Messi and Saint-Germain are in big trouble in the European champions

The Paris Saint-Germain team bet heavily on going away in the current season of the Champions League, in order to compensate for the successive disappointments over the past years, despite the large investment in the club and the first football team for a long time.

After the shock suffered by the star and playmaker of the team, Lionel Messi, with his colleagues last season, when they were eliminated from the round of 16, at the hands of the defending champion Real Madrid, the scenario may be repeated again, after they lost yesterday the top of their group in the Champions League, in favor of the Portuguese team, Benfica, who It led by a goal difference from Saint-Germain II, despite their equal 14 points.

Saint-Germain beat Juve 2-1, while Benfica beat Maccabi Tel Aviv 6-1, so the lead goes to Benfica, and Saint-Germain ends in summer.

With breath holding to know the results of the round of 16 draw, the options do not seem good for Saint Germain, who will face the leaders of the other seven groups, most notably Man City, Real Madrid, Bayern Munich and Chelsea, and it may be somewhat lighter against Napoli, Tottenham or Porto.

Saint-Germain does not want an early difficult confrontation against the experienced Real Madrid, Bayern and City, which could mean an early end to the club's dream of achieving a long-awaited title, especially in light of the presence of a group of international stars in the team, most notably the trio Neymar, Messi and Mbappe.  

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