The battle for qualification to the 4th group of the Champions League, in the 6th and final round of the competition, turned into a thriller that lasted until the last second. The big winners were Tottenham Hotspur, who beat Marseille 2-1 at the Velodrome and took first place, even leaving the French out of Europe, as well as Eintracht Frankfurt, who beat Sporting CP 2-1 in Lisbon and also qualified for the 16 when the Portuguese advance to the play-offs leading to the Europa League.
One of the big surprises came in Group 2 when Atlético Madrid missed out on Europe. Finally, with regard to the 1st and 3rd groups, the last game day was a standard procedure, since everything was decided by the penultimate round of the competition.
Yesterday’s matches and final score: 1st place: Liverpool 2-0 Napoli, Rangers 1-3 Ajax. Napoli 15, Liverpool 15, Ajax 6, Rangers 0. 2nd: Leverkusen 0-0 Brugge, Porto 2-1 Atlético. Porto 12, Brugge 11, Leverkusen 5, Atlético 5. 3rd: Viktoria Pilsen – Barcelona 2:4, Bayern – Inter 2:0. Bayern 18, Inter 10, Barcelona 7, Viktoria Pilsen 0. 4th: Marseille – Tottenham 1:2, Sporting – Eintracht 1:2. Tottenham 11, Eintracht 10, Sporting 7, Marseille 6.
From hell to heaven, Tottenham and Frankfurt received tickets to the 16 – Sporting in the playoffs.
As for today’s matches in the 5th group, the 2nd place remains open for Milan with 7 points and Salzburg with 6 points. The lower Dinamo Zagreb (4b), in order to be in 3rd place, will have to beat the leader Chelsea (10b) in London and at the same time the Austrians will lose to Milan. In Group 6, Leipzig (9b) and Shakhtar (6b) are playing for second place behind Real Madrid (10b), who have already qualified. The Germans are content with a draw, while the Ukrainians only need a win to qualify for the playoffs. In Group 7, everything is decided: City and Borussia remain in the 16, Sevilla advance to the playoffs, and Copenhagen remain on the sidelines. Finally, in the 8th group, Juventus, under certain conditions, may remain outside Europe if they get a worse result than Maccabi Haifa.
Matches: 5th: Milan – Salzburg, Chelsea – Dynamo Zagreb, 6th: Real – Celtic, Shakhtar – Leipzig, 7th: Copenhagen – Dortmund, City – Sevilla, 8th: Juventus – PSG, Maccabi Haifa – Benfica.
Source: Kathimerini
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