Champions League: The Last Battle

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Here comes the last game in group stage of UEFA Champions League and let’s see which teams are already cleared and through to the next stage:

Bayern Munich, Internazionale, Real Madrid, Arsenal, Apoel, Barcelona and AC Milan.
The rest? They will have to fight hard for their places, and no, winning is not quite enough.

Let’s start with Group A, Napoli currently has 8 points and Man City 7 points. Man City will face the already qualified Munich and Napoli will play Villarreal which currently has zero points. What I think is, both Napoli and Man City will win. If this really happens, Napoli will be the 2nd of the group and Man City will join Tottenham and friends in Europa.

Group B is complicated as Trabzonspor, Lille and CSKA Moscow all have a chance to qualify to the next round. Trabzonspor will face Lille so both of them will have to fight their way throw. CSKA Moscow will be against already qualified Internazionale, so they may have the upper hand? Anyways, the winner of Trabzonspor-Lille game will go through, only a draw then Moscow stands a chance.

Group C is a bit tricky. No one confirms qualify to the next round yet. Benfica, Manchester United and FC Basel all stand a chance for the 1st and 2nd place of the group. Benfica will face the so far zero point’s Otelul Galati. Manchester United will play FC Basel to fight for a place in the next round. However, both United and Benfica just need a draw to secure their place.

Group D is simple, Real Madrid is already cleared and they will be against Ajax Amsterdam which has 8 points in hand now. Lyon has 5 points will play against zero point’s Dinamo Zagreb. So Lyon must win this game to stand a chance to get through, but it still depends on the other game. If Ajax lost, it is up to goal difference again.

Group E is complicated too. The winner of Chelsea-Valencia game will go through to the next round with Bayer Leverkusen. Yet, if Chelsea draw Valencia, and Bayer Leverkusen lost, then Chelsea will be through with Valencia. On the other hand, if Bayer Leverkusen wins, and they draw, only a nil nil result will see Chelsea through.

Group F’s Marseille, Olympiakos and Borussia Dortmund all has a chance to qualify with Arsenal. Olympiakos will play Arsenal, and they must win the game to secure a place in the next round, at the same time pray Marseille lost. On the other hand, for Dortmund to qualify, they have to win  by 4 goals and pray Olympiskos lost. Marseille? Simple, just make sure they don't lost more than 4 goals to Dortmund.

Group G is simple. The winner of Porto-Zenit game will go through with Apoel, if they draw then Zenit will go through with Apoel.

Group H? We can skip them as Barcelona and AC Milan are already through to the next round.