Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang and Marseille will take on Ángel Di María and Benfica in the quarterfinals today.
Benfica, from the Portuguese Primeira Liga, will take on Marseille, from France’s Ligue 1, at the Estádio da Luz in Lisbon, Portugal, this afternoon in the quarterfinals of the 2023-24 UEFA Europa League. Benfica started in the knockout stage taking on Toulouse in the first round. In the first leg, the team won 2-1 with two goals from Ángel Di Maria who had two converted penalties in the 68th and 98th minute which proved the game-winner after a 0-0 second leg. It moved on to take on the Rangers in the Round of 16. The two drew 2-2 with another Di María penalty and an own goal from the Rangers in the 67th minute. This club made it through two rounds to the quarterfinals without scoring a non-penalty goal yet. It will need one of those if it hopes to beat Marseille in this round.
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Game Date: Apr. 11, 2024
Game Time: 3 p.m. ET
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Marseille came in second in Group B with a 3-2-1 record and 11 points losing first in the group to Brighton and Hove Albion from the Premier League. In the first round, Marseille beat Shakhtar after drawing 2-2 in the first leg, 3-1 in the second leg. Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang, Ismaïla Sarr, and Geoffrey Kondogbia scored the goals in the win.
In the Round of 16, Marseill beat Villarreal quickly. The aggregate over two games was 5-3. It won 4-0 in a shutout in the first agme with two goals from Aubameyang and one from Jordan Veretout. The lone goal in the second game was from Jonathan Clauss.
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