![Pinterest](https://pinterest.com/pin/create/button/?url=https://uknews.evprotec.com/marseille-players-didnt-know-draw-vs-spurs-would-qualify-them-for-europa-league/&media=https://uknews.evprotec.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/0_Mbemba-Marseille.png&description=Marseille crashed out of the Champions League with a 2-1 defeat by Tottenham, but the Ligue 1 giants could've settled for a draw to continue their European journey next yearMarseille crashed out of European competition all together by losing to Tottenham HotspurMarseille defender Chancel Mbemba has revealed that he and his teammates didn't realise that a draw with Tottenham would've secured them a place in the Europa League. The French side dramatically crashed out of the Champions League on Tuesday, as Tottenham pulled off a gutsy 2-1 win at a raucous Stade Velodrome. Ex- Newcastle centre-back Mbemba had given Marseille the lead on the brink of half-time, only for Clement Lenglet to put Spurs back on level terms shortly after the break. A 1-1 draw would've still been a decent consolation for the Ligue 1 giants due the other result in Group D going in their favour. By the time Marseille entered the dying embers of their clash with Tottenham and were going all out for a winning goal, Eintracht Frankfurt had already beaten Sporting Lisbon 2-1 in Portugal, which put Marseille third and on course for a place in the Europa League last 32. However, the message evidently wasn't received by Igor Tudor's side, as they continued pushing in gung-ho fashion and eventually allowed Pierre-Emile Hojbjerg to grab a 95th-minute winner for Spurs on the counter attack. Despite Tudor even encroaching onto the pitch in a desperate bid to tell his players to stay back, it's Sporting who'll now compete in Europe's second-rate competition come February, and it left Mbemebe and Co. devastated. "On the bench, they knew what was going on with Sporting. For us, there was a lack of communication," the 28-year-old DR Congo international explained post-match, via Get Football News France. "Football is like that. We dominated in the first half. And then, in the second half, it was Tottenham… We had to stay together to manage our game well. That's what the little details are about… That's football,){kind=link}
Marseille crashed out of the Champions League with a 2-1 defeat by Tottenham, but the Ligue 1 giants could’ve settled for a draw to continue their European journey next year
Marseille defender Chancel Mbemba has revealed that he and his teammates didn’t realise that a draw with Tottenham would’ve secured them a place in the Europa League.
The French side dramatically crashed out of the Champions League on Tuesday, as Tottenham pulled off a gutsy 2-1 win at a raucous Stade Velodrome. Ex- Newcastle centre-back Mbemba had given Marseille the lead on the brink of half-time, only for Clement Lenglet to put Spurs back on level terms shortly after the break.
A 1-1 draw would’ve still been a decent consolation for the Ligue 1 giants due the other result in Group D going in their favour. By the time Marseille entered the dying embers of their clash with Tottenham and were going all out for a winning goal, Eintracht Frankfurt had already beaten Sporting Lisbon 2-1 in Portugal, which put Marseille third and on course for a place in the Europa League last 32.
However, the message evidently wasn’t received by Igor Tudor’s side, as they continued pushing in gung-ho fashion and eventually allowed Pierre-Emile Hojbjerg to grab a 95th-minute winner for Spurs on the counter attack. Despite Tudor even encroaching onto the pitch in a desperate bid to tell his players to stay back, it’s Sporting who’ll now compete in Europe’s second-rate competition come February, and it left Mbemebe and Co. devastated.