If the two French clubs won on Tuesday December 10, the striker and captain of the Blues experienced the best and the worst with Real Madrid.
PSG reassured itself by winning 3-0 on Tuesday in Salzburg in its second Champions League match this season, during the 6th day where Real beat undefeated Bergamo 3-2, thanks in particular to a goal from Kylian Mbappé , left injured.
Brest, the other French club in the running on Tuesday, won 1-0 at home against Eindhoven and provisionally occupies fifth place in the league phase standings, directly qualifying for the round of 16, a stone's throw from the leader , Liverpool, who won their sixth victory in six meetings in Girona 1-0.
Two weeks after its defeat in Barcelona, Stade Brestois resumed its march forward in the Champions League by winning against PSV Eindhoven (1-0) in Guingamp. After being saved several times by Marco Bizot in the first period, the Brestois opened the scoring thanks to Julien Le Cardinal just before the break (43rd), before brilliantly resisting the attacks of the Dutch until the final whistle. The posts twice saved the Bretons, who signed their 4th victory in six days of C1.
Paris, Ramos and a big phew!
For PSG, it’s a huge sigh of relief. Paris won again in the Champions League. One of his attackers, Gonçalo Ramos, opened the scoring. And the reigning French champions provisionally occupy 24th place in the ranking, finally leaving the zone of potential eliminations for the knockout phase.
Ultra-dominant, the Parisians have not completely resolved their lack of efficiency, shouting since the start of the season, but they nevertheless offer themselves a breath of fresh air, while they were sinking dangerously in times of crisis .
Nuno Mendes and Désiré Doué added to the score for Paris in the second half and Lucas Hernandez, absent for almost 7 months after rupturing his cruciate ligaments in a knee, came on for the first time this season.
Mbappé, 50th goal and “hamstring discomfort”
In a situation somewhat similar to that of Paris, Real Madrid, defending champion, fought to get rid of Atalanta Bergamo, leader of Serie A and still undefeated in C1 this season until Tuesday.
Kylian Mbappé opened the scoring in the 10th minute and thus scored his 50th goal in the Champions League, but the French striker had to come off, after muscle pain, in the 35th minute. His trainer Carlo Ancelotti wanted to be reassuring. “Mbappé suffers from discomfort in his hamstrings. It doesn’t seem serious, we’ll see tomorrow (Wednesday). He couldn't sprint, it hurt him a little and we preferred to replace him.”explained the Madrid coach.
In this duel at the top, the other Merengue stars stood out after the break, Vinicius Jr and Jude Bellingham allowing Real to take the lead when Charles de Ketelaere, from the penalty spot, and Ademola Lookman reduced the score, without succeeding in reversing the lead. during the match.
Liverpool leader blunted, Mukiele and Olise scorers
Among the other European leaders, Liverpool, blunted, won slightly thanks to a penalty from Mohamed Salah against Girona (1-0) and remains the only team to have won all of its C1 matches this season. Behind the English, the French defender of Bayer Leverkusen, Nordi Mukiele, allowed the Germans to win at the end of the match against Inter (1-0) and thus steal second place in the ranking from the Italians who fell to 4th place.
Aston Villa won with difficulty in Leipzig 3-2, but reached the podium in third place. Bayern Munich did not provide details in Gelsenkirchen against the Ukrainians of Shakhtar Donetsk (5-1), thanks in particular to an assist and a goal from its French striker Michael Olise and thus enters the top eight in the ranking.
The sixth day of the Champions League continues on Wednesday with the clash between Juventus and Manchester City, who have won only one game in their last nine outings in all competitions. Dortmund, 7th, welcomes Barça, 6th and Arsenal, displaced from the first eight provisional places (10th), receives Monaco which follows directly in the ranking (11th).
