today 07:40
|
Several pullers will offer Tuesday’s 5th round of the group phase of the 2021/2022 Champions League.
The eyes of the football public will be focused mainly on the FC Barcelona – Benfica Lisbon duel, and the Catalans can secure progress to the next stage with a possible victory. The duel at Stamford Bridge will also be interesting, where the Chelsea London trophy defender will welcome Juventus Turin.
After the initial home loss 0: 3 with Bayern Munich and after the same result in Lisbon, Barcelona rose, winning 1: 0 over Dynamo Kiev at home and abroad. The Portuguese team has failed to add another to the triumph and has two points less in his account than his opponent’s opponent. Barcelona will advance if it defeats Benfica, in which case Lisboners would have hope to qualify for the UEFA Europa League.
Before this confrontation, both opponents met in the group phase LM 2012/13, Barcelona then won in Lisbon 2-0 after the goals of Alexis Sanchez and Cesco Fabregas 2-0. Xavi Hernandez, Barcelona’s new coach, played the whole match at the time. He made his premiere on the bench of the Catalans in Saturday’s league match in the city derby with Espanyol, his charges won 1: 0.
Not only Barcelona will go to the final stage of LM with a new helmsman. Last week, Manchester United management dismissed Ole Gunnar Solskjaer, temporarily led by his assistant Michael Carrick. In the F-group, the “red devils” are waiting for a duel on the soil of Villareal, both have 7 points on their account. Atalanta Bergamo is also grinding her teeth from third place with five points.
Manchester United
Source: TASR
–
United will advance if they beat the Spanish team, or even if both matches in the group end in a draw. Villarreal will be sure of the triumph, but Atalanta can’t beat Young Boys Bern.
He can decide in the “gecko”, the leader of Salzburg would seal the process with a triumph on the field of Lille. In the next duel, Sevilla hosts German Wolfsburg. The Austrian champion has 7 points at the head of the group, followed by five-point Lille and Wolfsburg, Seville has 3 points.
In the H-group, Chelsea will welcome Juventus Turin, who is already advancing. The Londoners will secure a promotion if they do not lose, or if Zenit St. Petersburg does not beat Malmö in Sweden in the second meeting of the H-group. The defending champion is in shape, defeating English Premier League Leicester 3-0 on Saturday.
He is at the top of the table with 29 points, three seconds behind the second Manchester City. Coach Thomas Tuchel after the match he also thought about Tuesday’s duel: “We have another step behind us and another one is ahead of us. We have to manage it. We need to stick together and hope to succeed. ” stated for the club website.
Champions League – 5th round of the group stage
E-group:
18:45 Dynamo Kyiv – Bayern Munich
21:00 FC Barcelona – Benfica Lisbon
F-group:
18:45 FC Villarreal – Manchester United
21:00 Young Boys Bern – Atalanta Bergamo
G-group:
21:00 Sevilla FC – VfL Wolfsburg
21:00 OSC Lille – RB Salzburg
H-group:
21:00 Malmö FF – Zenit St. Petersburg
21:00 Chelsea London – Juventus Turin
–
First a gross mistake, then two unrealistic goalkeeper actions in a second:
–
