The new PSG makes its debut in the Champions League, a competition that it has pursued in the last decade and where in the last two editions it has remained at the gates (in 2019-20 it fell in the final and in 2020-21 it yielded in the semifinals ). Bruges is measured, the weakest rival in the group, but who arrives with morale through the roof after consolidating as leader of the Belgian league where they have only lost one of seven games played.
Despite everything, Betfair forecasts indicate that the Gauls will easily win with a fee of € 1.22 per euro wagered (82% implied probability). The tie trades at 6.5 (15.4%) while the Belgian victory rises to 12.0 (8.3%).
To surpass the ‘BBC’ and the ‘MSN’The Jan Breydel will be the name of the stadium that appears in the football books if Pochettino aligns Messi, Mbappé and Neymar together, in which it would be the premiere of the ‘MMN’. The trident seeks to enter history and improve the spectacular numbers left by the ‘BBC’ (Bale, Benzema and Cristiano) in Madrid and the ‘MSN’ (Messi, Suárez and Neymar) in Barcelona.
For this they must overcome the trio of Madrid stars, who lit up the Bernabéu for five seasons, winning 71.7% of their matches, winning 13 titles and seeing how CR7 scored 249 goals, Benzema 105 and Bale 88. And the one formed by the three Barça figures who won 76.2% of their matches, lifting nine titles during the three years they were together and in which Messi scored 153 goals, for Suárez’s 121 and Neymar’s 90.
Messi, for the record of seasons scoring & mldr;
It will be strange to see Messi wear a different shirt than Barcelona’s, but if we pay attention to Betfair’s forecasts, Leo will score against Bruges, something that is almost certain with his low quota of 1.4 from which he derives a 71.4% probability. Doing so will beat the record for consecutive seasons by scoring at least one goal with 17 seasons.
& mldr; And for the hat tricksBut he not only seeks to debut with a goal against the Belgian rival but also to achieve a new triplet with which he would become the player with the most hat tricks in the history of the competition.. Right now he has eight, as Cristiano, and the chances of entering the Guinness are high since he is trading at 8.0 (12.5%).
Mbappé, from the triplet in Bruges to the challenge called LewandowskiThe Frenchman has spent a hectic summer where Madrid tried to sign him and PSG to renew him. Neither club won the game and their future is uncertain. The only clear thing is that he seeks to become the best scorer in the Champions League, a title that escaped him last season, remaining behind Haaland (8 goals for the Frenchman to 10 for the Norwegian).
He wants to debut with goals, something that trades at 1.6 (62.5%) while signing a hat trick, as he did on his last visit to Bruges, has a share of 12.0 (8.3%). Since the 2017-18 season only Robert Lewandowski (43 goals, with both scored against Barça) has directly participated in more goals in European competition than Kylian Mbappé (37).
Neymar, the ‘magician king’ of PSGThe Brazilian is the third tenor of this great orchestra and according to Betfair forecasts, the third in the list of potential scorers against Bruges. This is attested by the 1.8 (55.6%) quota that he will score at any time during the match in Belgium. A triplet of ‘Ney’ trades at twice that of Messi (odds of 16.0 for Leo’s 8.0).
Despite being an exceptional scorer, his great specialty is giving away goals. In fact, he has the record for assists in the same edition of the Champions League with 8 (like Milner), but he is not only a personal friend of Messi but also associates himself with the Argentine like no one else.. He already showed it in Barcelona by giving away nine goals in three seasons in the Champions League. The three form the best possible trio of stars and triggers the price of PSG to finally win the Champions League (4.5, 22.2% share) being number one of the 32 participants.