The second half of the Champions League regular season starts on Tuesday.
Manchester City, suffering in the Premier League, and PSG, outside the top 24 in the new C1 ranking, are under pressure before this 5th day.
This evening’s clash will take place at the Allianz Arena in Munich, where Bayern will host a Paris St-Germain at 9 p.m. who have so far been unconvincing on the European scene. The Parisians can still hope to be one of the eight teams who will qualify directly for the round of 16. But with only 4 points on their clock, they no longer have much room for error.
Manchester City is better off in the Champions League with 7 points gleaned and a provisional 12th place. But Manuel Akanji and his teammates have lost their last five matches in all competitions, an unprecedented black streak under the Pep Guardiola era. A reaction is expected on Tuesday from 9 p.m. against Feyenoord Rotterdam of Jordan Lotomba, who has 6 points on his scoreboard.
Another Swiss ‘derby’ is on the program, Granit Xhaka’s Bayer Leverkusen welcoming Bryan Okoh’s RB Salzburg also at 9 p.m. The German champion must react in C1 after the slap received against the leader Liverpool on November 5 (4-0). The ‘Werkself’, 14th with 7 points, currently remains well placed to appear in the top 8.
A major test for Brest
Yann Sommer’s Inter Milan, which already has 10 points, seems able to preserve its invincibility with the reception of a Leipzig team still in search of its first point in this competition. Noah Okafor’s AC Milan will have to win in Bratislava against Slovan to stay on the right track.
Surprise team at the start of the competition with 10 points collected in four outings, Stade Brestois will also be in great danger on Tuesday evening. Edimilson Fernandes and his partners will challenge FC Barcelona, best attack in this phase of the League with 15 goals scored, on Catalan soil.
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