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Marseille comes back to life!

Fallen from Olympiakos 2-1, OM stopped their spiral of defeats Tuesday in the Champions League to maintain the hope of catching the Europa League, while Zinédine Zidane's Real Madrid, beaten 2-0 by the Shakhtar Donetsk, sees the eighth away.

- Group A: Bayern stopped, Atlético frustrated -

Bayern Munich ended up stumbling: unstoppable in C1 for 15 matches and as many victories, the reigning European champion conceded a 1-1 draw against Atlético, seeing his record streak come to an end at the Metropolitano stadium in Madrid .

The Bavarians, who were already qualified for the eighth and turned against the "Atleti", were long behind after the opening of the score of the Portuguese prodigy Joao Félix (26th).

But Thomas Müller equalized from the penalty spot (86th) to avoid defeat.

It is a great missed opportunity for the "Colchoneros" (6 pts), who remain under the threat of Salzburg (4 pts), their next opponent, winner of Lokomotiv Moscow 3-1.

- Group B: fear on Real, Inter survives -

What if Real Madrid went out the window from the group stage?

This scenario, unthinkable since 1997 (23 successive qualifiers), took shape with the rout of Zidane's team against Shakhtar in Kiev.

Clumsy in attack, like an attempt by Marco Asensio on the post (5th), Real was picked up by Dentinho on the hour mark (57th), the Brazilian striker taking advantage of a misunderstanding defense between the French Ferland Mendy and Raphaël Varane.

And Manor Solomon then set the Madrid rearguard, still an orphan of his pillar Sergio Ramos, to drive the point home against (83rd).

One day from the conclusion of the group stage, here is the "White House" demoted to third place in group B, overtaken by its Ukrainian opponent with the specific goal difference (7 pts each).

"Zizou", triple winner of the C1 on the Merengue bench (2016-2018) will play his destiny at home against the leader of the group Mönchengladbach (8 pts), who fell against Inter Milan (3-2) despite a double of Frenchman Alassane Pléa (45th + 1, 76th).

The Interists (5 pts), guided by two goals from Romelu Lukaku (64th, 73rd), keep a hope of snatching the qualification.

- Group C: Marseille, finally a victory!

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For the first time since 2013, Marseille scored in C1 and for the first time since 2012, Marseille won in C1!

This long wait ended Tuesday night with a success hanging against Olympiakos at home (2-1), which stopped the Marseille black series with 13 consecutive defeats, a sad record for the event.

The Marseillais have benefited from a little of this "luck" that coach André Villas-Boas called for with two penalties awarded, the second, quite contentious, for a hand at the edge of the area of ​​the Brazilian defender Rafinha.

Dimitri Payet took responsibility both times (55th, 75th) to score the first two goals of his career in C1.

This success is a relief for OM (3 pts), which comes back to the height of its evening opponent and keeps a little hope of snatching from the club of Piraeus (3 pts), third in the particular goal difference, this jump seat synonymous with Europa League: this will require doing better against Manchester City, already qualified as first in the group, than the Greeks against Porto, guaranteed to be second.

- Group D: Liverpool validate their ticket -

The Liverpool Reds will be at the rendezvous of the eighth: the winners of the 2019 edition did the minimum service against Ajax Amsterdam (1-0) with a goal from Curtis Jones upon receiving a long center. from the right (58th).

This is enough for the happiness of Jürgen Klopp and his men (12 pts), who in the process secure the head of the group.

The second qualifying place will be played in a tempting direct confrontation between Ajax (7 pts) and Atalanta Bergamo (8 pts), held back by the modest Danes of Midtjylland (1-1).

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