In a beautiful period, Olympique de Marseille can approach the continuation of the Champions League with ambition.
By dint of knowing disillusions in the Champions League in recent years, Olympique de Marseille was tackling its European campaign in C1 cautiously. We know that this new format gives way to a few surprises, as we saw last year. But the projections published before the competition by various statistical organizations regularly placed OM outside the top-24, not even in dams.
After two days, the Roberto de Zerbi team showed an interesting face, with a short defeat on the field of Real Madrid (2-1), and this net success against Ajax (4-0) Tuesday evening at the Vélodrome stadium.
As a result, the trend is upwards for OM. According to OPTA, the Phocaeans rise to 22nd in the forecast classification, just behind Sporting (19th), Bruges (20th) and the Union Saint-Gilloise (21st)… Three future opponents of the Olympians. We can speak of direct confrontations.
OM in dams against Naples?
According to the calculations of OPTA computers, OM would have 57.33% chance of rallying the dams. Monaco, projected 26th, has 46.21% chance of believing it. What about PSG? Announced 2nd, behind Arsenal, the Luis Enrique team would have 79.87% chance of qualifying directly for the knockout stages by finishing in the Top 8.
For those who want to project themselves a little, the Opta virtual ranking (updated after the 2nd day) would give a dam against Tottenham (11th) or the Napoli (12th) for OM. Rather enticing, right?
