Champions League, a death draw for PSG?
After its first three victories, including those against Manchester City and Barça, PSG is well on its way to being part of the top 8 of the Champions League. A first or second place does not guarantee him a round of 16.
Unlike last season, after having already won its first three Champions League matches, PSG should not miss the top 8 of the first phase next January. The reigning double European champion hit very hard by winning his two shocks on the program, against Manchester City (2-4) then against Barça (4-2), after an even easier success against Slovan Bratislava (6-1).
The Red and Blue are leaders in the standings, with four other teams remaining in a three out of three (Aston Villa, Liverpool, Real Madrid and Real Betis) and have other high-level meetings on the program, with Villarreal, Roma, Aston Villa, Como and Galatasaray! The first phase of C1 is still long, but Football Rankings which projects future results, gives a good example of what the future could look like for PSG.
According to the website's calculations, PSG will finish among the first two of the eight days (to have home advantage until the final) and will await the winner of a play-off, possibly a strong opponent. The first two in the LDC will be drawn against the play-offs between the 15th, 16th, 17th and 18th, which gives Roma-Napoli and Bruges-Manchester United double confrontations.
PSG against Bayern in the quarter-finals? Still according to the same calculations, PSG (or Real Madrid, also projected in the first two) would fall into a part of the table with Manchester City or Bayern (projected 7th and 8th in the ranking) from the quarter-finals.
It would be an early final against the Munich team led by Michael Olise and Harry Kane. Football Rankings does not project any other French team in the top 24.
And for good reason, RC Lens is in 27th position (out of 36) after two defeats in a row against Sporting and Club Bruges (and therefore before facing its two adversaries in hat 1, Liverpool and Manchester City). Losc outright lost its first three matches to be penultimate.
The Mastiffs still have a match against Bayern to manage, at home. Born and raised in France, Manu discovered his love for the beautiful game at a young age and developed a deep understanding of the ins and outs of "Le Championnat.
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