Hello and welcome to Sports Mole's live text coverage of the Europa League semi-final second-leg tie between Red Bull Salzburg and Marseille at the Red Bull Arena. The Austrian hosts have it all to do this evening after suffering a 2-0 loss in last week's reverse fixture through goals in either half from Florian Thauvin and substitute Clinton Njie.

Salzburg have a pretty formidable home record, though, having gone 38 matches without defeat here in all competitions, while their opponents tend to struggle on the road in European competitions. That said, a draw or 1-0 defeat will still be enough to see the 1993 Champions League winners through, so the onus is on the home side to get a couple of goals as well as keeping the opposition out.

MARSEILLE TEAM NEWS!

STARTING XI: Pele; Sarr, Rami, Luiz Gustavo, Amavi; Lopez, Sanson; Thauvin, Payet, Ocampos; Germain

SUBS: Rolando, Sertic, Njie, Anguissa, Escales, Kamara, Sari

Starting with a look at the visiting side, manager Rudi Garcia has made just the one change on the back of last week's 1-0 win on home soil. Valere Germain is brought into the side up top, taking over from the injured Konstantinos Mitroglou. That means Luis Gustavo is retained in a deeper position, partnering Adil Rami like he did in the first leg, as Marseille stick with a back four.

Rolando is kept on the bench, meanwhile, with Maxime Lopez preferred. As confirmed by Rose in the build-up to the match, Yohann Pele starts in goal due to Steve Mandanda's injury layoff, which is expected to see him miss the remainder of the campaign. No doubt who the key man is in this side; Dimitri Payet has six assists in the Europa League - the joint-highest along with Real Sociedad's Sergio Canales.

Incidentally, Rami is starting his 16th Europa League game of the season out of the 17 Marseille have played - he has been a key part of this run to the semi-finals, much like he was for Sevilla when winning the competition two years ago. Luiz Gustavo alongside him is the only player to have been used from the off in all 17 of those European ties in 2017-18, albeit usually in a more advanced position.

RED BULL SALZBURG TEAM NEWS!

STARTING XI: Walke; Lainer, Ramalho, Caleta-Car, Ulmer; Haidara, Samassekou, Berisha; Schlager; Gulbrandsen, Dabbur

SUBS: Leitgeb, Yabo, Minamino, Stankovic, Hwang, Wolf, Pongracic

As far as the hosts are concerned, Marco Rose has made two alterations from the first leg. Xaver Schlager and Fredrik Gulbrandsen are brought into the starting lineup after impressing from the bench last week. Schlager will be used as the most advanced of Salzburg's midfielders, while Gulbrandsen while likely push up alongside leading goalscorer Munas Dabbur up top.

Dabbur has scored 24 goals in all competitions this season, including five times in 13 Europa League ties, but he fired a blank in the south of France last week. Rose clearly wants more from his attackers and has therefore made those two changes to his setup, going with what appears to be a 4-3-1-2 formation - or 4-4-2 if you'd prefer. Diadie Samassekou, Valon Berisha and Amadou Haidara complete the midfield.

Payet leads the way in terms of assists in this season's competition but Stefan Lainer is not too far behind, setting up five goals for his side from his right-back position. Andreas Ulmer has been an ever-present on the opposite flank, playing a key part in Di Roten Bullen's progression to the last four, while Duje Caleta–Car and Andre Ramalho have impressed in the centre of defence.

Red Bull Salzburg show two changes from the 2-0 reverse in last week's first leg, bringing in Xaver Schlager and Fredrik Gulbrandsen. Just the one alteration as far as Marseille are concerned, meanwhile - Valere Germain in for the injured Konstantinos Mitroglu up top.

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Both these sides are competing in the semi-finals of the Europa League for the first time, but Salzburg are the only remaining side in the competition yet to win any sort of UEFA competition. Their previous best finish on the continent was in the 1994 UEFA Cup when finishing runners-up; now the current crop are on course to write their names in the club's history books, just like that side from 24 years ago.

Salzburg are on their way to another domestic double in Austria but the Europa League is the one they really want after making it this far. A 2-0 defeat in the reverse match was disappointing, particularly after creating the best chance at 1-0, but not exactly disastrous as there is still a lot of work for Marseille to do this evening. A repeat of last month's second-leg display against Lazio is now required.

The Red Bulls were 4-2 down from the first leg and then 5-2 early in the second, before staging a memorable comeback to book their place in the semis. The defeat in Rome was their first in European competition in 20 matches, and they are also without defeat at the Red Bull Arena in their past 38 games here - quite some record, which Rudi Garcia will no doubt be fully aware of heading into this one.

That unbeaten home run stretches back to November 2016, and Salzburg have won 30 of those 38 matches, including nine out of 10 in 2018. A draw is no good enough tonight, remember, so they have to commit bodies forward, potentially putting that impressive streak at risk. The Red Bulls did prove in the last-eight comeback against Lazio that they have goals in them - more of the same is needed tonight.

Salzburg are certainly no pushovers, having finished above Marseille in the group stage with 12 points from 18 matches, seeing them remain unbeaten at that stage of the Europa League for a record fourth time. The Austrian outfit equalled another record, too, by conceding just one goal in their six fixtures, matching the previous-best tally set by Standard Liege in 2011.

That said, Salzburg only scored seven goals in the group stage - the lowest amount of any of the 12 winners. They have since gone on to score 12 goals in seven knockout-stage fixtures, beating Lazio in the last round as well as Borussia Dortmund and Real Sociedad in the last 32 and last 16 respectively. The two-legged win against BVB in particular stands out, as they were among the frontrunners to go all the way.

Salzburg are closing in on a fifth Bundesliga title in a row domestically speaking after seeing off St Polten 2-0 at the weekend to leave them 11 points clear of Strum Graz. With just four games left to play, the title could be wrapped up in their next outing against, of all teams, Sturm Graz, who they also play in the cup final a few days later. By this time next week, then, the Red Bulls will hope to have wrapped up two trophies.

That would make it a fifth successive league and cup double, in fact, so Marco Rose will want to make this campaign even more special by overcoming Marseille and booking a meeting with either Atletico Madrid or Arsenal in the final. Their only previous European semi-final resulted in an away goals victory against Karlsruhe in the 1993-94 UEFA Cup, with this a rare foray into the latter stages of a major European competition.

Salzburg have won six of their 15 European ties in which they have suffered a defeat in the first leg, most recently overcoming Lazio in the quarter-finals, but they have won just once when the margin of defeat was by two goals. They had never previous faced off against French opposition prior to this campaign, meanwhile; the only six contests coming in the group stage, winning three, losing two and drawing one of those.

PREVIOUS MEETINGS! The two sides met for the third time last week, following on from their group stage double-header that saw Red Bull Salzburg win 1-0 here through Munas Dabbur and claim a goalless draw in Marseille. Florian Thauvin and Clinton Njie proved the heroes in the most recent of those encounters last week, finding the net either side of half time to put Les Phoceens in control of the tie.

Marseille won the Champions League in 1993 - the first and so far only French side to do so - as well as winning two Intertoto Cups and finishing runners-up in the UEFA Cup on two previous occasions. While the Europa League has so far evaded them, then, the Ligue 1 side boast a pretty decent European record down the years and are certainly due another major honour.

Like Salzburg, Marseille staged a dramatic comeback in the previous round as they recovered from a 1-0 first-leg deficit, which grew bigger in the second leg, to eventually prevail 5-3 against RB Leipzig. This is their first appearance at the semi-final stage, having also overcome Braga 3-1 on aggregate, Athletic Bilbao 5-2 and then Leipzig by a similar scoreline in the quarter-finals.

Marseille lost away to both Braga and Leipzig, however, and they have already lost 1-0 at this stadium earlier in the competition - they are not the best travellers. In fact, the French side have won just one of their last nine European away trips - a 2-1 triumph against Bilbao in the last 16 - and have scored five during that time. That said, each of the scorelines in those defeats would still be enough to see them through tonight.

Salzburg, by comparison, are unbeaten in 10 European matches here - and 38 games overall - scoring 20 goals and conceding just two. Marseille have previously crashed out of the competition in the group stage, last 32 and last 16, so this is the first time they have made it to the quarters and beyond. No surprise to see their supporters truly up for this tie, then, having packed out the Veledrome seven days ago.

Les Phoceens are certainly the more experienced of the two clubs on the European stage, if that counts for anything, as this is their sixth European semi final. The last three of those have ended victorious, so history certainly suggests that they will get the job done tonight. Marseille currently sit fourth in the Ligue 1 standings, one point off Monaco and two behind Lyon with three games to go.

Marseille missed a glorious chance to break into the Champions League spots last weekend as they were held to a 1-1 draw by Angers, meaning that they will likely have to beat Nice in their next outing on Sunday. Should they finish in their current position and fall short either in the semis or final of the Europa League, they will be competing in UEFA's secondary competition once again next time around.

DID YOU KNOW? The visitors started their European campaign back in July, with this their 58th game of a gruelling campaign. Marseille scored four goals in six group-stage matches, but they have since made that 15 in the knockout rounds to match Salzburg's overall total of 19 goals. Les Phoceens, meanwhile, have progressed from 14 of their previous 20 European knockout ties in which they won the first leg at home.

With kickoff at the Red Bull Arena now a little under five minutes away, let us check out some pre-match thoughts from both camps.

Marco Rose: "We need to set ourselves up for bringing maximum attacking power out onto the pitch and at the same time remaining patient. I had the feeling in Marseille that we were physically stronger and could have got more. We will try everything to overpower them and make them tired. We dominated the first leg for long stretches and actually had Marseille under control. It is definitely the case that things are possible for us in the second leg. We have the chance to snatch the momentum back and we want to put in another top performance in front of a full house."

Rudi Garcia: "If we can score a goal quickly, it will be difficult for them to come back from that but there is no ideal scenario: we have to win and qualify. What we have done so far is not enough to earn a place in the history of the club."

Rose acknowledges the size of the task facing his side, but hopes that the home fans packed inside the ground can make a difference - that certainly appeared the case at the Veledrome last week. The Salzburg is also right when he says that his side "dominated" for large parts of the first half, but a failure to create and then take chances cost them in the end, with Marseille opening up a two-goal advantage.

KICKOFF! We are up and running in Austria, where Red Bull Salzburg are aiming to overturn a 2-0 loss from the first leg. There is currently a lot of smoke covering the field due to flares being let off by home fans before kickoff.

Marseille are the side attacking early on, getting a couple of crosses into the box and really pegging their opponents back. The visitors clearly intend to fight fire with fire tonight, rather than simply sitting back and soaking up pressure.

Credit to Les Phoceens because they have not allowed their opponents to really get out of their own half so far. Now they just need to sustain this for the next 85 minutes and they will be through to this month's final in Lyon.

Ocampos with the first effort of the evening, which is well wide of the target in the end. Marseille have conceded in each of their last 10 away matches, so there is certainly a goal there for the taking as far as the Red Bulls are concerned.

Better from the hosts over the past few minutes, finally managing to get the ball into the opposition half. A poor attempted through-ball down the right runs straight out of play, however, leading to a mass groan from the stands.

Eleven minutes played here and not a lot to report back on so far. Salzburg were the more composed of the two sides for large parts of the first leg and they are growing more and more into this match, though Marseille look the more threatening.

It is fair to say that Rudi Garcia will take another 80 minutes or so of this. A match that has yet to really get going, which will suit the visitors perfectly. The onus, remember, is on the hosts as they require a couple of goals.

SAVE! The Austrian side have stepped things up and have a first attempt on target. Munas Dabbur's effort was not the best, truth be told, but it caused Yohann Pele trouble and he could only parry it before Gustavo cleared.

Gustavo looked to have made contact with Gulbrandsen outside the box, but the forward - impressive from the bench in last week's first leg - carried on running for a good two seconds before going to ground. That has to go down as a dive.

SHOT! This match is not too dissimilar to the first leg, as Salzburg are starting to see more of the ball but look the less threatening of the two sides. Morgan Sanson has just dragged a first-time shot wide from the edge of the box.

We have played nearly a quarter of the second leg and, while Salzburg have managed to get the ball forward, they have not done enough to really threaten their French opponents. It goes without saying that the first goal tonight is vital.

Salzburg need to get Munas Dabbur, a player who has scored in five of Salzburg's seven home European outings this term, on the ball more often. The striker's only sight of goal so far ended with Yohann Pele parrying the shot.

In a strange way, both managers will be happy with what they have seen so far. It is all very scrappy at the moment, as it was for large chunks of the opening 90 minutes, and the bottom line remains that Salzburg are the ones in need of a goal.

The longer it remains like this the more urgency Salzburg will have to show. Their patient play is all well and good at the moment - it is what they are good at, after all - but it will have to be all-out attack in the second half.

The Red Bulls starting to find some gaps to utilise in midfield but their passes forward are taking too long, allowing Marseille to get back into a compact shape. Side-to-side is the best way to summarise Salzburg's passing play.

More than a third of the second leg played and Marseille have been comfortable up until this point. Just the one serious effort on target, coming via the boot of Munas Dabbur, despite the hosts seeing a fair bit more of the ball.

Haida with some good work down the right-hand side but, following some pressure from Amavi who did well to recover, Pele leaps high to collect the cross. A tad more progressive from the Red Bulls, who need to build up some momentum.

Still goalless in the second leg of the other semi-final between Atletico Madrid and Arsenal, so as it stands Marseille will be playing Atleti in the Lyon final later this month. Payet with a poor delivery from the free kick, sending it behind.

Good work from Campos down the left, going inside before heading back down the flank to win his side a throw. Marseille not completely sitting back, knowing that one goal of their own should be enough to kill off the tie completely.

YELLOW CARD! Bouna Sarr shoulder barges his man off the ball just outside the box and Salzburg have a free kick in a promising position, which is flashed into the area but headed behind for a corner kick by the first man.

YELLOW CARD! Maxime Lopez is the latest Marseille player to be cautioned for pulling back on his man. The home side are enjoying their best period of the game, asking more questions of their opponents in an attacking sense.

Rudi Garcia will see this as job done if his side can see through these next two minutes. We have seen very little from either side in an attacking sense, meaning that Salzburg now have just 45 minutes to net a couple of goals and force extra time.

Marseille's gameplan has worked a treat in the first half, blocking off all avenues to keep the game tight. As it stands the French outfit, who boast a 2-0 lead from the first leg, are just 45 minutes away from reaching the Europa League final.

The only real attempt of a quiet first came came via Salzburg's leading scorer Munas Dabbur, whose weak shot was not properly dealt with by Yohann Pele. Pele could only parry the ball back into the middle of the box, where Luiz Gustavo was well positioned to boot it clear.

That was near enough the only scare that the visitors had to survive in the opening 45 minutes, and they almost extended their lead a quarter of the way through via Morgan Sanson's first-time shot that crept wide. Salzburg, on course to win a fifth domestic double in a row over the next week, looked the more composed in possession - as they did in the first leg - but Marseille were comfortable enough come the midway point.

BENCH WATCH!

RED BULL SALZBURG SUBS: Leitgeb, Yabo, Minamino, Stankovic, Hwang, Wolf, Pongracic

MARSEILLE SUBS: Rolando, Sertic, Njie, Anguissa, Escales, Kamara, Sari

RESTART! We are back under way at the Red Bull Arena, where the home side still require two goals. A little more urgency is required from the Austrian Bundesliga leaders - they now have nothing to lose in these remaining 45 minutes.

No changes made by either side at half time, incidentally, so it is as you were. In the other semi-final, Diego Costa edged Atletico Madrid 2-1 in front at the Wanda Metropolitano at the end of the first half - the Spaniards have a foot in the final.

CHANCE! Big chance for Marseille to seal their passage through to the final. Dimitri Payet opts against shooting at the end of a swift counter and instead lofts a perfect pass to Valere Germain, who side-footed the ball wide.

From looking incredibly comfortable for the opening 52 minutes of the match, Marseille are now a goal down on the night. Amadou Haidara with a superb individual goal, taking the ball past four men and prodding it past Yohann Pele.

All of a sudden Marseille are not looking quite so comfortable. The momentum is with Salzburg and they will no doubt feel confident of netting a second in the remaining 35 minutes or so at the Red Bull Arena, which really is a fortress.

YELLOW CARD! It appears as though Rudi Garcia will make a first change of the evening on the hour as he has sent a few players out to warm-up. Adil Rami is a little unfortunate to be cautioned for his challenge.

SAVE! From all of 45 yards out, Andre Ramalho has absolutely belted the ball right down the middle. Yohann Pele was taking to risks and simply punched it straight back in the direction it came from. That would have been quite some goal.

CHANCE! Dabbur with a chance to level up the tie, only to get his connection all wrong when the cross came in from the right. All the momentum is with the hosts now and they have another half an hour to find their second goal.

Incredible what a goal can do - Salzburg now look far more threatening and Marseille are having to hold on. Surprised that Rudi Garcia has held off from making a change; he may regret that decision if the flow of the game remains the same.

Marseille are struggling to keep hold of the ball now. At 2-0 it mattered little because they were holding their opponents off; now it is a different matter as it is 2-1 on aggregate and Salzburg have all the momentum.

Red Bull Salzburg have nabbed a second goal! Marseille look incredibly shaky at the back all of a sudden and this was a goal of their own doing, as Haidara's cross from the right was only half-cleared by Rami and Schlager turned the ball goalwards. This may go down as an own goal, though, as Bouna Sarr got the final touch and it may have been edging wide.

SUBS! Hee-Chan Hwang, a fan favourite here, comes on for Fredrik Gulbrandsen with the tie all square. A change for the visitors, too, with Andre-Frank Zambo Anguissa on for Maxime Lopez. What a match we have on our hands now!

No change in the flow of things here - Salzburg are dominating things and the side more likely to score the third goal on the night. Berisha with a nice little back-heel to help the ball into the path of Hwang Hee-chan, whose shot had to be pushed wide of the post.

Marseille finally showing signs of waking up, with Thauvin's header looping on to the roof of the net. That aside, though, the hosts have looked by far the more threatening of the two sides over the past 20 minutes at the Red Bull Arena.

Marseille unable to make the most of a promising opportunity from the free kick, as they await their first shot on target of the contest. As things stand, we are heading for a period of 30 additional minutes in Austria.

YELLOW CARD! Valere Germain pulls back on his man and is cautioned, joining Rami, Lopez and Sarr among the Marseille players to have entered the referee's book tonight. If there is going to be a winner, it will surely be in the hosts' favour.

Salzburg finally having to do a little more defending now, with Marseille showing a bit more about themselves in an attacking sense. Payet has had plenty of set-pieces over the past five minutes or so, but none of them have been made to count.

RED BULL SALZBURG SUB! A second change made by Marco Rose, who bring on Takumi Minamino for Xaver Schlager. Looks as though Rudi Garcia is also about to make a second change, with less than 10 minutes of normal time to play.

MARSEILLE SUB! Here comes that second Marseille change, and it is Clinton Njie - who scored from the bench in the first leg - who is introduced. Valere Germain has not done a great deal today and therefore makes way.

YELLOW CARD! The yellow cards starting to pile up now - Dimitri Payet and Andre Ramalho have both been cautioned, taking the tally up to seven. Marseille have a penalty appeal turned down after the ball hit the hand of a home defender.

Clinton Njie thought he was through on goal, using his pace to get away from the Salzburg backline, but the offside flag came to the hosts' rescue. Marseille, to their credit, have done well to grab a foothold in the match over the past 10 minutes.

We are into the final minute of normal time at the Red Bull Arena - this one appears to be going the distance. That never looked like being in the offing at half time; Salzburg's two goals since the restart have stunned Marseille.

Dimitri Payet with another corner, which this time goes deep and is headed clear. Clinton Njie then takes on a shot from range - it must have been from all of 45 yards - which rises high into the stand behind the goal.

KICKOFF! Marseille, who have failed to register an effort on target tonight, get us back up and running for these additional 30 minutes. Can one of these players make themselves a hero by netting an extra-time winner?

The visitors have started extra time the brighter but are no closer to testing opposition keeper Walke, who has had little to do thus far. Atletico Madrid have booked their place in the final - which of these sides will be joining them?

YELLOW CARD! A deserved booking for Duje Caleta-Car in a first half of extra time that the visitors have so far had the better of. Salzburg have gone down a notch or two over the past 20 minutes of playing time.

Marseille with the only two shots in extra time so far, neither of which managed to trouble Walke in the Salzburg goal. Rudi Garcia will be wondering quite how the game managed to even reach this stage, having looked so comfortable until the hosts' opening goal.

RED BULL SALZBURG SUB! This first period of extra time is flying by at the moment. Andreas Ulmer, so vital for the Red Bulls during this run to the semi-finals, is replaced by Marin Pongracic for the remainder of the contest.

Pele caught in no man's land but Hwang could not wrap his boot around the ball and it ran out of play. A goal for either side now would surely win this match, though it is looking increasingly likely as though penalties will be required.

YELLOW CARD! Jordan Amavi is the ninth player to be cautioned in a game that has not exactly been volatile. Another change for Marseille - Rolando is on for Morgan Sanson which could mean a slight change of formation.

Dabbur could not convert from a decent opportunity towards the end of that first period of extra time. There are now just 15 minutes for one of these sides to win the match before the dreaded penalties at the Red Bull Arena.

RESTART! So here we go - 15 minutes left for Red Bull Salzburg or Marseille to win this tie and book a place in the final. The hosts have done brilliantly to take the match this far - one final push is required.

No real drama in extra time thus far, with Marseille shooting wide a couple of times and Dabbur failing to make the most of his opening. Neither side really wanting to commit bodies forward at this stage, which is understandable.

Haidara still trying to make something happen for his side, winning a header out wide to keep the attack alive, although in the view of the referee he got too much of his man and a free kick was awarded. Ten minutes left to play here!

Red Bull Salzburg looking to make home advantage count in these final throes. Atletico Madrid await the victors of this semi-final tie following their 2-1 aggregate win against Arsenal in the Spanish capital this evening.

Extra time so very rarely provides end-to-end entertainment, and that is no different here. Both sides are cautious and I am pretty sure everyone in the stadium would take penalties right about now. Still, this is the point when heroes are made.

Haidara with a nice tackle but he is left in some pain after seemingly being caught - or possibly a touch of cramp. Just four more minutes for both sets of players to get through now, with Marseille currently the side pressing.

So, so cruel on Salzburg! Marseille bag the goal that will send them through to the final through their first attempt on target, and it was a fine finish from veteran defender Rolando to turn Dimitri Payet's corner into the bottom corner.

RED CARD! Haidara has been shown a red card for catching Payet with a flailing arm. He has been Salzburg's best player tonight but that was the correct call from the referee, with frustration starting to boil over for the hosts.

Marseille are through to the final of the Europa League with a 3-2 aggregate win against Red Bull Salzburg. The hosts gave it their all, taking a two-goal lead on the night through a Amadou Haidara strike and Bouna Sarr own goal, but in the end it was not enough as veteran defender Rolando popped up late into extra time.

That concludes Sports Mole's live text coverage of events from the Red Bull Arena. An on-the-whistle report following yet another night of drama on the continent can be found by clicking here. Thanks for joining!