C3 – C4: The best and worst draws for Monaco, Rennes, Nantes and Nice
Four French clubs will be configured this Friday evening and will know their opponents in the group stage of the Europa League and the Conference League.
After PSG and Olympique de Marseille who now know their opponents for the group stage of the Champions League, it is around Monaco, Nantes, Rennes and Nice, this Friday, to know what sauce they will be eaten. in the next weeks. The first three cities will play the group stage of the Europa League while OGC Nice managed to snatch their ticket last night for the group stage of the Conference League.
Rennes and Monaco in the same boat
Of course, the four French clubs will not be in the same boat this Friday. Indeed, in the Europa League for example, AS Monaco and Stade Rennais are present in the second hat which can allow them to hope for a relatively favorable draw with a little luck, while FC Nantes is in the fourth. and last hat and will almost certainly end up with a complicated draw.
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Finally, on the side of Nice in the Conference League, the Aiglons are in hat 3 but can still get away with it with a little luck. For AS Monaco and Rennes, the two best chances to shine in the Europa League this season, the best and the worst draw will be the same. The two French clubs will like to avoid ending up with Manchester United or AS Roma, Betis or Friborg and Union Saint-Gilloise (eliminated in the third preliminary round of the Champions League) which had put Rangers in difficulty.
The best draw: Red Star Belgrade, Ferencvaros and HJK Helsinki
On the other hand, if the tip of the tip of his nose succeeds, AS Monaco and/or Stade Rennais could find themselves in a much more accessible pool with, for example, Red Star Belgrade, Ferencvaros and HJK Helsinki. A pool in which no big name in European football is present and or the first place directly qualifying for the round of 16 of the competition, unlike the second which offers a round of 16, would be well within reach of Monaco or Rennes .
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For Nantes, it looks more complicated. As with Rennes and Monaco, meeting up with Red Star Belgrade, Qarabag or Malmö and Ferencvaros would give the Canaries a chance to go further in the competition and fight for qualification. Nevertheless, Nantes can also find themselves in a group of death with AS Roma or Manchester United, PSV and Real Betis. A group in which it seems that he has no chance of qualifying.
Nantes will not be spared, Nice can do well
On the Nice side, the situation is different. Admittedly, the Aiglons are in hat 3 but the competition is less tough and therefore offers more chances of doing well in the draw. The worst draw for Nice would be to fall in the company of Villarreal or West Ham, Fiorentina and Lech Poznan. But the Aiglons are just as lucky, if not more, to have a much more favorable draw and the most favorable of all would be to be with Partizan Belgrade, Slovan Bratislava and KF Ballkani. A group conducive to a qualification of Nice. The four French clubs will be fixed at 6 p.m. this Friday, but one thing is certain, France will have to be designated as best as possible to preserve the future of European football in France.