Last night, Paris Saint-Germain lived a crazy evening at the Parc des Princes. Opposed to Manchester City, the Ile -de -France won 4 to 2 on the wire after being led 2 to 0. A victory with the way that allows Luis Enrique men to offer themselves a good puff of oxygen, while They were in very poor posture before kickoff in the meeting against the Skyblues. Thanks to their success, they therefore go from 26th to 22nd place in the ranking during this 7th and penultimate day of the UEFA Championship phase Champions League, new version (10 points, 3 victories, 1 draw and 3 defeats). After The teamParisians are now 80% chance of qualifying for the C1 playoffs.
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It should be remembered that only the 8 teams at the top of the classification will qualify directly for the 1/8th finals of the queen test. The following 16 training courses, those classified from 9th to 24th place, will play dams on a double round trip. Among them, the 8 best positioned teams in the classification (between 9 and 16th place) will benefit from the status of seeded and will receive during the return match. Currently, Paris Saint-Germain (22nd) is among the teams that will compete for these famous play-offs. The capital’s club can still be eliminated in the event of a defeat against Stuttgart on the 8th day and if some of its pursuers are in the elimination area, including Manchester City, Dinamo Zagreb and Shakhtar Donetsk, S ‘ impose at the same time.
UEFA has already predetermined the posters of the dams and the 1/8th finals
It would therefore take a disaster scenario for PSG to go to the hatch. A victory or a draw will be sufficient to access the next round and the dams. The residents of the Parc des Princes will know the identity of their opponent during a draw organized on January 31, after the last matches delivered their verdict on January 29. Regarding the play-offs, UEFA had already predetermined the posters, without any limits concerning the clashes between clubs of the same country. Thus, the 9th and 10th classified teams will cross the iron with one of the formations positioned in 23rd or 24th place. The 11th and 12th will be able to fall on the 21st or the 22nd, the 13th and the 14th will face the 19th or the 20th. And finally, the 15th or 16th will be opposed to the 17th or 18th.
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-If the last day will be decisive to find out the final classification and the possible posters, at present, some potential confrontations are emerging. PSG, like Benfica (21st), could therefore challenge Feyenoord (11th) or LOSC (12th). Parisians would not have the advantage of the field during the return match. Regarding other tricolor representatives, AS Monaco, which is currently in 10th place in the ranking (Aston Villa, 9th), could currently fall on Sporting CP (23rd) or Stuttgart (24th). Regarding Stade Brestois (13th), which lost yesterday 2 to 0 against Shakhtar Donetsk, it is always possible to finish among the first 8, just like Monaco and LOSC. But it will be necessary to impose ourselves and hope for a faux-pas of adversaries classified in front.
French clubs could come across large pieces
If things should therefore remain like this, the SB29 could, as Borussia Dortmund (14th), face the PSV (19th) or the Bruges club (20th). Regarding the training classified in 15th and 16th position, that is Bayern Munich and Real Madrid, they would challenge Juventus (17th) or Celtic (18th). Beautiful posters in perspective. And this will still be the case during the 1/8th finals, whose draw will take place on February 21. If the tricolor teams were to win their dam, they could come across very heavy. Thus, PSG or LOSC could challenge one of the teams classified in 5th or 6th position, either Atlético de Madrid or AC Milan. For its part, AS Monaco, in the event of success in the play-offs, could fall on Atalanta (7th) or Bayer Leverkusen (8th).
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The Brestois will have a sacred piece since they could cross paths with Arsenal (3rd) and Inter Milan (4th). Like them, Real Madrid or Bayern Munich can come across heavy since the winners of the play-offs between the 15th or 16th and the 17th or 18th will challenge the first or the second of the championship phase, currently Liverpool (1st) or FC Barcelona (2nd). This could offer us a nice clasico in the Champions League and other beautiful posters with the new format set up by the leading European football body. All these little people will be definitely set next week after the last day of C1. A last act where almost everything could still be upset.
Pub. the 23/01/2025 17:34
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