louis Gasset this Wednesday. We had to invent. Soglo is a little one who is in the group. In my first match against Donetsk (3-1, February 22), he came in to replace Merlin (in added time, editor’s note). According to the echoes I had had and the images I had seen, he could take responsibility. He is in the three or four players who can start. »
Clauss and Sarr remained in care
We discovered him at the start of the season, under Marcelino, who launched the 18-year-old as a left winger in Metz on August 18. Luis Henrique, who helped out for a few moments against Benfica, and Amir Murillo, returning from injury, represent alternatives. About the Panamanian, the OM coach said: “He’s done a week’s work, he’s getting better and better, he’s not far away. » This Wednesday, at the end of the afternoon, eighteen players including four young players (Abdallah, Daou, Lafont, M’Madi) began training at the Commanderie, under the eyes of managers Medhi Benatia and Pablo Longoria. Jonathan Clauss and Ismaïla Sarr remained in care at the start of the session.