Liverpool defeated Napoli 1-0 Tuesday night at Anfield to secure their spot in the Champions League knockout round next year. Last year’s finalists inserted defender Dejan Lovren during injury time to bunker down the defense in the waning minutes. Liverpool will now be an unseeded club in the Round of 16 draw as PSG topped the group.
Ivan Perišić and Inter Croazionale fell just short of a CL knockout round as they needed to better Tottenham’s result on the night to progress. Inter ended up drawing PSV Eindhoven 1-1 but an 85th minute Tottenham goal would send Spurs through with their own 1-1 result. Inter will be disappointed with the result as a win vs. the Dutch club would have been enough to see them through. Ivan Perišić and Marcelo Brozović got the start while Šime Vrsaljko came on 83 minutes in. Inter Milan will now be moved to the europa League.
Croatian fringe players Matej Mitrović and Karlo Letica will also move to the Europa League as Club Brugge finished third behind Borussia Dortmund and Atletico Madrid.
On Wednesday, Luka Modrić and Real Madrid will look to lock up top spot in the group against Nikola Vlašić and CSKA Moscow. Andrej Kramarić will look for his ninth straight game with a goal as Hoffenheim visit mighty Manchester City. Will he do it?
Comment of the year BZ!!
@Dannyj- no brainer. Juventus’ fans have loved him since they realized what he does. The guy plays winning team soccer. At this point, even Bayern fans realize Lewandowski is a lesser overall player. That Bayern team could have won back to back had they not changed coaches, and disrespected Mandzukic.
Set up the 3rd goal.
Has anyone watched the Russians thrash Madrid.
I’m curious as to how Vlasic has played though he’s not on the score sheet .
http://www.espn.com/soccer/club/real-madrid/86/blog/post/3720708/whats-it-like-to-face-luka-modric-no-1-central-midfielder-in-fc-100
Zlatko Dalic actually a former U-21 coach, where Marko Simic played under his charge hack then with just 1 goal in 3 matches. But Benfica could be his next destination as He bags 17 goals in 20 matches!#
https://www.croexpress.eu/vijest_mobile.php?vijest=17732
Mandzo getting much love from juve fans
I would like to see him play a little more for us
Lots of tough unseed opponents.
Coming in from the Champions League…
Benfica, Galatasaray, and one of Shakhtar or Hoffenheim will be unseeded. Valencia could drop to an unseeded position too.
Some current runner up teams in Europa who won’t be seeded are…
Sporting Lisbon, Lazio, Sevilla, Besiktas, Celtic, and the winner between AC Milan & Olympiakos.
There are several very beatable teams who will be unseeded as well, but it will be a coin toss whether Dinamo is drawn against a team like Astana versus a team like Seville.
When are they doing the Round of 32 draw for Europa?
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2018%E2%80%9319_UEFA_Europa_League_knockout_phase
So far on Wiki, Possible Dinamo opponents in the round of 32 are Lazio, Galatasaray, Benfica, Sporting.
Rakitic captaining Barcelona vs Spurs
my understanding is if Liverpool wins 1-0, then they advance. They only need to win by 2 if Napoli scores an away goal at Anfield (3-1, 4-2, etc)
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-39028982
Never know what the cetnik fans are capable of sabotaging their club with sanctions ..look how they mocked the poor Brazilian player in russia the whole game with a torment of mimoon chants the whole game.Psg has a dark team..serb fans will be causing shit.just my guess.
What you guys think?
Which of our boys move in winter transfer
Would be funny if Crvena Zvezda finished third, drops into the Europa League and then draws Dinamo.
Zvonimir Boban can Kung Fu a Cop before opening kickoff.