Before the final round of the Champions League group stage, an interesting situation developed in Group H. Three clubs “Manchester United”, PSG and “Leipzig” scored nine points each at once and retain equal chances to get into the playoffs. Although, probably, the champion of France is in a more advantageous position. Thanks to the success in the last round in a duel with Manchester United, which the Parisians beat with a score of 3:1, Paris Saint-Germain caught up with competitors in terms of points scored. They play with each other in this round, so either someone will lose points or they will be missed in the event of a draw, both. This means that we need to beat the weak Istanbul Bashakshehir in the home arena. In the first match between the rivals in Istanbul PSG Turks did not bring much trouble. They held out with dignity in the first half, but fell in the second half of the match. As a result, we have the confident victory of the team of Thomas Tuchel with a score of 2:0. We must say that PSG did not leave the group for the last time back in the 2004/2005 season. After that, the team went to the playoffs eight times in a row and in the last three rallies they did it from the first place. At home Parisians did not lose often in the Champions League. They have lost only twice in their last ten home games, both times to Manchester United. However, Tuchel’s team won seven times during this period. The personnel losses are as follows. Only two players were injured, Pablo Sarabia and Juan Bernat. Questionable are Mauro Icardi and Julian Draxler.
Ferencvaros needs only a victory in the game with the Kyivans in order to get into the 1/16 of the Europa League. However, even if Rebrov’s charges yield, no one will scold them. Still, making their way to the group stage of the Champions League, the Hungarians made a historic achievement. All indicators of Fradi in the group stage of the Champions League are no different from those of Dynamo: 1 draw 4 defeats. But the Hungarians scored 5 and conceded 16 goals. All 5 fights ended with a total over 2.5. In addition, in 4 matches out of 5 a bet was recorded on “both will score – yes”. Despite the not very successful performances in the Champions League, the mood of Ferencvaros’ players should still be good. They are confidently leading in the Hungarian championship, being 4 points ahead of MOL Vidi. And this is despite the fact that Rebrov’s team has one match in reserve. All major performers are ready to play. Only Eldar Civic remains in question.
