It's a little game that football fans love to play. What if we could predict the future? This is exactly what the site did Betting Loungeusing the power of a “supercomputer” to simulate the entire new Champions League formula. After thousands of calculations, the machine delivered its verdict. And for Paris Saint-Germain, reigning European champions, it is brutal.
PSG eliminated in the round of 16
According to the computer, PSG, after a solid championship phase (4th place), would collapse in the round of 16. His executioner? Vincent Kompany's Bayern Munich, who would eliminate them on penalties. A disaster scenario for a club which has made the preservation of its title the supreme objective of its season. However, for the two to face each other from the 8th, one of the two would have to not finish in the Top 8 of the regular phase and we are not really heading towards that at the moment.
This prediction is all the more cruel as it sees at the same time the great rival, FC Barcelona, ​​going all the way to the final and winning the trophy against Arsenal. A Catalan triumph, while Paris would watch the end of the competition on television. For Parisian supporters, it's the worst nightmare.
Simple gadget or real trend?
So, should we take this prediction seriously? Of course not. Football, fortunately, is not an exact science. A supercomputer, however powerful it may be, cannot predict the vagaries of a match, the injury of a key player, or the stroke of genius of an attacker. It's just an algorithm, a simple statistical tool.
But this simulation has the merit of asking a question. Does PSG, after its historic triumph, really have the shoulders to continue? Is he as sovereign as we think? This prediction, as cold as it may be, is a reminder to humility. She tells us that the status of reigning champion is fragile, and that the path to a second star will be strewn with pitfalls. The machine has spoken. It now remains for the men to make her lie.
