Europe 1 with AFP 8:06 p.m., November 06, 2022

Bayern Munich, Manchester City, Real Madrid... Paris Saint-Germain still risks inheriting a big name in European football as an opponent in the knockout stages of the Champions League.

The draw will take place on Monday at noon in Nyon, Switzerland.

That Benfica's sixth goal could cost PSG dear... By scoring against Maccabi Haifa in stoppage time, Joao Mario allowed the Lisbon club to overtake Paris in the final Group H standings thanks to a number of goals scored at the upper exterior, the 7th deciding criterion in the Champions League!

Christophe Galtier's players now find themselves in the second hat, and will probably have to face a European cador in February 2023.

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The probability game

Precisely in the game of probabilities, it is Bayern Munich that the Parisians have the (bad) chance of shooting, since the Bavarian club cannot face, at this stage of the competition, one of the three other German clubs. , Dortmund, Leipzig or Frankfurt, nor Inter Milan already crossed in the pool, all in the second hat.

But it is even more likely, more than a one in three chance, that it is Liverpool who inherit Munich.

The Reds, other scarecrows of hat number 2, cannot play against Manchester City, Chelsea or Tottenham, the other English clubs, nor Naples, which they met during the group stage.

For Paris, avoiding Bayern is far from ensuring a quiet eighth: Kylian Mbappé could face Manchester City of Pep Guardiola and Erling Haaland, Chelsea of ​​Thiago Silva or even Real Madrid of Karim Benzema.

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The Madrid injury

"Anyway, if we want to go far, we will have to beat big teams," nuanced Galtier after the victory in Turin, claiming to "serenely" wait for the draw for the round of 16.

"The other teams will also say to themselves that we will have to play Paris," said club captain Marquinhos.

Nevertheless, the prospect of meeting a big club very early revives the painful memory of elimination against Real last season at this stage of the competition.

After the victory of the first leg at the Parc des Princes (1-0), Paris had sunk in a few minutes during the return meeting, folding in front of a masterpiece by Benzema (3-1).

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Always the same goal

This season, the objective of the club and its Qatari owners remains the same: to win the most prestigious European competition, so that an exit from the start of the final phase would be another major failure, and would perhaps push Kylian Mbappé to want to leave for good.

Too crumbly defensively, too dependent on the prowess of its Messi-Neymar-Mbappé trio in attack, is Paris ready for a two-legged game against a big European?

To give themselves the opportunity to gain momentum in the final table, PSG would probably not refuse a duel against Porto, the most affordable team in hat number 1, or even against Tottenham.