European competitions continued throughout this week, ending with a second success for OL. We take stock of the results, the provisional ranking and the evolution of UEFA points.
Defeated for its first appearance in the Champions League this season, it was in Lisbon against Sporting CP (2-0), LOSC reacted in the most beautiful way by bringing down Real Madrid this Wednesday (1-0), training considered to be the largest in the world. This positive result allows the Mastiffs to reposition themselves in the race for the round of 16 with eighteenth place, just ahead of Paris Saint-Germain. Let’s continue with the French clubs and PSG, which logically lost in London (2-0) in its duel with Arsenal and Gabriel Magalhães. A few hours earlier, Stade Brestois caused a sensation by crushing RB Salzburg (0-4). The Bretons are second in the ranking for their first participation in the competition. AS Monaco, for its part, was content with a draw (2-2) in Zagreb and a slight fall to fourteenth position.
Despite this resounding Lille victory, nothing has yet been done in the North where Dante clashes are still expected. How are the Mastiffs’ future opponents doing? After an inaugural success over RB Leipzig (2-1), Atlético de Madrid were crazy in Lisbon against Benfica (4-0). Another big team on their way, Juventus Turin and on cloud nine with a meteoric comeback over RB Leipzig (2-3). Tiago Motta’s men were nevertheless outnumbered, but that did not prevent them from scoring six points after two days. Finally, Feyenoord Rotterdam defeated Girona (2-3), Bologna was corrected by Liverpool (2-0), and SK Sturm Graz suffered a second consecutive defeat. This time it was at home against Club Bruges (0-1).
This Thursday, the European games continued with the poor performance of OGC Nice in Rome (4-1) and the victory of Olympique Lyonnais over Glasgow Rangers (1-4) in the Europa League. All these results end to end allow France (5th) to accumulate +1,000 points, better than the Netherlands (6th, +0.833), its direct competitor in the UEFA coefficient. The French camp has exactly 61,379 points, compared to 56,566 for the Batavians or 53,016 for the Portuguese (7th) who had a great week on the continent. In this fight, the gap is nevertheless widening between France and the four other Big 5 championships.
