After a 3-week break, the 2023/24 Champions League group stage continues to return to action and there are 6 teams facing the opportunity to win tickets to the round of 16 after the matches on the morning of November 29 (Vietnam time).
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| The 2023/24 Champions League has determined 6 clubs in the round of 16. (Source: Getty Images) |
In group E , the competition is fierce between Atletico Madrid , Lazio and Feyenoord when the gap between the teams is not too big.
Atletico Madrid are currently the team with the biggest advantage with 8 points in hand, but the gap between them and Lazio and Feyenoord is only 1 and 2 points.
However, with the current situation, Group E may be decided after the penultimate round of the group stage ends.
In this match, coach Diego Simeone's team will visit their direct competitor Feyenoord.
Meanwhile, Lazio will play at home to welcome the weakest opponent in the group, Celtic (1 point).
With the current situation, Atletico Madrid and Lazio will officially win tickets after the 5th round if they both win.
Specifically, if this happens, Atletico Madrid will have 11 points while Lazio will have 10 points after 5 matches, creating a large gap with Feyenoord (6 points) in the context of only one more match left in the group stage.
However, this is certainly not easy at all because in a desperate situation, Feyenoord and Celtic will play their best in the hope of creating a surprise.
Along with group E, the situation in group F is even more tense, true to the nature of the "group of death" when Borussia Dortmund , Paris Saint-Germain , AC Milan and Newcastle United all still have a chance to continue.
Borussia Dortmund are currently top of the table but the gap between the teams is just 1 point and the situation can completely change after just one match.
Specifically, the Bundesliga representative has 7 points, followed by Paris Saint-Germain (6 points), AC Milan (5 points) and Newcastle United (4 points).
In this extremely important match, Dortmund will have to travel to San Siro to visit Milan, while Paris Saint-Germain will face Newcastle United at home at the Parc des Princes.
The group will soon be decided if Borussia Dortmund and Paris Saint-Germain both win the match after the match on the morning of November 29 ends.
However, things will become extremely tense and it will be difficult to predict which team will advance if the winners of the 5th match of Group F are AC Milan and Newcastle United.
Group H also promises to be very attractive and dramatic. Barcelona and Porto are both on 9 points (3 points more than Shakhtar Donetsk), with a great chance of making it to the knockout round.
In this match, Barcelona will play at home to welcome direct opponent Porto. If they win, coach Xavi Hernandez's team will have 12 points and soon qualify for the knockout round one match early.
This is entirely possible because Barcelona are in impressive form every time they play at home. In the last 10 times hosting opponents, they have won 9 matches and only suffered a single defeat against rivals Real Madrid in the El Clasico match in round 11 of La Liga.
To prepare for the match against Porto, coach Xavi was cautious when leaving key players such as Joao Felix, Ilkay Gundogan, Ronald Araujo, and Jules Kounde on the bench in the match against Vallecano last weekend.
However, Porto is certainly not an easy opponent to "bully". The Portuguese team is in impressive form, winning 8 of the last 9 matches.
Coach Sergio Conceicao's team is also determined to win against Barcelona in this match to get a ticket to continue.
In the event of a draw, Barcelona and Porto will advance to the knockout stages if Shakhtar Donetsk unexpectedly lose to Antwerp in the early match of Group H.
Previously, the knockout round of this season's Champions League also determined the 6 participating teams, including Bayern Munich (Group A), Real Madrid (C), Real Sociedad, Inter (D), Man City, RB Leipzig (G).
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