Happy ending for the Minots of Olympique de Marseille. Winners this Tuesday on the pitch of Union Saint-Gilloise (1-4), the Marseillais obtained their qualification for the round of 16 of the Youth League at the last minute thanks to Juventus’ misstep against Pafos. While the Turinese led 2-0 in the 66th minute of play, they conceded two goals from the Cypriots, conceding a draw which caused their elimination from the league phase.
AS Monaco and Paris Saint-Germain are also qualified. After two great successes against Bayern Munich (3-0) and Tottenham (5-2), the Parisian Titis concluded their European campaign with a draw on the pitch of Athletic Bilbao this Wednesday (1-1). However, they had opened the scoring via Noah Nsoki at the very start of the 2nd half, but Adrian Perez equalized on a penalty at the end of the match (82nd).
Authors of a catastrophic start to the season with three defeats, the young Monegasques ended the league phase like a cannonball with big victories against Bodo/Glimt (0-7), Pafos (0-3) and Galatasaray (5-0). With 9 points, they finished in 18th place, the first 22 being qualified for the rest of the competition.
These 22 teams will be joined by ten others who obtained their ticket via the “national champions route”. Nantes could notably be one of them if they succeed against Maccabi Haifa later in the day. Nantes lost the first leg played in Hungary (1-0).
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