Marseille coach Didier Deschamps is not taking any comfort from the domestic struggles of Inter Milan ahead of the Champions League clash at the Stade Velodrome.

Deschamps was in the stands on Friday as Inter slumped to a 3-0 home defeat to Bologna, their third consecutive Serie A defeat and second straight at home following the stunning 1-0 loss to relegation-threatened Novara.

That form has seen Inter drop to seventh in the table, heaping pressure on coach Claudio Ranieri, for whom the Champions League offers one final chance of redemption this season.

However, Deschamps is expecting to see a much stronger version of Inter on Wednesday night.

"They are a team that is not playing well at the moment,'' he said in L'Equipe. "I have seen their previous matches on television and there have been lots of individual defensive mistakes.

"But I am convinced we will not see the same Inter as of their last four Serie A matches. They will not erase everything in four or five days, but collectively they will be better.

"The Champions League can bring the focus and determination they have missed.''

Marseille have been in less than convincing league form themselves, drawing their last two matches to fall further off the pace at the top of Ligue 1, with the gap to the top now 12 points, just two points better than the difference between Inter and Serie A leaders AC Milan.

Deschamps is now waiting to see whether this weekend's 1-1 draw with Valenciennes also cost him the services of Alou Diarra, who only resumed training on Tuesday after suffering a toe injury and remains doubtful.

Inter will be strengthened by the return of Diego Milito and Dejan Stankovic, who missed the Bologna defeat.

Diego Forlan could find his place under threat with the return of Milito, but the veteran Uruguayan, who joined Inter from Atletico Madrid in the summer, still believes he made the right move and has backed Ranieri to turn the team's fortunes around.

"I came here, played a few matches, and then the coach changed. It happens - suffering an injury, too,'' Forlan told UEFA.com. "However I have always felt happy here; I'm totally convinced by the decision to come.

"Ranieri is a great coach. In fact I've played against his teams in England and in Spain a few times and I always respected him. He's coached many big teams. Now I am coached by him and it's a real privilege.

"We are convinced that we can return to how we were doing during that series of seven consecutive [league] wins.''

Match

Looking foward to a great match

corner marseille . .

Maseille keep wasting their early changes . .

forlan arghhhh . .that could have been a goal

@ this rate, marseille will burn out before the middle of first half . . . .

na wa o

see marseille players miss a possible goal . .

2nd half , Muki !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

freddoooooooooooooooooooooooo

where you dey oooooooooooooo

Zarate off for dri/bri . .this bri get mouth sha

i was hibernating

mukina2:

Zarate off for dri/bri . .this bri get mouth sha

i was hibernating

this match no too dey interesting jare

seriously i just dey yawn
this chivu na rebel upon all his helmet for head e dey find trouble

mukina2:

seriously i just dey yawn
this chivu na rebel upon all his helmet for head e dey find trouble

chivu don finish , na my person personally sha , but he don finish , na sense remain ,
the other game bayern - basel is good

ayew miss the chance

basel don score

ayew na mumu abeg

i see am , you see zuma pass to stocker ,

which zuma Jacob Zuma?

when he become footballer?

this marseille team dey useless small, so many chances and yet still they managed to waste all

mukina2:

which zuma Jacob Zuma?

when he become footballer?

this marseille team dey useless small, so many chances and yet still they managed to waste all

yeye zoua , zuma , all those names sef

goal marseille

yeah marseille wicked small o this kind defeat dey painful

inter and bayern need to work harder to move on to the next round , both are not playing well , most especially inter

Gotta love late dramas!!!!!! Today, inter and bayern all fell at the dead and yesterday, madrid threw away a win at the same dead!!! I wish these small teams go thru to next round.

Only barca won away from home in this first round. Incredible! Others were all below par and unconvincing.
I hope barca will go on and lift the trophy in Munich!
Up barca!

mukina2:

basel don score 

ayew na mumu abeg

shame on u muki, e no be Ayew e score in the end
what Ghana do this girl sef

Ayew is going to be a force to reckon with in the future, y'all trust me on that (his brother too)

Johnpaul88:

Gotta love late dramas!!!!!! Today, inter and bayern all fell at the dead and yesterday, madrid threw away a win at the same dead!!! I wish these small teams go thru to next round.

Only barca won away from home in this first round. Incredible! Others were all below par and unconvincing.
I hope barca will go on and lift the trophy in Munich!
Up barca!

if only wishes were BRT you for don ride am die.

dream on Joseph the son of Jacob or is it John ?

Johnpaul88:

Gotta love late dramas!!!!!! Today, inter and bayern all fell at the dead and yesterday, madrid threw away a win at the same dead!!! I wish these small teams go thru to next round.

Only barca won away from home in this first round. Incredible! Others were all below par and unconvincing.
[i]I hope barca will go on and lift the trophy in Munic[/i]h!
Up barca!

Ni agbaara Jesu Kristi oba awon oba, Oba ti o gba omo adamo laa lowo esu ese! We'll surprsise the world!!

eyoniggar:


Ni agbaara Jesu Kristi oba awon oba, Oba ti o gba omo adamo laa lowo esu ese! We'll surprsise the world!!

holy moses! What does this mean now? Guy, i hope we r still in the same page!

up marseille!