England: expected reaction for Liverpool and Tottenham
Unable to win last weekend in the Premier League, Tottenham, Liverpool and Chelsea are looking to bounce back in the race for the top four places, synonymous with the Champions League.
The Spurs (3rd with 23 points), frustrated to be the only English club not yet qualified for the knockout stages of the C1, go to the promoted and 14th Bournemouth, Saturday at 4:00 p.m.
Liverpool (8th with 16 pts) must for its part imperatively erase the defeat against the red lantern Nottingham Forest (1-0): the Reds have no room for error on Saturday (8:45 p.m.) against the coach's Leeds American Jesse Marsch, with an uncertain future.
Chelsea (5th, 21 pts) is making an emotional trip for his coach Graham Potter to Brighton, whom he left at the start of the season for the Blues.
The Londoners are aiming for a 10-match unbeaten streak on Saturday at 4:00 p.m.
Newcastle (4th, 21 pts) receives at the same time Aston Villa, new club of coach Unai Emery.
As for the leaders, Manchester City (2nd, 26 pts) opens the ball in Leicester, Saturday (1:30 p.m.), while Arsenal (1st, 28 pts), receives Nottingham on Sunday (3:00 p.m.).
Spain: tomorrow for the disappointed of the C1 -
After a catastrophic week for Spanish clubs in the Champions League, we must remobilize in La Liga.
Saturday (4:15 p.m.) in Cadiz, Atlético Madrid has a game within reach to recover, after the cruel elimination at the last second Wednesday evening against Leverkusen (2-2).
It will be more complicated for Barça, swept away once again by Bayern Munich 3-0 on Wednesday evening, and who will have to scrap on the ground of Valencia CF by Gennaro Gattuso and Edinson Cavani on Saturday evening (9:00 p.m.).
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As for Real Madrid, the only Spanish club in the 8th of C1 but victim Tuesday evening of its first defeat of the season (3-2 in Leipzig), it receives Sunday (4:15 p.m.) the promoted Girona, with the expected return of its captain Karim Benzema , Ballon d'Or 2022. Also note the duel for Europe, Sunday evening (9 p.m.), between Real Sociedad and Betis Sevilla, who are hot on the heels of Atlético in the race for the podium.
Italy: the four truths of Juventus
The early elimination of Juve in C1, after a calamitous course (four defeats in five matches), now makes the Championship a priority, where the “Old lady” is also struggling: eighth at ten points from the Neapolitan leader.
The four days remaining between now and the World Cup (November 20-December 18) will tell whether Massimiliano Allegri's team has the means to return to the fight, with Inter Milan (November 6) and Lazio Rome ( November 13).
Saturday (6:00 p.m.), it is in Lecce (17th) that the reaction of Juventus is expected.
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The dashing Naples, the last undefeated team in Serie A, welcomes Saturday (3:00 p.m.) Sassuolo (9th) at the start of this 12th day to try to maintain the three-point gap on its runner-up AC Milan.
The Rossoneri will travel on Sunday (8:45 p.m.) to the Torino field (10th), three days before a crucial meeting in the Champions League against RB Salzburg, a real “16th final” at San Siro.
Germany: finally the takeover of Bayern?
Since the end of September, Bayern Munich have once again been at full speed: seven wins and a draw, 30 goals scored and a guaranteed first place in their Champions League group.
In the Championship, he came within one point of Union Berlin (23 against 22 points) in the runner-up position.
The Munich residents, carried by Eric Maxim Choupo-Moting (five goals, two assists and established in the last four matches), receive Mainz (6th, 18 pts) on Saturday (3:30 p.m.).
They have the opportunity to put pressure on the Union, which plays Sunday (3:30 p.m.) against Borussia Mönchengladbach of Marcus Thuram, scorer in each October match in the Bundesliga (at the top of the table with eight achievements like Christopher Nkunku and Niclas Füllkrug), but somewhat alone in a limited workforce.
The other four German representatives in the Champions League face each other directly on Saturday, before the 6th and last day of C1, decisive for two of them.
Tomb of the great Real Madrid, Leipzig (8th, 16 pts) welcomes Leverkusen (15th, 9 pts), already eliminated, before going to challenge the Ukrainians of Shakhtar Donetsk, while Frankfurt (4th, 20 pts) receives Dortmund (5th, 19 pts) already assured of 8th in C1, before facing Sporting Portugal in Lisbon.