Paris (AFP)

A victory and a message: with Neymar, Paris SG regained glory against Galatasaray (5-0) on Wednesday in the Champions League. What to send a warning to his opponents before the draw of the eighth Monday, which will also include Atlético Madrid and surprise Atalanta.

Group A: Paris almost perfect, the real scarecrow

To end its group stage, PSG, already qualified, did not make any details against the Turkish club, whose defensive weakness was largely exploited by the offensive trio Mbappé-Icardi-Neymar.

It was Icardi who opened the ball, pushing an offering of Kylian Mbappé (33rd) after an opening of "Ney". Then the Brazilian shifted Pablo Sarabia, scorer of a cross shot (35th), and he launched Mbappé, scorer at the bottom of the post (63).

Meanwhile, the Brazilian had himself scored, served by a heel of Mbappé (47th). And to finish the evening in style, he offered to the incoming Edinson Cavani, stationed on the bench for several weeks, to shoot and convert a penalty that will do him good (84th).

In short, Paris has completed its group stage on a near-perfect record of five wins and one draw. What will be among the seeded Monday in the draw for the round of 16 in Nyon, Switzerland, and also among the ogres that all the teams of the second hat will want to avoid.

Zinédine Zidane's Real Madrid will be a scarecrow: the merengue club triumphed 3-1 in Bruges in a match without a stake, thanks to goals from Brazil's Rodrygo (53) and Vinicius (64th), then to Luka Modric (90th + 1).

Group B: full Munich card, Olympiakos in C3

The only team in this C1 to have a clear fault in this first phase is called Bayern Munich, who tamed Jose Mourinho's Tottenham 3-1 after already crushing the Spurs 7-2 in the first leg.

But the Munich may have lost big with the injury of Kingsley Coman, poorly dropped on his left knee and forced out in the first period, when he had just scored. Not very reassuring for him and for the Blues at six months of the Euro-2020 ...

In this group where Bayern and Tottenham were already qualified, Olympiakos made sure to be donated to the Europa League by beating Belgrade Red Star 1-0 on a late penalty.

Group C: Atalanta invites itself to the big

Fairytale in Lombardy: Atalanta Bergamo qualified for the first time in their history for the round of 16 in the UEFA Champions League by beating Shakhtar Donetsk 3-0 in Ukraine on Wednesday, when only his first participation in the European Cup.

The Italian club, which had only one point after four games, won its last two meetings to achieve a feat: to win the second place group C (7 pts) dominated by Manchester City (1st, 14 pts) who at the same time corrected Dinamo Zagreb 4-1.

Group D: Atlético do the job

It was the last remaining ticket to be handed out, and it came to a regular, Atletico Madrid, qualified forceps by defeating Lokomotiv Moscow at home (2-0).

This is a relief for the "Colchoneros", offensively off since the departure of Antoine Griezmann in Barcelona. They will be in the eighth and they owe it to their diamond Joao Felix (20 years), arrived in the offseason to succeed "Grizi".

The Portuguese first caused a penalty, which Kieran Trippier failed to convert (2nd). But on a second penalty, obtained for a hand in the box, Joao Felix converted with composure (17th). Then, a good volley from Felipe sealed the score and the qualification of Atlético, second in Group D behind Juventus.

The Italians, for their part, went to win at Leverkusen thanks to goals from Cristiano Ronaldo and Gonzalo Higuain. They too look ready for the eighth ...

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