This Wednesday, November 24, the fifth date of the Champions League was ended and 10 of the 16 teams that will qualify for the round of 16 were defined.
Despite the fact that the Colombian clubs did not have a good day between Tuesday and Wednesday, one of them has already qualified for the next instance.
The Atalanta (Duván Zapata and Luis Muriel) drew 3-3 with the Young Boys; Juventus (Juan Guillermo Cuadrado) fell 4-0 with Chelsea; Porto (Luis Díaz, Mateus Uribe) lost 2-0 to Liverpool and Sheriff (Danilo Arboleda and Frank Castañeda) succumbed 3-0 to Real Madrid. While the most painful defeat was suffered by Bruges (Éder Álvarez Balanta), who fell 5-0 against Leipzig.
The team classified up to here, with a Colombian player, is Juventus. When the 16 teams that will compete in the next round are completed, the pots will be raffled on Monday, December 13.
Atalanta, with Zapata and Muriel have a chance to qualify if they beat Villarreal on December 12, the date on which 5 more teams will be defined to complete the 16 in the round of 16 phase. In that fight there is also Porto (Díaz and Uribe) who must beat Atlético de Madrid,
For now, these are the top 10: Liverpool, Bayern Munich, Juventus, Ajax, Manchester United, Chelsea, Manchester City, PSG, Real Madrid and Inter.
The knockout stages of the Champions League will be played in February and March next year, the first leg matches will be on February 15, 16, 22 and 23, while the return matches on March 8, 9, 15 and 16.
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