Marseille beat Benfica 4-2 on penalties in the Europa League quarter-final second leg. The Phocaeans were beaten 2-1 in the first leg.
Marseille will now face Atalanta in the semi-finals. Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang (10 goals so far) did not score in the game. The match ended on the knees and with two kittens. The Marseilles can thank Angel Di Maria for his penalty save against Pau Lopez (98th). The usual executioner of French clubs missed his attempt during the penalty shootout. The Ukrainian goalkeeper won, ahead of Illiman Ndiaye (8th), Geoffrey Kondogbia (69th), or Jordan Veretout (65th). Despite an initial handball, the Olympians struggled to really worry Anatoliy Trubin. For the rest, OM showed that it was not ninth in Ligue 1 by chance and made numerous technical errors and made several errors.