Which two teams got tickets to the Champions League knock-out round, how are the other opponents?

The most dramatic win in the Champions League

The match between Barcelona and Benfica away from Estadio da Luz in Lisbon (Portugal) became the focus of the round on January 22.

Home team Benfica shocked Barcelona by leading 3-1 and then 4-2 thanks to Pavlidis’s hat-trick and Araujo’s counter-kick. But the doubles of Lewandowski and Raphinha (including the decisive goal scored in the 90+6 minute) and Garcia’s goal helped the Catalan team make a spectacular comeback to win 5-4 to win the ticket to the next round. 1 round.

Also moving on early like Barcelona is Liverpool with a 2-1 win over Lille at home at Anfield. Liverpool has 21 points after 7 wins, while Barcelona has 18 points after 6 wins and 1 loss.

Those results, along with Borussia Dortmund’s loss (in 13th place) to Bologna with a score of 1-2, helped Liverpool and Barcelona officially get tickets to the round of 16 with a certain position as one of the top Top 8 teams. In the final round, Barcelona can surpass Liverpool ranked No. 1 (thanks to better difference) if it wins against Atalanta, and the opponent loses to PSV Eindhoven.

Meanwhile, teams are also certain to play in the play-off round or will get tickets to the round of 16 if they win in the final round, currently including Atletico Madrid (15 points), Atalanta (14 points), Bayer Leverkusen and Aston Villa. (same 13 points).

Specifically, Atletico Madrid won 2-1 against Bayer Leverkusen, Aston Villa unexpectedly lost to Monaco 0-1, and Atalanta beat Sturm Graz 5-0 on January 22.

In this group, there are also Arsenal and Inter Milan (both 13 points), who will also have many opportunities to get tickets to continue in the top 8 teams.

After the penultimate round on January 22, it was soon determined that the teams RB Leipzig, Slovan Bratislava and Young Boys were all eliminated because they had not won a single point so far. Similarly, Red Star Belgrade and Sturm Graz were also eliminated; They have 3 points per team but only have one match left, so they cannot surpass Man City (8 points) who are ranked 24th, the last place with a play-off spot.

Man City is also the team that will compete with PSG (7 points) at 3:00 a.m. on January 23 to compete for the play-off spot to hold on to hope in the Champions League this season.

At the same time, Real Madrid met RB Salzburg at home and also had to win to maintain hope. Real Madrid only has 9 points and also needs to win the remaining 2 matches in the group stage to continue their journey to defend their championship.