Full house for French clubs in the Champions League: Lille directly qualified in the 8th round, Paris, Monaco and Brest in the play-offs

Le PSG n’a pas tremblé à Stuttgart (1-4) pour assurer sa place en barrages de la Ligue des Champions. Eibner-Pressefoto – Eibner-Pressefoto

Behind Lille, directly qualified for the 8th finals of the Champions League, the French have ensured. Draw on Friday.

Brest, punished by Real, qualified for the play-offs

Brest did not deserve it against Real Madrid but lost heavily 3-0 on Wednesday in Brittany against the reigning European champion and will play the play-offs for accession in February. Madrid, who will also play in the play-offs, scored thanks to a double from Rodrygo (27th, 78th) and a goal from Jude Bellingham (56th).

Monaco outclassed by Inter will play in the play-offs

Monaco, knocked out in the first quarter of an hour by Inter, lost 3-0 in Milan but will also play the play-offs to qualify for the last 16 of the Champions League. ASM paid for a nightmarish first quarter of an hour, with two goals conceded and a player sent off. Lautaro Martinez scored from the penalty spot (4th), Christian Mawissa was shown a red card for a foul in the last defender position (12th) and Martinez killed the match in the process (16th), before scoring a hat-trick in the second half (67th).

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Lille goes straight to the round of 16

Lille qualified directly for the round of 16 of the competition, thanks to its victory against Feyenoord (6-1) in Villeneuve d’Ascq, on the final day of the league phase.
Led by its right winger Osame Sahraoui, scorer and assist provider, and thanks to goals from Gomes, David and Cabella, Losc won by a wide margin and finished 7th in the first phase of the European competition.

PSG ensures its survival in Stuttgart

Following its resounding victory last week against City (4-2), PSG validated its ticket for the play-offs on Wednesday by easily beating Stuttgart (4-1) thanks to Barcola and Dembélé, who were sparkling again.
All it needed was a draw to advance to the next round: Paris was once again serious and focused, as Luis Enrique had requested, and never so realistic in front of the but.

Manchester City are doing well

Trailing and virtually eliminated at half-time, Manchester City beat Club Bruges (3-1) to snatch a place in the play-offs and avoid Pep Guardiola having a cumbersome exit. The 2023 European champions saw the precipice approaching very closely, but they courageously turned their backs on it and will have the right to extend the adventure, at least until February.

The top 8

Arsenal and Inter Milan, winners respectively in Girona (2-1) and against Monaco (3-0) on Wednesday, qualified directly for the knockout stages of the Champions League, finishing 3rd and 4th in the league phase behind Liverpool (1st) and Barcelona (2nd), already qualified. The other four tickets were secured by Atlético Madrid (5th), unstoppable in Salzburg (4-1), Bayer Leverkusen (6th), who beat Sparta Prague (2-0), Lille (7th) who crushed Feyenoord (6-1), and Aston Villa (8th), who beat Celtic (4-2).

The play-off teams: towards a Franco-French duel

Atalanta Bergamo and Borussia Dortmund will face Sporting Portugal or Club Bruges respectively.
Real Madrid and Bayern Munich will face Celtic Glasgow or Manchester City.
AC Milan and PSV Eindhoven will play against Feyenoord Rotterdam or at Juventus Turin.
Paris SG and Benfica will face AS Monaco or Brest.