Worst ranked of the four French clubs involved in this new Champions League formula, could PSG (23rd out of 36) find themselves eliminated from the group stage, and see Monaco (3rd), Brest (7th) and Lille (12th) continue the adventure? Luis Enrique's men have five games left to get back on trackavoid the affront, and why not, even if it already seems illusory, finish in the top 8 with a direct place in the round of 16 at stake.
For that, Paris must improve its offensive efficiencyconvert his chances, score more. The two goals in three matches against Girona (1-0), Arsenal (2-0 defeat) and PSV Eindhoven (1-1) largely explain this 23rd place on the verge of play-offs (from 9th to 24th). In Ligue 1 again this weekend, the partners of Ousmane Dembélé and Bradley Barcola achieved the minimum against Lens (1-0).
Comfortable leader of the championship with 6 points ahead of OM and Monaco, PSG plays part of its European future against the 3rd in Liga at home. After receiving the 28th of this C1, there will be three trips to the Bayern Munich (25th), by RB Salzbourg (34e) and the VFB Stuttgart (22nd), and the arrival at the Parc des Princes of Manchester City (6th) during the 7th day.
The Brest meeting on the Sparta Prague pitch can also be followed with live commentary on RTL.fr
The film of the meeting:
20h35 – Alvarez has been involved in thirteen goals in twenty Champions League appearances (9 goals, 4 assists), although he has only played an average of 50 minutes per game. Eleven of his thirteen goal involvements, however, came at home, with Alvarez scoring once and providing one assist in eight away games in C1.
20h33 – The replacements of Club Atlético de Madrid: Musso, Antonio Gomis, Koke, Sørloth, Correa, Lino, Riquelme, Reinildo, Kostis, Javi Serrano, Spina.
8.32pm – The composition of Club Atlético de Madrid: Oblak – Simeone, Molina, Witsel, Lenglet, Galan – Gallagher, De Paul, Barrios – Alvarez, Griezmann.
8:29 p.m. – Zaire-Emery has played seventeen Champions League matches and will equal this Wednesday evening the highest total of matches for a player before his 19th birthday in the tournament (Bojan, 18). A starter, he also becomes the youngest player in C1 history to start fifteen matches.
20h27 – The replacements of Paris Saint-Germain Football Club: Safonov, Tenas, Fabian Ruiz, Doué, Lee, Kolo Muani, Mayulu, Beraldo, Skriniar, Zague.
20:26 – The composition of Paris Saint-Germain Football Club: Donnarumma – Hakimi, Marquinhos, Pacho, Nuno Mendes – Zaïre-Emery, Vitinha, João Neves – Dembélé, Asencio, Barcola.
20h23 – For this extremely important match, the Parisian staff cannot count on Hernandez, Kimpembe and Ramos, all injured. On the Spanish side, Gimenez is suspended while Le Normand, Lemar and Llorente are in the infirmary.
20h19 – The 3-1 victory at Feyenoord on matchday five of last season's group stage is Atlético's only away victory in their last ten Champions League away games, a run which includes seven defeats.
20h15 – Atlético, for its part, started its European campaign even worse than the Parisians since, after an inaugural 2-1 victory against Leipzig, the Spanish club lost 4-0 against SL Benfica then 1-3 at the house facing Jonathan David’s LOSC Lille. This Wednesday, Diego Simeone's players must win against PSG to launch their C1 season!
20h11 – This is Paris' seventeenth participation in the Champions League, a new record for a French team, which was previously tied with Lyon. Since 2012/2013, the Rouge et Bleu have taken part in every edition of the Champions League, reaching the round of 16 in each of these twelve editions.
20h07 – During the first three days of this regular season of the Champions League, PSG experienced everything: a narrow 1-0 victory against Girona, a 2-0 defeat at Arsenal then a 1-1 draw against PSV Eindhoven. To conclude this first half of the league phase, Luis Enrique's men, current leaders of Ligue 1 McDonald's, must absolutely have the Colchoneros to get back into the rankings.
20h04 – Paris-SG, twenty-third in the standings with 4 points, hosts Atlético de Madrid this Wednesday evening, twenty-eighth with 3 points, for the fourth day of the C1 league phase. A match organized on the lawn of the legendary Parc des Princes.
8:00 p.m. – Good evening everyone and welcome to RTL.fr to follow live commentary of the Champions League match between Paris Saint-Germain Football Club and Club Atlético de Madrid.
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