You had to have a strong heart this Wednesday evening to follow the last day of the Champions League league phase. While some teams were fighting for their place in the top 8, others were aiming for qualification for the play-offs and wanted to avoid elimination. And depending on the results, their destiny changed several times.
This is particularly the case for Olympique de Marseille, which has long been among those eliminated because of its heavy defeat on the lawn of Club Bruges (3-0). Taking advantage of the negative results of their direct competitors, the Marseillais finally returned to the top 24 at the end of the match, until the coup de grace and the Dantesque goal of Benfica goalkeeper Anatoliy Trubin in the last seconds against Real Madrid.
A crazy scenario which represents the madness of this 8th and final day of the league phase, with 18 matches played at the same time. As the minutes passed and the 61 goals scored in total, the ranking continued to be modified, sending supporters sometimes to heaven, sometimes to hell. So we have represented these two hours of madness in this lively ranking.
The fall of PSG
Paris Saint-Germain also experienced its share of emotions, with a place assured in the top 8 after Vitinha’s opener. Joseph Willock’s equalizer and the results of the competitors ultimately caused the Parisians to fall to 11th place, forcing them to go through play-offs. They will face AS Monaco or the Azerbaijanis of Qarabag.
This Friday, the draw for the play-offs will determine the posters for these play-offs and the schedule of the next meetings, which will begin on February 17. The opportunity to continue an already completely crazy Champions League, with two French clubs still in the running. OM only has his eyes to cry with. And this little lively ranking should not console him.
