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

Soccer Football - Europa League - Semi Final - First Leg - Olympique de Marseille v Atalanta - Orange Velodrome, Marseille, France - May 2, 2024 Atalanta's Gianluca Scamacca celebrates scoring their first goal with Charles De Ketelaere, Marten de Roon and Teun Koopmeiners REUTERS/Stephanie Lecocq

MARSEILLE, France (Reuters) -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.