Marseille and Atlanta play out 1-1 draw in Europa League semi

MARSEILLE, France : Olympique de Marseille were held to a 1-1 home draw by Atalanta in their Europa League semi-final first leg on Thursday.

Gianluca Scamacca put the visitors ahead after 11 minutes when Teun Koopmeiners found him unmarked in the box to fire low into the far post for his 16th goal in all competitions this season.

Chancel Mbemba equalised for Marseille nine minutes later with a superb long-range strike that hit the post and into the net following a corner

Both sides missed chances to score further goals in the second half.

Marseille will travel to Bergamo for the second leg next Thursday. The winners will meet either AS Roma or Bayer Leverkusen in the final on May 22 in Dublin.