PSG: Thunderbolt, Luis Enrique condemned to the feat?

Arsenal, Atletico Madrid and Bayern Munich. PSG have gone through the three big tests of their Champions League campaign this season while awaiting the final shock against Manchester City next January. Paris Saint-Germain lost with a score of 1 goal to 0 on Bayern’s field on Tuesday evening (1-0) and could no longer finish in the top 8 of the C1 regular season according to Opta.

Luis Enrique tried new things tactically for one of the shocks of the 5th day of the regular season of Champions League. On the occasion of the movement of PSG against the Bayern Munich on the lawn of the’Allianz Arena Tuesday evening, the Spanish coach started Matvey Safonov in the goals after certain difficulties encountered by Gianluigi Donnarumma during the last outings of the Paris Saint–Germain in Champions League and in particular in the face of‘Atletico de Madrid as well asArsenal.

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PSG still beaten, only 3 games left to seek qualification

However, this tactical change ultimately did not bear fruit. Despite the saves made by the Russian goalkeeper against Jamal Musiala in particular, he missed during an aerial exit on the corner which led to the goal of Kim Min–jae. Final score: defeat of PSG (1-0). The Paris Saint–Germain has only four points after five days of the Champions League regular season and only has three games left against the RB Salzburg, Manchester City and the VfB Stuttgart to obtain his qualification.

0% chance of finishing in the top 8, the sentence has fallen for PSG

However, PSG could already give up on direct qualification for the 1/8 finals of the Champions League. In this new format of the C1the clubs must finish in the first 8 places of the regular season in order to validate their ticket for the 1/8th finals, the 16 teams which follow must go through the 1/16th finals box. choose via Opta Predictor revealed that the PSG has a 0% chance of finishing in the top 8 and a 55% chance of entering the top 24. The stage is set.