Soccer Football - Europa League Semi Final First Leg - Olympique de Marseille vs RB Salzburg - Orange Velodrome, Marseille, France - April 26, 2018 Marseille's Florian Thauvin celebrates with Dimitri Payet after scoring their first goal REUTERS/Jean-Paul Pelissier
MARSEILLE, France (Reuters) - Olympique de Marseille's Dimitri Payet set up both goals as he guided them to an impressive 2-0 home win over Salzburg in the first leg of their Europa League semi-final on Thursday.
Florian Thauvin headed in Payet's free kick after 15 minutes and Clinton Njie calmly slotted home in the 63rd to put Marseille in the driving seat against the Austrian champions.
