Against Spurs, Igor Tudor will be deprived of suspended Chilean international Alexis Sanchez. He can nevertheless count on defender Samuel Gigot, absent in Auxerre due to muscle discomfort in the quadriceps and attacking midfielder Dimitri Payet, recovered from calf pain: the two players are well in the group. Yesterday morning, the Phocaeans held a final training session at the Robert Louis-Dreyfus center before flying to the English capital. During the pre-match press briefing at the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium, Payet spoke about his physical condition: “If I am here in front of you, it means that everything is fine. I am 100%. »
“Yes, we are ready to enter this competition. Afterwards, I think everyone is, I said, quite excited at the idea of playing, some for the first time. But we will also have to show a lot of rigor, a lot of seriousness to be able to exist, to be able to try to hurt this opponent who is used to this competition. ” chained the international community. “This first day is not final, but obviously it puts you on the right track if you manage to take three points. he concluded.
As a reminder, Cédric Bakambu, Bamba Dieng and Isaak Touré are not part of the UEFA list communicated by OM. On the Spurs side, Lucas Moura is forfeited (tendon inflammation). Between 1,200 and 1,500 Marseille supporters are expected in the visitor park of the London setting. The meeting will be refereed by the Slovenian Mr. Slavko Vincic.
Probable teams:
Marseille: Lopez – Mbemba, Bailly, Kolasinac – Clauss, Rongier, Veretout, Tavares – Gerson, Guendouzi, Payet (or Suarez)
Replacements: White, Ngapandouetnbu (g.), Balerdi, Gigot, Kabore, Gueye, Green, Other
Tottenham: Lloris – Romero, Dier, Lenglet – Emerson, Höjbjerg, Bentancur, Perisic (or Sessegnon) – Kuluveski (or Richarlison), Kane, Son
Substitutes: Austin, Forster (l.), Davies, Sanchez, Doherty, Spence, Tanganga, Bissouma, Saar, Skipp, Gil.
