Last season, Bayer Leverkusen, Lille and Aston Villa achieved the last two direct places to the round of 16 with sixth, seventh and eighth positions, respectively. They got 16 points, the maximums that Barcelona could achieve in this edition if they win their two remaining games against Slavia Prague at home and Copenhagen at the Spotify Camp Nou. But, on this occasion, these 16 points might not be enough to avoid an uncomfortable play-off that always carries some risk.
With 10 points, the set of Hansi Flick It occupies 15th position in the League phase. With the same points are Sporting Club, Chelsea and Newcastle, who are ahead for having a better goal balance. The Portuguese are with +4, the Londoners with +5 and the ‘magpies’ with +7. Barcelona, on the other hand, is +3. Just above them are Tottenham and Borussia Dortmund, who have one more point and their goal balance is +6 in both cases.
After the sixth day of the League phase, Atlético de Madrid closes the places that give direct access to the round of 16 with 12 points, the same as Liverpool, Real Madrid and Inter Milan. Colchoneros and English players have a balance of +3 while Madridistas and Milanistas are with +6 and +8 respectively. With this panorama, what Barcelona already knows is that he must win and try to score in the two remaining games because the difference with the rest of the team with which it is fighting to enter the top-8 is considerable. And in the event of a tie on points, this factor can be decisive.
The Barcelona team has an affordable calendar and it is relatively easy for them to reach 16 points, a slightly more complicated task for their rivals. In order of classification, in the last two days the Sporting Club must play against PSG and Athletic, Chelsea against Paphos and Naples, Newcastle against PSV and PSG, Tottenham against Borussia Dortmund and Eintracht Frankfurt, Dortmund against Tottenham and Inter Milan, Liverpool against Olympique de Marseille and Qarabag, Atlético against Galatasaray and Bodo Glimt, Real Madrid against Monaco and Benfica and Inter against Arsenal and Borussia Dortmund.
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Sporting de Portugal, Newcastle, Borussia Dortmund, Tottenham and Inter, Due to the strength of their rivals, they will have to fight hard to get these 16 points while Atlético, Real Madrid and Liverpool have it much easier. The best thing for Barcelona would be if one of these last three teams had an unexpected setbackwhich would give the Blaugrana a little more options.
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