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Marseille travel to Benfica tomorrow for the first leg of their Europa League quarter-final. The Olympic will travel to try to make a choice, facing the quarter-finalist of the last edition of the Champions League, and will have to return to the right path, after four consecutive defeats in all competitions. But the Olympic athletes do not yet know whether they will be able to count on their supporters, who do not yet know whether their presence in the Portuguese protectorate will be acceptable.
Benfica fans make a gesture towards Marseille
The state of Bouches-du-Rhône had published a press release a few days ago prohibiting Portuguese supporters from traveling, but this press release was deleted. This may be in order to allow Olympique supporters to travel to the Estadio da Luz tomorrow evening. Benfica supporters then offered to support their counterparts in Marseille on this trip to Portugal. We still have to wait for the decision of the local authorities, but many OM supporters are already there to set the mood.
Provence even claims that 1,000 players from Marseille are already there and that the rest of the group should arrive tomorrow because no group of fans wanted to draw a line under this trip.
Yesterday, the Bouches-du-Rhône Prefecture issued a decree prohibiting Portuguese fans from coming to the Velodrome stadium before it is permanently removed. 🙃
This may be in order to allow Marseille supporters to attend tomorrow's match. While waiting… pic.twitter.com/jKg75O6Huo
– Info OM (@InfosOM_) April 10, 2024
To summarize
With the double-header between Marseille and Benfica in the Europa League looming, it was Portuguese fans who made a kind gesture towards Marseille. The Portuguese offered support to the Marseille supporters during their trip to Lisbon.
