“We won’t play in ugly jerseys!” Marseille fans’ reaction to LE draw

The Europa League play-off draws were drawn on 18 December.

Donetsk in the 1/16 final “Miner” will play against the French “Marseille”. The first match will be played on a conditional home field on February 15, and the return match will be played away on February 22.

The winner of the 8 matches in the 1/16 finals will advance to the 1/8 March finals of the Europa League, where they will face the 8 group winners (English West Ham, Brighton, Liverpool, Italian Atalanta, Spanish Villarreal, German Bayer). Leverkusen, Scottish Rangers, Czech Slavia). The draw for the 1/8 final will be held on February 23. The losers will be eliminated from European cups in the 2023/24 season.

Most Marseille fans are happy with the draw. But there are also fans who note the good performance of the Ukrainian club in the Champions League group stage and give the example of the victory against Barcelona:

Bey13: “This is a good draw considering the teams that could face Marseille. But that doesn’t mean we will relax!”

:DeMolJonathan: We have two big matches to be played, qualifiers can be played. Let us dream, friends.”

ArobaseFabrizo: “We should consider ourselves lucky. We avoided the worst.”

Luca_r_: “Don’t underestimate them.”

sawyer13006: “We shouldn’t belittle. They beat Barcelona.”

OM_soldier: “Who will play for the orange-blacks?”

DiopPapa10: “An opportunity for our scouts to scout and sign Sudakov.”

Florianroux84: “They may look good but they have nine points with Barcelona in their Champions League group. Don’t relax.”

Dyle01: “Advantage: We can’t play in ugly orange shirts because they’re the same color as Shakhtar’s!”

MarcCDC: “Shakhtar do not have their own field, they do not play in front of their fans. We need to benefit from this.”

TBTL95: “We have to kill them guys, Shakhtar won’t be able to continue the Ukrainian championship in February so they won’t be fit at all, no excuses.”

Ukrainian football player of Marseille Ruslan MalinovskyThe Brazilian star, who plays on loan in Genoa in the 2023/24 season, responded to the LE draw with a single statement: