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The last day of the group stage of the Champions League is presented with eight doubts and many other certainties. The tranquility of the already classified contrasts with the restlessness of Liverpool, Chelsea, Inter, Dortmund or Ajax - regardless of which Atlético and Valencia live - all of them with their ticket for eighths still in the air.

The excitement will be concentrated on Tuesday night, since in this turn only Barcelona and Leipzig are guaranteed their classification, in the case of the Catalans as first. In other words, six tickets are distributed to be among the 16 best teams in Europe in February.

Less emotion will be on Wednesday, since PSG, Bayern, Manchester City and Juventus as first and Real Madrid and Tottenham as seconds have their duties done and there are only two vacancies left. One will be for Atlético or Leverkusen and the other will be settled in a three-way duel: Shakhtar, Dinamo Zagreb and Atalanta .

Liverpool and Naples

Only one current champion - Chelsea in 2012 - has been eliminated in the group stage since the 32nd league was established in 1999. Jürgen Klopp's team has everything in mind so as not to be the second in that list, but You run the risk of falling to third place. If he loses in Salzburg and Naples scores against Genk, Austrians and Italians will qualify and the reds must settle for playing the Europa League from February. It is a scenario that last year's champion cannot afford. For this, he needs to move to Europe the supersonic level he is exhibiting in a Premier that he has, despite being still in December, practically in his pocket. Naples, meanwhile, knows well the feeling of being dispatched by Liverpool in the group stage: it happened last year.

Chelsea and Ajax (and Valencia)

The winner of the last Europa League and the revelation of the last Champions fight a duel to three with the team ché for two places in eighths. Both depend on themselves and from there open up multiple possibilities. Ajax is worth a draw or that Chelsea does not win and the English are enough to tie whenever Valencia falls in Amsterdam. It is enough for Celades to match the result obtained by the whole of London, whose triumph over the eliminated Lille is almost certain.

Inter and Dortmund

The Barcelona group is the only duel to face or cross this Tuesday. Both are played at home and against rivals without objectives ... although it is not the same to receive Barça (Inter's case) as to Slavia in Prague, of course. The team of Antonio Conte would be enough to match the result achieved by Dortmund, since the difference in goals favors him in case of a point draw. It looks, in short, that Inter must win at Barça to be able to accompany him to the round of 16.

... And on Wednesday, Atlético

The erratic team of Simeone faces the ghost of an early elimination that already suffered two seasons ago, no matter how much he had a happy ending with the achievement of the Europa League. To avoid this, he must win the Moscow Lokomotiv in the Wanda. It would also help him to draw or lose as long as Bayer Leverkusen, his opponent for the eighth ticket, does not win a Juventus in his home that is already first in the group.

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