Rather well off these French clubs.
Paris Saint-Germain, Olympique de Marseille and Stade Rennais have known their opponents in the group stage of the Champions League since Thursday evening.
Twenty days before the start of the competition, PSG obviously leaves as a favorite.
But the other two teams will also have their say.
Note that the calendar will be unveiled on Friday.
PSG on familiar ground
Tuchel feared Barça and Inter, he will have to deal with other opponents a little less relieved: Manchester United, RB Leipzig and Istanbul Basaksehir.
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The first two evoke in any case the darkest hours as the most beautiful of its recent past.
The last visit of the “Red Devils” of Anthony Martial and Paul Pogba, in March 2019, had thus sealed one of the worst humiliations in its history, with an elimination at home (3-1) in the round of 16 after winning the go (2-0).
"It's a team that is part of our path, and if players want to motivate themselves by taking this game as a rematch to have a good game, they can do it," said Marquinhos on RMC Sport.
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An air of revenge, there will also be against Leipzig, a better memory for PSG: the Parisians had swept the Germans in the semi-final in Lisbon (3-0), before Bayern Munich broke their dreams in the final .
Finally, Istanbul Basaksehir is a novice in the competition, but the club, known for its proximity to Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, won the last edition of the Turkish championship and should enjoy the boiling support of part of its audience, under UEFA announcements.
OM not so badly served
For their comeback in the Champions League, OM inherited a relatively affordable group with FC Porto, Manchester City and Olympiakos.
Even if they will dress in the status of outsiders, the Marseillais have, at least, avoided big teams like Bayern, Real, Liverpool or Barcelona.
The double confrontation with Porto will not fail to spice up.
Almost ten years ago, André Villas-Boas, the OM coach, had indeed led the Lusitano club to victory in the Europa League in 2011, becoming at 33 the youngest titled coach in a European competition!
For the Phocéens, the fate was more lenient than for their last appearance in C1 in 2013-2014.
Seven years ago, their group stage ended in six defeats in as many games against Arsenal, Dortmund and Napoli for Mandanda, Gignac and others… Valbuena.
For the latter, now at Olympiakos, this draw is anything but neutral.
He spent, in fact, eight seasons in Marseille between 2006 and 2014. "It's nice to find them, I kept a lot of friends there", reacted Valbuena.
Marseille and I are linked for life!
#OM #UCL @ChampionsLeague @OM_Officiel
- Mathieu Valbuena (@ MathieuVal8) October 1, 2020
Rennes in trouble
For its very first Champions League campaign, Stade Rennes did not inherit any easy opponent with Sevilla, Chelsea and Krasnodar, the Russian club from the dam (2-1, 2-1) against PAOK Athens.
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However, the booming Breton club does not refrain from sublimating itself against one, or even several of its future opponents.
“All the teams imagine taking six points against us, advance Julien Stéphan, the Rennes coach, at the microphone of RMC.
It's up to us to try to steal as much as possible, to play with a lot of bravery, to give everything, not to regret anything, and we'll see where that will lead us.
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The Bretons will have particular attention for the double confrontation against Chelsea, which their goalkeeper Edouard Mendy has just joined.
"It's a lot of emotion," said the new goalkeeper of the Blues, on Téléfoot.
I chatted with my former teammates and exchanged messages with the staff.
It was as if it was written that I would come back to play a match at Roazhon.
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