If they will certainly avoid the clubs in the first hat during the draw for the group stage of the Champions League (5 p.m. this Thursday), and therefore in particular Bayern and Liverpool, the Parisian vice-champions of Europe could stuck with a group made up of Barcelona or Manchester City, Inter Milan and M'Gladbach.
No cake ... But for Thomas Tuchel's players, so rarely tested in the league, a hen raised might not be so bad.
Conversely, PSG could inherit Shakhtar or Ajax in hat 2, Krasnodar and Midtjylland or Ferencvaros.
Easier… The worst draw for OM and Rennes?
Bayern or Liverpool, Manchester City or Barça and Inter.
The best ?
Zenit or Porto, Shakhtar or Ajax and Krasnodar.
Even the best draw wouldn't be synonymous with qualifying, but there would be room.
PSG (hat 1)
The most affordable draw
-Ajax Amsterdam
-Olympiakos
-Midtjylland
The least affordable
-FC Barcelona (or Manchester City)
-Inter Milan
-Mönchengladbach
Rennes and Marseille (hat 4)
The most affordable draw
-FC Porto
-Ajax Amsterdam
-Krasnodar
The least affordable
-Bayern Munich (or Liverpool)
-FC Barcelona
-Inter Milan
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