the statistics to recollect from this fourth day — Foot11.com

After the primary 4 days of the Champions League, PSG are getting nearer to qualifying regardless of two consecutive attracts, Marseille offers itself the best to dream whereas Barça now not has its future in hand. A glance again on the highlights of this fourth day.

Paris, the worst offensive efficiency of the season?

After an ideal begin to the season, PSG is skating. Mired in non-sporting tales, the capital membership did not beat Benfica in two video games. The assembly on the Parc was soporific, for instance, Neymar solely touched one ball within the opposing space. That is his lowest whole of the season, his common to date was six per 90 minutes.

Kylian Mbappé is speaking about him proper now. Earlier than his preliminary concepts, the French striker complained of taking part in on the pivot place, a place that will not go well with him. After we analyze the exercise of Hakimi, we perceive that no pivot may have the benefit of PSG: in opposition to the Lisbon membership, the Moroccan piston performed his tenth consecutive match with out succeeding in a cross!

Marseille and Salah within the historical past of the Champions League

By successful on the garden of a Sporting Lisbon which likes to scuttle its Champions League matches, Marseille has achieved a feat. Certainly, Marseille signed the very first victory of a French membership touring to a Portuguese workforce in C1. Marseille due to this fact put an finish to a collection of 19 video games with out a win in opposition to Lusitanian opponents (4 attracts, 15 defeats).

In Glasgow, Liverpool regained confidence after their massive victory in opposition to Rangers (1-7). Throughout this assembly, Mohamed Salah, who got here on within the 68th minute, scored a hat-trick in 5 minutes. He due to this fact turned the quickest participant to attain three targets in a C1 match and thus broke the file of a sure Bafé Gomis with OL in opposition to Dinamo Zagreb on December 7, 2011.

Atlético and Barça in nice hazard on this Champions League

In very nice hazard with a view to qualification, Atletico Madrid and FC Barcelona have had varied fortunes this week. Dealing with Bruges, the Colchoneros failed to seek out the fault, the fault of an distinctive Simon Mignolet. Having stopped 9 photographs out of 9 obtained, the Belgian goalkeeper prevented, in line with Statsperform statistics, almost three targets throughout this assembly. Atlético, for its half, has received solely certainly one of its final ten C1 residence video games!

On the garden of the Nou Camp, Barça did not beat Inter Milan and discover themselves in a really uncomfortable place. If the Milanese beat Viktoria Plzeň subsequent week, Xavi’s workforce will solely have the ability to do higher than the Europa League. With three defeats in six video games, Xavi is making the worst begin for a Barcelona coach in C1 for greater than twenty years.

What if Napoli had been wildly among the many favorites ?

By beating Ajax Amsterdam (4-2) at residence, Naples has already booked its ticket to the knockout levels of the Champions League. Straightforward winners twice of the Amsterdammers after having crushed Liverpool, Naples and his Georgian prodigy Kvaratskhelia, equaled a file in C1. After 4 group matches, solely two golf equipment had managed to attain as many (seventeen targets): PSG 2017/2018 and Bayern Munich 2022/2023.

This Champions League season due to this fact retains all its guarantees. If some favorites disappoint, the extent of play is total very nice. We won’t wait to investigate the remainder of the competitors.