The battle for the last 16. "Marseille vs Shakhtar: all the details of the Europa League butt match

On Thursday, February 22, Shakhtar Donetsk will play a Europa League return leg in which they will compete for a ticket to the last 16 of the tournament. After a 2-2 draw in Hamburg, Marino Pusic's side will play away to French side Marseille, who announced the change of head coach two days before the match.

The meeting will be held at the famous Velodrome stadium. We will provide a live stream of the Marseille vs Shakhtar match. The game starts at 22:00 Kyiv time.

MARSEILLE VS SHAKHTAR LIVE STREAM

Europa League. Head-to-head match

Marseille, Stade Velodrome

Head referee: Tobias Stieler (Germany), VAR referee: Marco Fritz (Germany)

"Marseille (France) vs Shakhtar (Donetsk, Ukraine) 0: 0

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WHERE TO WATCH MARSEILLE VS SHAKHTAR

The live broadcast of the match in Ukraine will be available on Megogo Football 1 channel, which is part of the Maximum package of the MEGOGO video service. The show will also be available for Volia TV customers.

An hour before kickoff and immediately after the match, a traditional analytical studio will be open with the participation of journalists and invited experts.

MARSEILLE VS SHAKHTAR FORECAST

The hosts are considered to be the favorites of the game. Bets on the French team to win on time are accepted at odds of 1.70. The draw is estimated at 3.90. And the Pitmen's success rate reaches 4.33.

Analysts also offer an index of 1.40 for Marseille to reach the last 16 and 2.75 for Shakhtar's final triumph.

REFEREES FOR MARSEILLE VS SHAKHTAR

A team of referees from Germany, headed by Tobias Stieler, has been entrusted with the match. He will be assisted by linesmen Christian Gittelmann and Mark Borsch, and Martin Petersen will act as the fourth referee.

The game will also feature a video assistant referee (VAR) system, which will be overseen by Marco Fritz.

WORDS BEFORE THE MATCH

Jean-Louis Gasset, Shakhtar head coach:

- I talk to the players to tell them that life is made up of difficult moments, but we need to know how to lift our heads and talk about tomorrow. I don't have any goals. I have a 100-day mission, but we are in a special competition right now and we can bring a good mood to a lot of people by doing the right thing.

Marino Pušić, Shakhtar head coach:

- This is the second game, and as we all know, everything will be decided in it. We felt how good Marseille is in the first game, despite all their current problems. But I can tell you that they are still Marseille, with a lot of very strong individually strong players who make it possible to get results. We felt it during the first game and we have to be ready for the second game to respond well in certain individual moments, which we are going to do. In any case, it will be an interesting match: in the first meeting, the game was equal, and it will probably be the same in the second.

TENTATIVE LINEUPS

"Marseille: Ruben Blanco - Klos, Mbemba, Gigot, Merlin - Kondogbia, Arit, Unai - Sarr, Aubameyang, Ndiaye

"Shakhtar: Riznyk - Konoplya, Rakitsky, Matvienko, Azarov - Stepanenko, Zubkov, Sudakov, Bondarenko, Eginaldo - Sikan

FIRST MATCH

In the match in Hamburg, the teams gave the fans a fantastic spectacle. "Shakhtar had to come back twice, conceding the second goal in the 90th minute but managing to equalize.

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