Champions League.. Barcelona on an impossible mission and Liverpool to seal qualification

Barcelona will face an impossible task of maintaining its hope of qualifying for the Champions League final price when it hosts Bayern Munich on Wednesday, while Liverpool finds itself in front of the opportunity to qualify when it hosts Ajax in the fifth round of the group stage. .

And if the Italian Inter beat Viktoria Plzen, the Czech bottom without points, in an early match, Barcelona will find itself outside the main continental competition for the second season in a row, even before playing against the Bavarian giant.

Neratsori also has the chance to qualify if he draws and Barcelona fails to achieve a better result, as the Italian club tends to favor the two matches after returning with a precious draw from the Camp Nou 3-3 in the last stage, after winning 1-0 at home. (third level).

The match will be an opportunity to avenge Barcelona, ​​which is seeking to restore its reputation by facing an opponent who has faced five defeats in a row, knowing that Bayern qualified for the "group of death" (the third) by topping the standings with the full mark (12 out of 4 victories).

For his part, Plzen hopes to compensate for the disappointment of his exit from the main continental competition by qualifying for the "European League" in the event that he does not lose and Barcelona does not win, but if the Czechs draw and the Catalan club loses, it will enter a party in the conflict for the third place.

In Group A, Napoli of Italy, which hosts Glasgow Rangers of Scotland, qualified for the final eight.

The Southern Club leads the full score with 12 points from 4 victories, while Rangers are at the bottom of the standings without points.

And in the event that Napoli beat Rangers, the second Liverpool with 9 points will need only one point from its confrontation in Amsterdam against its third host Ajax (3 points) to catch up with the qualifiers.

While the victory of the "Reds" will keep his hopes of taking the lead from Napoli, before the last confrontation between them at "Anfield Road" on the first of next November.

Ajax will eliminate its hopes of qualifying by not beating Liverpool, and if there is a tie between them and Rangers lose, the third place that qualifies for the final price of the Champions League “Europe League” will be within the reach of the Portuguese club.

As for Rangers who are out of the competition, they can save face by qualifying for the "European League", but if they lose against Ajax's win or at least a draw, or if the Scottish club draws and Ajax wins, they will come out empty-handed.

In the second group, Club Brugge of Belgium achieved a historic qualification to the final price by topping the standings with 10 points from 3 victories and a draw.

The leader receives his runner-up Porto (6 points), as the latter's victory and the failure of Atletico Madrid's third (4) for the three points against its fourth German guest, Bayer Leverkusen, with 3 points, could qualify the "dragons" to the next round.

"Rojiblancos" is taking his fate into his own hands, as his victory over Leverkusen will postpone the decision until the last round, when he will take a risky trip to Porto to compete for the qualification ticket.

Mathematically speaking, Leverkusen still has little chance of continuing his adventure if he emerges victorious.

But in the event of a loss or a draw for not losing Porto, his hopes will evaporate at the price of the final.

In Group D, the leaders Tottenham Hotspur with 7 points can decide the qualification ticket before the final round if they beat their third Portuguese guest, Sporting, who are equal with runner-up Marseille, France, with 6 points each.

And if Tottenham win, it is possible for him to take the Mediterranean club with him if the latter defeats Eintracht Frankfurt, bottom of the table with 4 points, as it surpasses Sporting by two matches.

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