This new Champions League format has brought so many changes to the competition, but no one could have predicted that some big teams like Paris Saint-Germain would struggle so much.After five games, PSG are sitting in 26th place out of 36 teams, which means that they are on the verge of elimination. As you’ve probably heard by now, only eight teams at the top would go directly to the knockout stage, while the other eight would reach that stage through a two-leg playoff played between the teams from 9th to 24th position.PSG? They play like Eibar… pic.twitter.com/w5SKbH63rj— Neal 🇦🇺 (@NealGardner_) November 26, 2024 Les Bleus suffered another blow on Tuesday night at Allianz Arena against Bayern Munich, who topped them thanks to Kim Min-jae’s first-half goal, 1-0. PSG didn’t seem willing to surrender despite trailing, but Luis Enrique’s side couldn’t fight back after Ousmane Dembele was sent off due to a second yellow card after a reckless tackle on Coman.Without a proper striker and a player of world-class ilk, the Parisians seem incapable of fighting against those giants of European football. Interestingly enough, the other two Ligue 1 representatives in the Champions League, Brest and Lille, are high above them on the table with ten and seven points, respectively, and are still in contention for the next stage.𝓣𝓱𝓮 𝓒𝓱𝓪𝓶𝓹𝓲𝓸𝓷𝓼 𝓛𝓮𝓪𝓰𝓾𝓮 𝓸𝓷𝓮 𝓱𝓾𝓷𝓭𝓻𝓮𝓭 𝓬𝓵𝓾𝓫 💫 pic.twitter.com/jKRFeLuD2g— 433 (@433) November 26, 2024 Unlike PSG, Barcelona seem fully acomodated to this new format, as they recorded fourth UCL win in a row against the above mentioned Brest 3-0. The match will go down in history due to Robert Lewandowski’s brace. The Polish striker has become only the third player in history to pass the 100-goal mark in the Champions League. He netted a first-half penalty to reach the milestone before adding his 101st goal in the second half.UEFA CHAMPIONS LEAGUE ROUND 5TuesdaySlovan B – Milan 2-3 (1-1)/Barseghyan 24, Marcelli 88 – Pulisic 21, Leao 68, Abraham 70/Sparta P – Atletico Madrid 0-6 (0-2)/Alvarez 15, 59, Llorente 43, Griezman 70, Correa 85, 89/Barcelona – Brest 3-0 (1-0)/Lewandowski 10 pen, 90+2, Olmo 66/Bayern – PSG 1-0 (1-0)/Kim 38/Inter – RB Leipzig 1-0 (1-0)/Lukeba 27 og/Leverkusen – Salzburg 5-0 (3-0)/Wirtz 8 pen, 30, Grimaldo 11, Schick 61, Garcia 72/Man.City – Feyenoord 3-3 (1-0)/Haaland 44 pen, 53, Gundogan 50 – Hadj Moussa 75, Gimenez 82, Hancko 89/Sporting – Arsenal 1-5 (0-3)/Inacio 47 – Martinelli 7, Havertz 22, Gabriel 45+1, Saka 65 pen, Trossard 82/Young Boys – Atalanta 1-6 (1-4)/Ganvoula 11 – Retegui 9, 39, De Ketelaere 28, 56, Kolasinac 32, Samardzic 90+1/Wednesday19:45: (4.80) Crvena Zvezda (4.10) Stuttgart (1.75)19:45: (3.70) Sturm (3.50) Girona (2.00)23:00: (2.45) Aston Villa (3.40) Juventus (3.10)23:00: (2.45) Bologna (3.35) Lille (3.15)23:00: (2.05) Celtic (3.50) Club Brugge (3.60)23:00: (4.80) Dinamo Zagreb (3.70) Dortmund (1.73)23:00: (1.90) Liverpool (3.95) Real Madrid (4.00)23:00: (2.30) Monaco (3.50) Benfica (3.25)23:00: (1.42) PSV (4.60) Shakhtar (7.50)***odds are subject to change***
