The trend is growing: Paris Saint-Germain is slipping in the Champions League, beaten at the last second at the Parc des Princes by Atlético Madrid (2-1) while Brest wins once again, at Sparta Prague (2-1). ), Wednesday for the league phase.
Paris (25th) leaves the zone of qualified teams (the first 24), while Brest parades in 4th place in the group of 36 of the new formula, just behind Monaco, which won on Tuesday in Bologna (1-0) .
Since Lille (14th) resisted Juventus (1-1) on Tuesday, all French clubs shine, except PSG. After a draw at home against PSV Eindhoven (1-1), Luis Enrique’s players are sinking a little deeper, weighed down as usual this season by their ineffectiveness.
However, they entered the match perfectly, thanks to a goal from Warren Zaire-Emery, but Nahuel Molina quickly equalized. Then PSG got stuck in a sterile game and was the victim of a final counter concluded by Angel Correa at the gong (90+3). And in the next match, the capital club goes to Munich to Bayern who beat Benfica (1-0) on Wednesday with a goal from Jamal Musiala.
Stade Brestois, on the other hand, continues its happy discovery of Europe, notably with a magnificent volley from the Swiss Edimilson Fernandes to illustrate this third victory in four matches.
The Bretons, who also benefited from an own goal from the Finn Kaan Kairinen, are already almost qualified for the next round. Victor Olatundji’s goal in added time only deprived them of a second place which would have been very nice.
In the other matches, Inter Milan won the clash of the evening against Arsenal (1-0), on a penalty from Hakan Çalhanoglu.
The “Gunners”, who won first places in the English championship by taking only one point out of nine, are sinking into crisis with this second defeat in a row, after that at Newcastle (1-0) . And on Sunday they play a London derby against Chelsea…
The current boss of the Premier League, Liverpool is the only one to have taken 12 points out of 12 in C1, since Aston Villa cracked in Bruges (1-0).
The Birmingham club lost to a crazy penalty, caused by the incredible blunder of defender Tyrone Mings, who caught a ball with his hand to return it to his goalkeeper, while it was in play. The unfortunate defender was playing only his second match in nine months and a rupture of the cruciate ligaments of a knee. Hans Vanaken transformed the sanction.
For a similar gesture last season, the referee pardoned Arsenal defender Gabriel, guilty of the same carelessness in the quarter-finals of the C1 against Bayern Munich, justifying that it was only “a question of a child’s mistake” from which Arsenal did not take advantage.
Finally, FC Barcelona walked to Red Star Belgrade (5-2) with a double from Robert Lewandowski and Red Bull Salzburg won its first points in the competition by beating Feyenoord (2-1) at Rotterdam.
