On the 7th day of the league phase of the Champions League, Liverpool and Atlético Madrid ensured by beating respectively Lille (2-1) and Bayer Leverkusen also (2-1), while FC Barcelona is came from a long way away thanks to a remarkable comeback to overcome Benfica (5-4).
Indeed, FC Barcelona, trailing 3-1 after half an hour, won 5-4 after a crazy match on the Benfica pitch, obtaining direct qualification for the round of 16.
Barça had a nightmarish start, punished by a spectacular triple from Benfica striker Vangelis Pavlidis (2nd, 22nd, 30th) then trailed 4-2 after Araujo’s own goal (68th). But he came back thanks to doubles from Lewandowski (13th, 78th) and Raphinha (64th, 90+6) and a goal from Eric Garcia (86th).
Here are also the results and the ranking after the matches played:
Tuesday January 21
Liverpool (ENG) – Lille (FRA) 2 – 1
Monaco (FRA) – Aston Villa (ENG) 1 – 0
Slovan Bratislava (SVK) – Stuttgart (GER) 1 – 3
Red Star Belgrade (SRB) – PSV Eindhoven (NED) 2 – 3
Club Bruges (BEL) – Juventus Turin (ITA) 0 – 0
Bologne (ITA) – Dortmund (GER) 2 – 1
Atlético Madrid (ESP) – Bayer Leverkusen (GER) 2 – 1
Benfica (POR) – FC Barcelone (ESP) 4 – 5
Atalante Bergamo (ITA) – Sturm Graz (AUT) 5 – 0
To be played Wednesday January 22
(18h45) Shakhtar Donetsk (UKR) – Brest (FRA)
(6:45 pm) RB Leipzig (GER) – Sporting Portugal (POR)
(21h00) Paris SG (FRA) – Manchester City (ENG)
(9:00 p.m.) Real Madrid (ESP) – RB Salzburg (AUT)
(9pm) AC Milan (ITA) – Girona (ESP)
(21h00) Sparta Prague (CZE) – Inter Milan (ITA)
(21h00) Feyenoord (NED) – Bayern Munich (GER)
Arsenal – Dynamo Zagreb (CRO)
(21h00) Celtic (SCO) – Young Boys (SUI)
Ranking:
Pts Bp Bc Dif
1. Liverpool (ENGLAND) 21 15 2 13
2. FC Barcelona (ESP) 18 26 11 15
3. Atlético Madrid (ESP) 15 16 11 5
4. Bergamo Attack (ITA)
5. Arsenal (ENGLAND) 13 11 2 9
6. Bayer Leverkusen (ALLEM) 13 13 7 6
7. Inter Milan (ITA) 13 7 1 6
8. Aston Villa (ENGLAND) 13 9 4 5
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9. Brest (FRA) 13 10 6 4
10. Monaco (FRA) 13 13 10 3
11. Lille (FRA) 13 11 9 2
12. Bayern Munich (GER) 12 17 8 9
13. Dortmund (GER) 12 19 11 8
14. Juventus Turin (ITA) 12 9 5 4
15. AC Milan (ITA) 12 12 9 3
16. PSV Eindhoven (NED) 11 13 10 3
17. Club Bruges (BEL) 11 6 8 -2
18. Benfica (POR) 10 14 12 2
19. Sporting Portugal (POR) 10 11 9 2
20. Feyenoord (NED) 10 14 15 -1
21. Stuttgart (Germany) 10 12 13 -1
22. Real Madrid (ESP) 9 12 11 1
23. Celtic (SCO) 9 10 10 0
24. Manchester City (ANGLETERRE) 8 13 9 4
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25. Dinamo Zagreb (CRO) 8 10 15 -5
26. Paris Saint-Germain (FRA) 7 6 6 0
27. Bologna (ITA) 5 3 8 -5
28. Shakhtar Donetsk (UKR) 4 5 13 -8
29. Sparta Prague (CZE) 4 7 18 -11
30. Girona (ESP) 3 4 10 -6
31. Red Star Belgrade (SRB) 3 12 22 -10
32. Sturm Graz (AUT) 3 4 14 -10
33. RB Salzburg (AUT) 3 3 18 -15
34. RB Leipzig (GER) 0 6 13 -7
35. Slovan Bratislava (SVK) 0 6 24 -18
36. Young boys (SUI) 0 3 22 -19
Note that each club plays against eight different opponents (four home matches and four away matches). The top eight qualify directly for the round of 16. the clubs classified from 9th to 24th places play play-offs to reach the round of 16. Teams ranked higher than 24th are eliminated.
