Who could have imagined at the start of the season that three candidates for the Champions League title would be closer to premature elimination than to direct qualification in 8es of final. Not even the most seasoned prognosticators.
Nor the clubs themselves. Namely Real Madrid, Paris Saint-Germain and Manchester City who certainly did not expect to get bogged down in such a quagmire in C1. On the edge of the precipice in the most prestigious of club competitions, the three behemoths risk thinking during the end-of-year holidays, the fault of results well below the hopes of the summer. And to an oh-so-complicated autumn.
The downgrade for PSG
Usually the thrills arrive in February for PSG, often on a Valentine's Day evening. This year, they arrive a few weeks early. Not varnished in the draw, the capital club had the right to a foretaste of hell which was promised to it from the month of August…
