Not the night of the French clubs: Marseille, finalist last season in the Europa League, is already eliminated after his defeat at Lazio Rome (2-1). Rennes, cruised by Dynamo Kiev (3-1), and Bordeaux, held in check by Zenit Saint-Petersburg (1-1), are not far from taking the door.
The Bordelais opened the scoring with a penalty from Francois Kamano but were surprised by Anton Zabolotny (72) despite a match under control. They count 1 point after four days. That's seven less than Zenit and six less than Slavia Prague, 2nd after his 0-0 draw against Copenhagen. Mathematically, there remains a tiny and unlikely chance to qualify.
For Rennes, it's a bit the same thing: the Bretons are not eliminated, mathematically, after their defeat 3-1 in Ukraine (goals of Benjamin Verbic, 13th, Vitaliy Mykolenko, 68th, Mykola Shaparenko, 72nd, reduced score of Theoson Siebatcheu 89th).
But, blocked three units, they are five points behind their executioner in the evening and Astana, who beat Jablonec (2-1). Another gulf almost impossible to fill in the two remaining matches ... Especially given the level posted Thursday.
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Marseille already eliminated
Marseille, who has taken only one point in four games, has even more this tiny hope to hang on: the valiant finalists of last season have once again sank at Lazio Rome (2-1). They leave the qualifying places of their Group H to the Italians and Eintracht Frankfurt, winner at the same time against the Apollon Limassol (3-2).
The Olympians sank just before half-time (goal of Marco Parolo, 45 + 1) and a little after (Joaquin Correa, 55th), and the reduction of the score of Florian Thauvin (60th) is only anecdotal. "I'm happy with the content and have played to the end to score," still tried to positively coach Rudi Garcia. "Their goalkeeper has been good while we, opponents need only half a chance to score right now."
This is the fourth straight defeat for Rudi Garcia's men in all competitions. The crisis is set in Marseille, which will be under pressure for the reception of Dijon Sunday (17:00) in the league.
5 pts - Here is the list of countries that have taken more points than France in the Europa League this season:
Germany
Spain
England
Russia
Austria
Italy
Belgium
Croatia
Scotland
Turkey
Ukraine
Greece
Czech republic
Swiss
kazakhstan
Portugal
Hungary
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