{"id":300488,"date":"2023-12-14T01:24:10","date_gmt":"2023-12-14T01:24:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/allmysportsnews.com\/?p=300488"},"modified":"2023-12-14T01:24:10","modified_gmt":"2023-12-14T01:24:10","slug":"de-zerbi-urges-strong-europa-league-finish-to-boost-brighton-prestige","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/allmysportsnews.com\/soccer\/de-zerbi-urges-strong-europa-league-finish-to-boost-brighton-prestige\/","title":{"rendered":"De Zerbi urges strong Europa League finish to boost Brighton prestige"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1> Roberto De Zerbi urges top-of-the-table Europa League finish to boost Brighton&#8217;s international prestige as Seagulls prepare for Marseille clash<\/h1>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Brighton will play Marseille at home on Thursday for the top spot in Group B<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>The south coast club have already secured qualification to the knockout stage\u00a0<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Mauricio Pochettino looks bewildered! Serial winners are the SIXTH best team in London &#8211; It&#8217;s All Kicking Off<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Roberto De Zerbi is serious about finishing the Europa League group phase with a flourish not only to ease fixture congestion but also to boost Brighton&#8217;s international appeal.<\/p>\n<p>Beat Marseille at the Amex Stadium on Thursday night and the Sussex club on their maiden European adventure will book a place in the last 16 of the competition.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;It&#8217;s a prestigious thing to finish top of the table for the history of our club,&#8217; said De Zerbi. &#8216;We want to win, we are serious people and when we work, we want to show our best.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;We have played well in Europe and have won three games in a very tough group. There is another step, we have to try and win.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;Marseille are a very good team but we have the ambition to finish top of our group.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/12\/14\/00\/78939937-12861879-image-a-104_1702512670065.jpg\" height=\"476\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Roberto De Zerbi is keen for a statement Europa League victory to boost Brighton&#8217;s profile<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/12\/14\/00\/78939945-12861879-image-a-105_1702512675043.jpg\" height=\"433\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>The Seagulls have already secured Europa League knockout stage qualification ahead of the final matchday<\/p>\n<p>Your browser does not support iframes.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;It will also mean we play two less games at the start of the year.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>Brighton are assured a place in the knock-out phase, but can only a win against Marseille will be enough to win Group B and speed them directly into the last 16 of the competition.<\/p>\n<p>Anything else and they will face a last-32 fixture against one of the teams dropping in from the Champions League, which includes Galatasaray and Benfica.<\/p>\n<p>De Zerbi will be encouraged by the clear signs of development. They lost the opener at home to AEK Athens and were 2-0 down in Marseille before fighting back to take a point then win their next three games, two against Ajax and away in Athens.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;We are playing better and are stronger now,&#8217; said the Brighton boss. &#8216;We are improving mentality and quality of play &#8211; but so are Marseille.&#8217;<\/p>\n<h3>IT&#8217;S ALL KICKING OFF!\u00a0<\/h3>\n<p><span>It&#8217;s All Kicking Off\u00a0is an exciting new podcast from Mail Sport that promises a different take on Premier League football, launching with a preview show today and every week this season.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>It is available on MailOnline, Mail+, YouTube , Apple Music and Spotify<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Your browser does not support iframes.<\/p>\n<p>Rino Gattuso&#8217;s team, currently sixth in the French league, arrive as group leaders and with Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang in prolific form with seven goals in his last four appearances.<\/p>\n<p>De Zerbi hopes to have Danny Welbeck fit to take part at Arsenal on Sunday but says he will not be ready for this game.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/12\/14\/00\/78939915-12861879-image-a-106_1702512688275.jpg\" height=\"423\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Former Arsenal and Chelsea strike Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang will return to English soil<\/p>\n<p>Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/sport\/football\/article-12861879\/Roberto-Zerbi-Europa-League-Brighton-prestige-Marseille.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read Full Article<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Roberto De Zerbi urges top-of-the-table Europa League finish to boost Brighton&#8217;s international prestige as Seagulls prepare for Marseille clash Brighton [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":300487,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[19],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.8 - 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