This Wednesday evening marks the final day of the league phase of the 2025/26 Champions League.
A multiplex with multiple stakes that promises to be… intense!
We present to you the keys to this major evening for the rest of the season!
The French clubs 🇫🇷 have a lot at stake!
PSG, OM, and Monaco: the three representatives of Ligue 1 have a lot to play for this Wednesday evening!
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Against Newcastle, PSG can secure a place in the top 8, synonymous with direct qualification for the round of 16. A boon for the titleholder, who has been going through a small turbulent phase in recent weeks and could thus avoid a crucial deadline… as early as mid-February!
These playoffs, OM is well on its way to playing them! Traveling to Bruges, Marseille can officially validate its qualification… but also hope for more! In case of victory, Roberto De Zerbi’s players can be among the seeded teams of the playoff contenders and thus host the return match at the Vélodrome stadium.
Finally, for Monaco, it will be necessary to play it safe against Juventus and secure its place in the top 24!
Which favorites for the final victory will tremble in the playoffs in a few weeks?
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For now, FC Barcelona, Manchester City, Inter, and Atlético de Madrid are outside the top 8 and thus, virtually in the playoffs.
But be careful, depending on the results of this Wednesday evening, other big teams could fall. We are thinking particularly of PSG, Chelsea, or Real Madrid, who are facing Newcastle, Naples, and Benfica respectively.
A bad result, victories behind… and everything can change very quickly!
Naples, the great disappointment?
Naples is the major team in great danger just hours before the kickoff of this last day.
The Italian champion is 25th and virtually… eliminated.
Naples hosts Chelsea and must win to hope to reach the playoffs!
And you, what will you be closely following this Wednesday evening?
This article was translated into English by Artificial Intelligence.
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