The fourth day of the group stage of the Champions League It is usually quite enlightening about the future of the teams, but that was not the case with the Spaniards. Only Real Madrid mathematically sealed his passage to the second round, while the horizon of the remaining three is in its own way quite uncertain.
As an overall balance, of the 16 games played by the teams in our league there have been only five victories, three of which with Real Madrid. FC Barcelona y Atletico Madrid the other two were distributed and the Seville It has none. Sevilla have only two draws, a result that the other three have only achieved once.
The Whites need only one victory in the remaining two games to be first in their group and guarantee a good place in the round of 16. Sevilla now aim to keep third place to give him access to the Europa League to save his European season.
A third place now occupied by Barça and Atlético, which are the ones with a more complicated panorama. For both of them it would be a failure to be out of the Champions League round of 16 and playing the second would not be a consolation, as it is for Sevilla.
For Barça it would be an unprecedented situation and they would go away uncomfortable position for coach Xavi Hernándezespecially when the club has worked with the usual ‘levers’ to strengthen the squad.
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The draw ‘in extremis’ against Inter Milan gave them air, but they do not depend on themselves in what remains of the group. On the contrary, the interistas are within a win from the round of 16, embittering the hopes of moving on to cules.
With the same points as Barça but in a better situation is Atlético. Rojiblancos depend on themselvesas it is sufficient for the two remaining games to win.
Their recent rival, Club Brugge, can do them a favor if they take points away from the other two runners-up candidates, Bayer Leverkusen and Porto. Both are the following days that remain on the road of those of Diego Simeoneand the last game of Do Dragao points to a real ‘final’ for the coveted second place.
