Champions League: PSG, Marseille and Rennes know their opponents
Brazilian Neymar (left) celebrates his goal against Borussia Dortmund in the round of 16 second leg of the 2019-2020 Champions League.
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Text by: Farid Achache Follow
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Finalist of the last Champions League, Paris SG knows its future opponents of the next group stage, just like the other two French clubs, Marseille and Rennes, after the draw made this Thursday, October 1 in Geneva, Switzerland.
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Last August, French football was delighted to have, for the first time in its history, two teams competing in the last four - PSG and Lyon - and one in the final.
From now on, it is a new season of C1 which begins for the Parisians, Rennes and Marseille.
PSG-Manchester United for a rematch
But the three clubs do not necessarily have the same ambitions.
If PSG dreams of a new epic after that of this summer, Marseille, absent since 2013-2014, and Rennes will first try to reach the round of 16.
Since 2017, the capital club have faced the last three cup winners at this stage of the competition: Bayern Munich, Liverpool and Real Madrid.
This time, he meets Manchester United, his executioner in the round of 16 in 2019.
The Parisians of Neymar and Kylian Mbappé, placed in the top seed hat, still avoided Barcelona, scarecrow of the second hat, or the Manchester City of Pep Guardiola.
Lionel Messi's FC Barcelona, in search of redemption in the Champions League, will face Cristiano Ronaldo's Juventus Turin in a shock rich in Ballons d'Or.
Rennes will face Chelsea
OM which finally renews its love affair with the Cup with big ears, which the Marseillais won in 1993, will have to cross swords with Manchester City and Porto, two teams capable of going far in the competition.
OM have already shared a C1 group with Porto on two occasions.
Result: a draw and three defeats.
Rennes, qualified thanks to its 3rd place in the last championship interrupted by the new coronavirus, expected to fall on the big one.
Les Rouge et Noir would have been the Petit Poucet of the draw without the presence of the Hungarians from Ferencvaros.
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We will discover all this with a huge desire to bite into it, to make the most of it,
" assured coach Julien Stéphan before the draw.
The coach had made Breton supporters dream in 2019 with a journey in the Europa League until the round of 16.
It will be Sevilla, six times winner of the Europa League, Chelsea, and Krasnodar for the Bretons.
Group H: Paris Saint-Germain, Manchester United, RB Leipzig
Group C: Porto, Manchester City, Olympiakos, Marseille
Group E: Sevilla, Chelsea, FC Krasnodar, Rennes
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