The remaining matchday of the opening section of the Champions League has arrived Wednesday with all 36 groups in motion at the same time beginning at 3 p.m. ET.
Only two groups — Arsenal and Bayern Munich — have achieved automatic qualification for the Round of 16 and will likely be seeded when these matches happen in March. Meanwhile, 13 golf equipment have assured themselves at least a spot within the knockout section playoffs scheduled for February. Twenty-four golf equipment in whole will advance with eight golf equipment becoming a member of Eintracht Frankfurt, Slavia Prague, Villarreal and Kairat Almaty as exiting the competitors after Wednesday.
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Real Madrid, Liverpool, Tottenham, PSG, Newcastle and Chelsea are among the many golf equipment with the flexibility to earn a Round of 16 place following Matchday 8, nevertheless it’s a really tight desk. From third place Real Madrid to sixteenth place Borussia Dortmund is barely a separation of 4 factors.
There is loads on the road in terms of making an attempt to earn a seeded place within the subsequent spherical — whether or not that is the Round of 16 or the two-legged knockout playoff section.
“I prefer to have more (points) but it is what we deserve,” stated Manchester City supervisor Pep Guardiola ahead of their game against Galatasaray. “We need to focus and try to win our game then see what position we finish.
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“We’ll see the result in the last 10 minutes and then we will see (what we have to do). We have to focus on our game, that’s the key.”
“I would sign up for a defeat or a draw and be in the top 15 like last season,” PSG coach Luis Enrique said as they get set to face Newcastle. “If you tell me we’ll be in the top 15 and then win the Champions League outright.”
The February playoffs draw will likely be held Friday at 6 a.m. ET.
U.S. males’s nationwide workforce gamers in motion Wednesday embody Folarin Balogun (Monaco), Johnny Cardoso (Atletíco Madrid), Sergiño Dest (PSV), Weston McKennie (Juventus), Yunus Musah (Atalanta), Malik Tilman (Leverkusen) and Timothy Weah (Marseille). PSV’s Ricardo Pepi is out after he broke his arm whereas scoring a aim earlier this month.
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Champions League knockout spherical schedule
Playoffs: Feb. 17-18 and 24-25
Round of 16: March 10-11 and 17-18
Quarterfinals: April 7-8 and 14-15
Semi-finals: April 28-29 and May 5-6
Final: May 30 (Puskás Aréna, Hungary)
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As of now the Reds are alone in third place.
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If this end result holds, Napoli will advance to the knockout spherical as an unseeded workforce with Chelsea being a seeded membership within the subsequent section.
Champions League Matchday 8 scores
2H: Ajax 1-1 Olympiacos
2H: Arsenal 3-1 Kairat Almaty
2H: Monaco 0-0 Juventus
2H: Athletic Club 2-2 Sporting
2H: Atlético Madrid 1-2 Bodø/Glimt
2H: Barcelona 3-1 Copenhagen
2H: Bayer Leverkusen 3-0 Villarreal
2H: Benfica 3-2 Real Madrid
2H: Borussia Dortmund 0-0 Inter Milan
2H: Club Brugge 2-0 Marseille
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2H: Liverpool 5-0 Qarabağ
2H: Manchester City 2-0 Galatasaray
2H: Napoli 2-2 Chelsea
2H: Pafos 2-1 Slavia Prague
2H: PSG 1-1 Newcastle
2H: PSV 0-1 Bayern Munich
2H: Union St.-Gilloise 1-0 Atalanta