No respite for European clubs. A week after the start of the European Cup season, the French teams continue with, for Olympique de Marseille and Paris-Saint-Germain, the Champions League, on September 13 and 14, and for Nantes, Rennes , Monaco as well as Nice, the Europa League and the Europa League conference, Thursday 15 September. Here is everything you need to know before this second day of the group stages.
OM-Frankfurt, Haïfa-PSG, Bayern-Barça… Spectacle and challenges
With 46 goals scored in the first 16 matches of the group stage of the Champions League, will the second day keep pace? Beaten from the start on the lawn of Tottenham (2-0), Olympique de Marseille has the opportunity to recover on Tuesday, with the reception of Eintracht Frankfurt at the Vélodrome (Group D). A meeting under high tension after the incidents involving German hooligans during Nice-Cologne in the Europa League Conference last Thursday.
The other big poster on Tuesday will oppose Bayern Munich and Barça, who beat Inter Milan (0-2) and Viktoria Plzen (5-1) respectively in Group C. The Liverpool-Ajax Amsterdam, Bayer confrontations Leverkusen-Atlético de Madrid and Sporting Portugal-Tottenham will also be ones to watch.
1 – The players with the best minutes-per-goal ratio in @ChampionsLeague history (25+ goals):
Erling Haaland – 61 minutes
Mario Gomez – 102
Robert Lewandowski – 103
Lionel Messi – 104
Ruud van Nistelrooij – 109
Cristiano Ronaldo – 114Incredibles. #UCL
— OptaFranz (@OptaFranz) September 9, 2022
The next day, the Parisians of Christophe Galtier will go to Israel to challenge the little thumb of group H: Maccabi Haifa. At the same time, Juventus Turin will try to recover from their defeat against PSG (2-1), facing Benfica Lisbon. Transferred to Manchester City this summer, Erling Haaland will return to Borussia Dortmund (Group G).
Real Madrid will face RB Leipzig (Group F) and Chelsea, orphan of Thomas Tuchel, dismissed last week, will want to revive against Salzburg (Group E). Executioner of Liverpool (4-1), Naples will be confident at the Glasgow Rangers’ Ibrox Stadium, when AC Milan of Olivier Giroud and Mike Maignan will seek its first victory against the surprising Dinamo Zagreb, scorer of Chelsea.
After their inaugural defeat at Old Trafford against Real Sociedad, Manchester United will return to Tiraspol (Moldova), while José Mourinho’s AS Roma will face the modest team from Helsinki.
Rennes, Nantes and Monaco to double the bet in the Europa League?
The French clubs had a good first week in C3 with successes for Rennes against AEK Larnaca (1-2), Nantes against Olympiakos (2-1) and Monaco in Belgrade (0-1). Thursday, Rennes will host Fernerbahçe, Monegasques will welcome Ferencvaros (Hungary) and Nantes will travel to Karabakh (Azerbaijan). The disappearance of Queen Elizabeth II at the age of 96 caused the postponement of the Arsenal-PSV Eindhoven clash, the security personnel being monopolized by the ceremonies.
In the Europa League conference, Nice will have to manage a perilous trip against Partizan Belgrade. The prospect of another good day for the UEFA coefficient of French clubs seems very real.
To what time and on which channels to watch the matches?
The two Champions League matches in Marseille and Paris will be broadcast at 9 p.m. on the Canal+ group channels (Canal+ Foot on Tuesday evening for OM, Canal+ Wednesday evening for PSG) and on RMC Sport 1. The rest of the matches are broadcast by BeIN Sports, which owns full rights to the competition.
Thursday evening, at 6.45 p.m., Monaco-Ferencvaros will be available on RMC Sport 1. At the same time, Karabagh-Nantes will be broadcast on RMC Sport 2. At 9 p.m., you will have to tune in to W9 or Canal+ Foot to see Rennes-Fenerbahçe, and on RMC Sport 1 to see Partizan Belgrade-Nice. The other C3 and C4 matches will be visible on the channels of the Altice group (RMC).