Everything remains unchanged between Marseille and Lazio. At the Velodrome it still ends in a draw, a 2-2 certainly more spectacular than the 0-0 of the first leg but which leaves a bitter taste in the mouth of the Biancocelesti who after having recovered with Felipe Anderson and Immobile the disadvantage of Milik’s first half recover in the final with Payet’s goal, losing the opportunity to stretch on the transalpines and also on Galatasaray first and blocked on a draw with Lokomotiv Moscow.
Sampaoli sides with a 2-3-3-2 with Under and Milik attacking couple and Payet acting between the lines behind them. On the other hand, Sarri recovers the bruised Immobile in attack at the last minute, and leaves Milinkovic-Savic at rest, aiming at midfield on Basic on the same line as Luis Alberto. Marseille started strong, Lazio retreated with Pedro often in their own half to cover. The few ideas of the biancocelesti are entrusted to the foot of Luis Alberto who, however, lacks the right time to trigger a building left too alone to press. The transalpines instead weave a web in midfield that often leads Under and Lirola to cut out the suggestion in the middle for Milik. At 12 ‘a foul by Luiz Felipe on Payet on the edge grants the Frenchman the first real chance with the free kick that drops slightly near the far post defended by Strakosha. At 18 ‘cross from the left by Lirola who finds Milik at the first header, the Albanian goalkeeper is good at relaxing in the corner. At 26 ‘the first tactical key of the match: Sarri loses Manuel Lazzari due to a calf injury, Marusic enters his place and settles on the left with Hysaj passing to the opposite side. Under that way also moves, from whose cross in the 29th minute Acerbi’s arm comes out, pulling Milik into the area and after the consultation with the Var referee Sanchez Martinez concedes a penalty that the Pole himself realizes in the 33rd minute. In injury time Lazio raises the pressure: in the 1 ‘of recovery the first useful corner unleashes the Marseille fans and from the consequent throwing of objects as happened in Marseille-Psg with Neymar, the first stop of the game arrives and the protection shields of the gendarmerie to protect Luis Alberto on the flag. From the next corner, here is the unexpected goal: scrum in the area, Saliba’s deviation that frees Felipe Anderson in the area and in the last of the 5 ‘recovery period the biancocelesti find the equalizer, also here after the consultation of the Var which cancels the initial offside .
In the second half, the same script of the first half with Marseille invading the Lazio half but at the first hint of pressing Ciro Immobile once again induces Saliba to make a mistake and for the Neapolitan it is the 160th goal that allows him to detach Silvio Piola at the top to the list of all the Biancocelesti strikers. The changes follow, with the entries of Milinkovic-Savic and Cataldi for Lazio, that of Harit for Kamara in Marseille. The French increase the laps, Lazio suffers a fortuitous Under pole but just when the game seems under control for the Biancocelesti, here is the fatal gust with Payet who ends on the net in the 36th minute after a series of heats and replies with Strakosha beaten. The final is hot, with the hosts close to scoring with Harit, Payet and then Milik shooting high.