With a 2-1 victory against Nantes on Saturday, Paris St. Germain kept their four-point advantage over Nice atop Ligue 1, and the match also produced some unexpectedly positive injury news.
Marquinhos and Warren Zaire-Emery, 17, made their comebacks just in time for Borussia Dortmund’s crucial Champions League match on Wednesday.
Reuters reports that, Brazilian defender Marquinhos started and played 60 minutes of Saturday’s game, while Zaire-Emery came on as a substitute after he was expected to miss the rest of 2023 through an ankle injury sustained while scoring on his France debut.
Group F of the Champions League is delicately poised going into the final round of games. Dortmund are top on 10 points and already through to the knockout stages, PSG are second on seven points and need a win in Germany to guarantee qualification.
GERMANY/BAYERN DEBACLE
Managers of Bayern Munich were still attempting to figure out what went horribly wrong in their first league loss of the season, which came down to a 5-1 loss against Eintracht Frankfurt, a day later.
“We travelled with high expectations to Frankfurt and we delivered a really bad performance and the frustration is big,” said Bayern sports director Christoph Freund on Sunday.
“There is no real explanation for this. We are still searching for one.”
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Bayern have lost three times this season; once in the German Super Cup to RB Leipzig, once against lower-tier club Saarbruecken in the German Cup last month and now in the Bundesliga to drop four points behind leaders Bayer Leverkusen with a game in hand.
ROMA FACE TOUGH FIXTURES AMID GROWING LIST OF ABSENTEES
Roma’s Sunday match with Fiorentina cost them, and without several important players, they now have a difficult schedule ahead of them under Jose Mourinho.
Romelu Lukaku and Nicola Zalewski were sent off, Paulo Dybala hobbled off, and Sardar Azmoun, Dybala’s replacement, too departed the field with what appeared to be an injury.
The extended absences of Tammy Abraham, Marash Kumbulla, and Chris Smalling owing to injuries provide a challenge for manager Mourinho.
After concluding the Europa League group stage against Moldova’s Sheriff on Thursday, they will play Bologna, Napoli, and Juventus before the new year.
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