Paris (AFP)
Lille is condemned to win not to sink on Tuesday in Valencia, as Lyon ahead of Benfica Lisbon, during a fourth day of the Champions League where Naples will try to become the first team qualified for the eighth.
For the Losc, a point in three games, the qualification is very hypothetical. It would be totally impossible in case of another defeat, in Spain, if at the same time Chelsea and Ajax of Amsterdam do not draw.
For the men of Christophe Galtier, we must especially start again, after a big disappointment in terms of play in Marseille Saturday (2-1 defeat).
The situation is less alarming for Lyon, even if OL pay Group G for their unfortunate Lisbon defeat (2-1 after a goalkeeper Anthony Lopes' ball). Third in the pool with 4 points, the Lyonnais would go up in the standings whatever happens if they are successful, because the two leaders of the group, Leipzig (1st, 6 pts) and Zenit Saint-Petersburg (2nd, 4 pts), clash.
Elsewhere in Europe, the shock Dortmund-Inter Milan, tied points, will be crucial in a group F dominated by FC Barcelona, with only two tickets for the eighth.
The eighth, precisely, only Naples can dream on Tuesday. This will require the men of Carlo Ancelotti a success against Salzburg, with a win or a draw of Liverpool against Genk.
The matches of Tuesday (in Paris time):
Group E
(9 pm) Naples (ITA) - RB Salzburg (AUT)
Liverpool (ENG) - Genk (BEL)
Group F
(18h55) Barcelona (ESP) - Slavia Prague (CZE)
(9:00 pm) Dortmund (GER) - Inter Milan (ITA)
Group G
(18h55) Zenit St. Petersburg (RUS) - RB Leipzig (GER)
(21h00) Lyon (FRA) - Benfica (POR)
Group H
(21h00) Valencia CF (ESP) - Lille (FRA)
Chelsea (ENG) - Ajax Amsterdam (NED)
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