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The teams classified for eighth of Champions League 2020-21

END OF THE PHASE OF GROUPS

The 16 teams classified for eighth of final of the Champions League

Published:9/12/2020 - 22:57h

Updated:9/12/2020 - 22:57h

This Wednesday has given by finalised the phase of groups of the Champions League and already know the 16 teams that will contest the eighth of final

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After six days contested to date, already know the 16 teams that will be in the bass drums of the draw of eighth of final of the Champions League in this atypical edition -by the circumstances of pandemia- of the European competition by excellence. This Monday will celebrate the draw of eighth of final, round that will begin to contest the next month of February.

First of group

  • Bayern Of Munich. The valid champion of the Champions League did not have problems to carry the first place of a group complicated with teams like the Athletic of Madrid or the Salzburgo. Ravalidar The title is the big aim of the Germans, that split like favourites.
  • Manchester City. The group of Pep Guardiola attained the first position of his group without need to contest the last day, happening to eighth of final with firm step and positing as one of the big favourites of the competition.
  • Liverpool. The Liverpool of Jürgen Klopp suffered an unfair elimination in eighth of final of the past edition -to hands of the Athletic of Madrid- and this course want to take the revancha going back to be between the best. The 'reds' neither had difficulties in remaining first of group.
  • Chelsea. The hand manually of the group of Frank Lampard with the Seville to carry the first place broke with the tremenda goleada of the 'blues' to the hispalenses in Ramón Sánchez Pizjuán (0-4). The picture londinense, renewed with a young and ambitious project, aspires to return ace the highest of Europe.
  • Borussia Dortmund. The German team, with Erling Haaland like leader, achieved to go back to colarse like first of group in eighth of final displacing to the Lazio to the second place. The Norwegian forward is one of the reasons to dream in the team germano, that arrives to eighth with illusion and firm step.
  • Juventus. Unexpectedly, the group of Andrea Pirlo goleó to the FC Barcelona in the Camp Nou and obtained the first place of his group for esquivar to the most powerful teams of Europe in eighth of final and give a hit on of the table. With Cristiano Ronaldo like argument of weight, the 'Vecchia Signora' can be the 'covered' of the competition.
  • Paris Saint-Germain. The past season, the Parisians were finalists of the Champions League and, in the present edition, expect to repeat investing the result in the final. With Neymar and Kylian Mbappé like big stars, the ones of Thomas Tuchel have survived to a 'group of the death' with Leipzig and Manchester United.
  • Real Madrid. Again, it went back to show that Zinedine Zidane does not have a 'flower', but a garden of a lot of hectares. After an abysmal phase of groups with multiple pricks, the white group achieved to remain first thanks to that his rivals were, for saying it of some form, less bad.

Second of group

  • Port wine. The Portuguese group has done the duties and has colado like second in a group in which the first place was almost impossible with a Manchester City to a big level. The lusos have fulfilled with grow in his go through the liguilla.
  • Seville. The hispalenses played the first place with Chelsea and went escaldados, although yes they attained to certify with solvency his pass to eighth of final. The group of Julen Lopetegui, valid champion of the Europe League, follows to a good level and expects to show it in the eliminatory.
  • Lazio. The Italians suffered to classify and had to expect at the end to attain it, but finally achieved to go out victorious of his hand manually with the Witches and will be in the draw of eighth of final.
  • FC Barcelona. Incomprensiblemente, the group of Ronald Koeman was not able to protect his leadership in the last day and, after a plenary of victories in the first five parties, threw by embroiders it all the work fitting a goleada in front of the Juventus. The consequences were the second place of the group with a cruel draw by in front.
  • Leipzig. Big merit of the German group that, in spite of losing in summer to his big crashes Swindle Werner -that went to Chelsea-, survived to a 'group of the death' in which they also were Paris Saint-Germain and Manchester United. The germanos attained to defeat to the English to certify his pass.
  • Atalanta. The Italian group played it to him in the last day visiting the field of the Ajax and did not fail in front of the team of Ámsterdam. To the Atalanta sufficed him with a tie to certify his pass of round like second of group by behind the Liverpool, first of form incontestable.
  • Athletic of Madrid. The team of Diego Pablo Simeone had a 'final' against Salzburgo in the last day and happened it with note to put in eighth of final like second, by behind the Bayern of Munich. The two pricks against the Lokomotiv almost cost the classification but, at the end, the rojiblancos carried it to him.
  • Borussia Mönchengladbach. The German group did not have ensured the classification in the last day and, in spite of that lost against the Real Madrid, achieved to happen to eighth of final like second thanks to the tie between Inter of Milan and Shakthar Donetsk.
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