D-2, There’s no need to worry…

By: Magnusson | December 10th, 2007

Okay. Apparently nobody is expecting us to win Tuesday night at the Vélodrome against Liverpool. I get it, they seem super strong, they have world class players and we once again will have to face a lot of injuries. Maybe not alot but some crucial ones. Samir nasri’s participation to the game will have to be decided after the late night dinner the entire staff will have tonight at the Castelet in Marseille. Here is one thing to ponder. marseille has been opposed to a LOT of English clubs throughout the years and we haven’t been ridiculed, far from it. Let’s just take the statistics.

MARSEILLE AGAINST ENGLISH CLUBS

13 MATCHES (5 in the Champion’s League, 2 in the Winner’s Cup and 6 in the UEFA Cup)
3 against LIVERPOOL
2 against BOLTON, NEWCASTLE, MANCHESTER UNITED, SOUTHAMPTON and CHELSEA.

Winner’s Cup 1976-1977
Round of 16 - 1st Leg: Southampton 4-0 OM (Waldron 31st, Channon 34th and 69th, Osgood 35th)
Round of 16 - 2nd Leg : OM 2-1 Southampton (Nogues 36th, Peach 70th, Albert Emon 80th)

Champions League 1999-2000
1st Qualification Rd – 3rd day: Manchester 2-1 OM (Bakayoko 41st, Cole 79th, Scholes 83rd)
1st Qualification Rd – 4th day: OM 1-0 Manchester United (Gallas 69th)

2nd Qualification Round – 3rd matchday: OM 1-0 Chelsea (Pirès, 16th)

2nd Qualification Round – 4th matchday: Chelsea 1-0 OM (Wise, 26th)

UEFA CUP 2003-2004
Round of 16 - 1st Leg: Liverpool 1-1 OM (Baros 55th, Drogba 78th)
Round of 16 - 2nd Leg: OM 2-1 Liverpool (Heskey 15th, Drogba 36th, Meité 58th)

UEFA CUP 2003-2004
Semi-finals - 1st Leg: Newcastle 0-0 OM
Semi-finals - 2nd Leg: OM 2-0 Newcastle (Drogba 18th, 81st)

UEFA CUP 2005-2006
Round of 32 - 1st Leg: Bolton 0-0 OM
Round of 16 - 2nd Leg: OM 2-1 Bolton (Giannakopoulos 25th, Ribéry 45th, Ben Haïm o.g. 69th)

CHAMPIONS LEAGUE 2007-2008
Qualification Round - 2nd matchday: Liverpool 0-1 OM (Valbuena, 78e)

Qualification Round - 6th matchday: OM - Liverpool …

THIS SEEMS SIMPLE ENOUGH, WE NEVER LOST AGAINST LIVERPOOL.
Let’s not start tomorrow