UEFA index: France sends a strong message

The weeks follow, but are not alike for France on the European scene. While France was under the threat of Belgium last week and saw its main competitors of the Big 5 move away, the French clubs were able to react perfectly by performing high -flying performances. Obviously, the Caillou Niçois in the shoe of France is always present and inevitably slows down its journey.

Once again, the gym lost in the European Cup (2-1). Once again, he shot himself in the foot from the start of the match against a team from Fenerbahce in full doubt and who did not ask for so much. AS Monaco, which was in a complicated situation before the match against Manchester City, managed to get a miraculous draw (2-2) thanks to an Eric Dier penalty at the end of the match. A draw synonymous with victory for ASM.

Belgium pushed away behind, Germany in the viewfinder

And what about the beautiful victories of OM against Ajax (4-0) and also and above all the feat of PSG which won in Catalonia against Barça (1-2) with a deeply altered team and an unprecedented Barcola-Mayulu-Mbaye attack. A success that puts PSG at the top of the ranking of the C1 League phase and which proves once again that France will be able to count on its European champion to bring back precious points in the index classification.

For their part, OL and LOSC, two old briscards on the continental scene, have also won their match. If Lyon only bought a weak team from Salzburg (2-0), the DOGUES achieved a new feat by winning in Italy on the side of Roma (0-1). Finally, special mention for Strasbourg who won (2-1) in Bratislava with a reworked team for their entry into the Europa league conference.

Noticed performances that allowed France to glean 1.572 points this week against… 0 for Belgium which was dangerously close last week. Back in the top 10 in the index ranking, France returns within shooting of Germany, which despite the performances of Bayern and Dortmund, experienced a contrasting week with the heavy defeat of Frankfurt, the disappointing dummies of Bayer and Friborg and the counter-performance of Stuttgart in Basel.