Original title: The Champions League round of 16 is only one place away, and in the final round of the group stage, the suspense of competing for the third place in the group is even greater
In the early hours of this morning, the final round of the Champions League group stage, all eight of the first four groups are over, and when tomorrow's four group games are completed, the Champions League group stage of this season is officially over, and the last 16 of the Champions League and the eight group thirds who have reached the Europa League will all surface. However, for this year's Champions League, this suspense seems small, especially after the first four groups of competitions, fifteen places have been determined for the sixteen group qualifications, compared to the eight group third places and two unknowns, it seems that this point is more worth looking forward to.
So, what are the other two groups that are not in third place? One is Group F, and the other is Group G, compared to Group G, the pattern of Group G is clearer, because the reshuffled Real Madrid and Roma have already locked in the top two places in the group in advance, and the rest is the same 4-point Pilsen victory and CSKA Moscow to compete for Europa League qualification, because both teams have to play the "two horses" in the final round, if they can win, Plzeň Victory will be the third in the group if the relationship is compared.
In other cases, even if who can get more points, from the overall form, Plzeň hosts Roma, CSKA away to Real Madrid, it seems that Pilsen is less difficult, but after all, Real Madrid also won the first place in advance, and to prepare for the Club World Cup that will start soon, so this pizza is likely to become a training match for Solari to train his second-team pro-soldiers, so CSKA may not necessarily end up at the bottom.
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As for Group F, there are more variables in the third group, and this group is the most complicated in this round, because the last Champions League top 16 place will also be created in this group, in other words, except for Manchester City, which has already qualified early, the four teams in the entire group have not yet been fully determined. Of course, there is only one possibility that Manchester City will not take the first place in the group, that is, losing at home to Hoffenheim, and Lyon beating the Donje assassin Shakhtar away, the final result is Lyon first, Manchester City second, Hoffenheim third, Donetsk Shakhtar fourth. Although this possibility is very small, Hoffenheim has the fighting spirit of third place in the group, Manchester City has no desire or want, and Lyon is not invincible, so this situation may occur.
In addition to this condition, Manchester City must be the first in the group, and Huocun must also be the bottom of the group, so who takes the second and who takes the third, depends on the results of Lyon and Donetsk Shakhtar, as long as Lyon is unbeaten away, it will inevitably be second in the group, if the Shakhtar win at home, then beat Lyon by one point, achieve a counterattack that came later, and get the last qualifying place.
The above content is the last round of the Champions League group stage left suspense, the final mystery, will be revealed tomorrow morning, and with the end of the Europa League group stage the day after tomorrow, all the teams that have entered the European knockout round will be produced, and the European competition will also enter the "winter break", in two months, the wonderful knockout round will begin!