Paris (AFP)

A qualification for the eighths, from the 4th day? The Paris SG, author of a perfect career in the Champions League with three victories in a row, can already get out of his pool by winning against Club Bruges, Wednesday (21:00) at the Parc des Princes.

Nothing better to forget the strange "yo-yo" of the Ligue 1 and continue the royal way in C1: with 9 points, the Parisian club caracole at the head of his group A, relegating even to five lengths Real Madrid (2nd , 4 pts), his main rival for first place.

A draw against the Belgian champion, crushed 5-0 in the first leg thanks to a triplet Kylian Mbappé, may even be enough to clinch the qualification, if Galatasaray does not prevail in Madrid at the same time against the Real.

On paper, the picture is idyllic. And yet, it was enough of a logical defeat at the red lantern Dijon (2-1), last Friday in the league, to darken a start of the European season impeccable.

After the setbacks against Reims (2-0) and Rennes (2-1), and despite the comfortable lead in the standings, it is a stain for a flamboyant team in major events, like his cards against Madrid (3-0) and Marseille (4-0).

- Cavani facing the "DIM" -

"We took a lesson in Dijon.If we play with too much confidence, the idea that nothing can happen, all things can happen," warned Paris coach Thomas Tuchel Tuesday at a press conference.

Another highlight: if Paris is the only team in the European competition to have not conceded a goal this season in group stage, it knows the worst start of the Qatari era (since 2011) in terms of defeats in the league after 12 days.

"I do not really have an explanation," said Paris midfielder Idrissa Gueye, "we're expected, everyone would like to win against PSG." It was a non-match (against Dijon). Last time, do not take the matches easily and stay focused until the end. "

While waiting to break the domestic black series in Brest next Saturday (17:30), Thomas Tuchel can count on the returns of Thiago Silva, Marco Verratti, and Ander Herrera to continue the faultless C1.

Still deprived of Neymar, who is expected to return after the international break in November, the Parisian coach should again bet on his new shock trident, the "DIM", both Angel Di Maria, Mauro Icardi, and Mbappé, shine together since less than a month.

- End of the boycott of ultras? -

To the point of making Edinson Cavani, confined to the role of luxury joker since his return from injury, the main collateral victim?

"Both of us work for the good of the team, that's what we say all the time, on and off the pitch." + Edi + and I are two strikers, we like to score goals, "said Icardi Monday on RMC.

"We can play together if the coach decides, but it's not up to us to make this decision," added the Argentinean rookie, while expressing determination to "do everything" to stay in Paris beyond his one-year loan.

Absolute idol of the Park and top scorer in the history of the club (195 goals), Cavani can he count on the support of the ultras Wednesday night?

According to Le Parisien, the Ultra Paris Collective (CUP), absent in Dijon, has decided to end its boycott of the forums "following the constructive meeting with the club and guarantees that ensued," according to a message sent to its members.

Last Wednesday, the CUP, created in 2016 to allow the ultras to find the Parc des Princes after years of absence, had announced that it would no longer go to the forum "until everything is done to dismiss those who work to (the) destroy ".

Members of the main group of Paris supporters had even protested Thursday night outside the headquarters of the Paris club in Boulogne-Billancourt to denounce the "relentlessness". Exchanges with the management have obviously succeeded, with the hope that the party at the Parc des Princes is total.

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