Author of a sad 0-0 on his law against the Belgian club of Ghent, Saint-Etienne was eliminated in the group stage of the Europa League, at the end of the 5e and penultimate day, Thursday, November 28th.
With a record of four draws and one defeat (4 pts), Claude Puel's team will not be able to return to Wolfsburg (2e, 8 pts), who won 1-0 in Ukraine against Oleksandria and will play the 16es final with La Gantoise (1re, 9 pts).
Of the 16es which will not take part any French club, since the second representative of Ligue 1, the Stade Rennais, beaten 3-1 in the evening in the Celtic Glasgow, was already eliminated since the previous day. A match for the honor, therefore, for the Rennes, especially since Celtic was, for its part, already qualified before this 5e day, as well as Basel, Espanyol Barcelona, Manchester United and Sevilla.
Manchester United, who lost 2-1 on the field of Astana, yet last in a group L, where AZ Alkmaar has also assured the qualification, despite his draw at home against Partizan Belgrade (2-2), eliminated.
In Group J, AS Roma made an excellent move that allowed them all hopes by winning 3-0 in Turkey against Basaksehir. The Romans are tied on points (8) with Mönchengladbach (1st), who also won away, 1-0 in Austria at Wolfsberg. The last day will be decisive in this group, since Basaksehir follows a length.
In Group K, Sporting Braga and Wolverhampton drew 3-3 in Portugal but both qualified for 16es.
