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This Thursday, Benfica, with world champions Ángel Di María and Nicolás Otamendi from the start, lost on penalties against Olympique de Marseille, in the quarterfinals, and was left out of the Europa League semifinals.

The 90 minutes ended with the Eagles losing 1-0, but the aggregate ended 2-2 because the Portuguese had won 2-1 in the first leg, so it was decided from the 12 steps: it ended 4-2. It has been six years since Olympique reached this stage of the competition.

The only goal of the match was scored by Faris Moumbagna, 33 minutes into the second half, for the French team, 1-0.

⏱ 90’ | #OMSLB 1️⃣-0️⃣
2 goals everywhere in the cumulative score of the 2 matches, time for overtime!! ⚔️

🗣 𝐀𝐋𝐋𝐄𝐙 𝐋’𝐎𝐌! 🔵⚪️ pic.twitter.com/UHvR5u4KFi

— Olympique de Marseille (@OM_Officiel) April 18, 2024

In the penalty shootout, which ended up benefiting the French team, “el Fideo” missed his shot; Meanwhile, Otamendi did mark it. In addition, Argentines Leonardo Balerdi and Joaquín Correa scored from the 12th spot on the winning team.

Benfica, led by Ángel Di María and Nicolás Otamendi, lost on penalties to Marseille and did not advance to the semi-finals of the Europa League. (Courtesy Ojogo)Soccer

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With this result, Marseille moved to the semifinals of the tournament and will face Atalanta, who beat Liverpool 3-1 on aggregate.

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