While Paris Saint-Germain was beaten at home by Atlético Madrid this Wednesday, November 6 during the fourth day (2-1), Brest took a huge step towards the accession play-offs in the round of 16 of the Champions League by winning 2-1 in Prague against Sparta.
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Paris SG was hoping for an important victory. But Luis Enrique’s men, who could at least settle for a draw, conceded a goal in added time after wasting a number of chances in the second half. The Parisian club stagnates at four points after four days, in the red zone of teams potentially eliminated from the league phase. Warren Zaire-Emery quickly opened the scoring (14th), taking advantage of a defensive hesitation on the part of the Spaniards. But Nahuel Molina equalized four minutes later, and Angel Correa gave the Colchoneros victory in the third minute of added time.
At the same time, Brest shone again during this league phase. The Bretons opened the scoring in the 37th minute with a headed corner then volleyed back by Edimilson Fernandes. In the 80th, the Bresoits doubled the lead with an own goal from Kaan Kairinen (80th, 0-2). The Czechs saved the honor at the last minute in the 92nd (90+2, 1-2). The Ty-Zefs, who are discovering the C1, occupy 4th place in the provisional ranking (10 points), with a record of three victories and a draw, before facing Barcelona on November 26. This first European adventure for Brest is already a success.
Since Lille (14th) resisted Juventus (1-1) on Tuesday, all French clubs shine, except PSG. After a draw at home against PSV Eindhoven (1-1), Luis Enrique’s players are sinking a little deeper, weighed down as usual this season by their ineffectiveness. Paris (25th) leaves the zone of qualified teams (the first 24), while Brest parades in 4th place in the group of 36 of the new formula, just behind Monaco, which won the day before in Bologna (1-0 ).
FC Barcelona in demonstration
Confident of its collective strength, FC Barcelona signed a new demonstration on the pitch of Red Star Belgrade (5-2). Barça, who had to work harder than expected to gain the upper hand over the modest Serbian team before losing in the second half, achieved the best operation of the day and moved back to sixth position in the single group standings. of this new format Champions League with nine points, after its inaugural setback against Monaco (2-1) and its recent card against Bayern Munich (4-1).
In the other matches, Inter Milan won the clash of the evening against Arsenal (1-0), on a penalty from Hakan Çalhanoglu. The “Gunners”, who won first places in the English championship by taking only one point out of nine, are sinking into crisis with this second defeat in a row, after that at Newcastle (1-0) . And on Sunday they play a London derby against Chelsea…
The current boss of the Premier League, Liverpool is the only one to have taken 12 points out of 12 in C1, since Aston Villa cracked in Bruges (1-0). The Birmingham club lost to a crazy penalty, caused by the incredible blunder of Birmingham club defender Tyrone Mings, who caught a ball with his hand to return it to his goalkeeper, while it was in play. The unfortunate defender was playing only his second match in nine months and suffered a rupture of the cruciate ligaments in his knee. Hans Vanaken transformed the sanction.
For a similar gesture last season, the referee pardoned Arsenal defender Gabriel, guilty of the same carelessness in the quarter-finals of the C1 against Bayern Munich, justifying that it was only ” a childish mistake” from which Arsenal had not taken advantage.
All today’s results:
PSG – Atlético de Madrid 1-2
Sparta Prague – Brest 1-2
Inter Milan – Arsenal 1-0
Bayern Munich – Benfica 1-0
Red Star Belgrade – FC Barcelona 2-5
Feyenoord Rotterdam – RB Salzburg 1-3
VfB Stuttgart – Atalanta Bergamo 0-2
Shakhtyor Donetsk – Young Boys Bern 2-1
Club Brugge – Aston Villa 1-0