Paris (AFP)

Lionel Messi, Neymar and Kylian Mbappé, the infernal trio of Paris Saint-Germain enter the European scene in Bruges on Wednesday (9 p.m. / 7 p.m. GMT), at the same time as AC Milan makes their comeback, eight years later, to Liverpool.

At last!

The trio that has made the football world dream since the signing of Messi on August 10, will for the first time play together, on the lawn of the Jan-Breydel stadium.

"Paris Première", headlines the sports daily L'Equipe on Wednesday, with a montage of the three superstars side by side.

"The MNM is melting on Europe," writes Le Parisien for its part.

PSG are widely favorites in this match.

Simon Mignolet, the Belgian goalkeeper, is "proud" to play against Messi, "the biggest star in the world", but also hopes to be able to "hurt" PSG.

"We are not going to stay 90 minutes in our 16 meters", promises the Bruges coach, Philippe Clément, hoping, "with the supporters, a beautiful evening".

Two years ago, PSG corrected Club Bruges in the Venice of the north (5-0) with Mbappé, author of a hat-trick in twenty minutes.

In the other meeting, the second ogre in Pool A, Manchester City, receives RB Leipzig.

Pep Guardiola, who failed in the final last year (1-0 for Chelsea), sets out again in search of a first Champions League, like PSG, for the “Citizens”.

The two most prestigious posters of the evening oppose legendary clubs, multiple winners of the C1.

Liverpool (6 C1) receives AC Milan (7 C1) for the return of the Italian giant, after eight very long seasons of absence.

- Again Inter-Real -

This poster has twice been a final, including the unlikely scenario of 2005, where the "Reds" had recovered from 3-0 to 3-3 before winning 3 shots on goal to 2.

Milan had taken his revenge (2-0) in 2007.

Unfortunately the "Rossoneri" are deprived of their almost forty-year-old offensive leader, Zlatan Ibrahimovic (40 years old on October 3), who suffered from an Achilles tendon.

The other poster of the evening, in Group D, weighs even heavier than the 13 C1 from Liverpool-Milan: with the 3 from Inter Milan and the 13 from Real Madrid, there will be 16 Champions Cups and Leagues. on the mythical lawn of San Siro.

Real Madrid's Croatian midfielder Luka Modric in training before the Group D C1 match against Inter Milan on September 14, 2021 at the San Siro stadium in Milan Miguel MEDINA AFP

But it is a repeat of last season, where the Madrilenians had won both times in the group stage (2-0 / 3-2).

Inter had finished last in their group and dream of revenge.

Finally, the most open group remains the C, where the Turkish champion, Besiktas, welcomes Borussia Dortmund and their Norwegian terror, Erling Haaland, top scorer of the previous edition with 10 goals.

Tuesday, Lille was not far from winning its first C1 match at home since 2006, against Wolfsburg (0-0).

Despite a good collective performance, perhaps the best since the start of the season, Losc retains the regrets of not having scored a goal against a team reduced to ten during the half hour.

"They let out a victory within their reach," said La Voix du Nord.

But "we found the Losc", retains L'Equipe.

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