Champions League: the possible PSG and Lille course to the final

If the draw on Friday gave PSG and Lille their opponent for the round of 16, he also defined the final table of this Champions League. Which allows us – with the greatest respect for the great uncertainty of sport and opponents of course, to project ourselves on a possible suite of the competition in the event of respective qualification against Liverpool and Dortmund.

First information, already: PSG and Lille will not be able to compete before the final, the two French teams not part of the same part of the table.

For PSG, an affordable quarter and Mbappé in half?

If PSG achieves the feat of eliminating in the round of 16 the best team of the group stage, Liverpool, it will be “rewarded” with an opponent a priori more affordable in quarters (8-9, April 15-16) . Indeed, the winner of PSG-Liverpool will be opposed to that of Bruges-Aston Villa.

In the event of qualification in the semi-finals, PSG could then find a certain Kylian Mbappé and Real Madrid. For this, the Merengue would have to eliminate their neighbor from Atletico in eighth then the winner of the confrontation between the PSV and Arsenal in quarters. PSG would then have the chance to receive during the return semi-final.

Barcelona on the LOSC road in quarters?

Not favorite but not beaten in advance either against Dortmund in the round of 16, Lille will be able to find on her way in the quarterfinals FC Barcelona, ​​the second best team of the group stage, provided of course that it does not stumble The previous round against Benfica.

Then, for a possible semi-final, it would be against the winner of the confrontation between the survivors of Inter Milan-Feyenoord and Bayern Munich-Llekusen. Before, why not, to find PSG in the final. We are not yet quite there.