In groups E to H, before the last group matches, this Wednesday, November 2, six teams have already qualified: Chelsea, Real Madrid, Manchester City, Dortmund, PSG and Benfica.
There are therefore two places left to take for the round of 16, the draw of which will take place next Monday, in Nyon, Switzerland, at the headquarters of UEFA.
They will be played between Milan, Salzburg, Leipzig and Shakhtar Donetsk.
Moreover, if Chelsea and Manchester City are already guaranteed to finish first in their group, this is not yet the case for Real Madrid or PSG.
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In
Group E
, where Chelsea is already guaranteed to finish in first place, AC Milan (2nd with 7 points), must at least win a point against Salzburg (3rd with 6 points) to join the final phase.
The Rossoneri have not reached this stage since the 2013-2014 financial year.
In
group F
, surprised by Leipzig last Tuesday (3-2), the Madrid holders, defending champions, missed a first opportunity to finish first in their group, a position which offers an 8th final against a second group, in more affordable theory and the assurance of a return match at home.
This Wednesday, only victory will surely allow them to achieve this objective and remove the threat from Leipzig.
The Germans will think above all of the qualification they will obtain with a draw in Warsaw against Shaktar Donetsk.
A defeat would send them to the Europa League.
Against Celtic Glasgow Karim Benzema could return to the group after missing three games with muscle fatigue in his left thigh.
âKarim Benzema is training, if he feels good, he will be in the group, said Carlo Ancelotti on Tuesday evening.
From there, it will be necessary to choose if he starts the match or if he plays part of the match.
It will depend on how he feels during training.
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Haaland ânot yet 100%â
Manchester City, in
Group G
, will finish in first place ahead of Dortmund.
In Seville, who will finish 3rd, Pep Guardiola announced that Norwegian striker Erling Haaland, 22 goals in 16 games in all competitions this season and touched in one foot against Dortmund (0-0) last Tuesday, will not play.
"He feels better," explained the coach.
But he's not 100% yet and I don't want to take any risks, it wouldn't make sense.
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Finally, PSG, at the top of
Group H
with 11 points tied with Benfica, will need to obtain a result in Turin to retain their place, as the Portuguese travel to the bottom of the group, Haifa.
Eliminated from the pools for the first time since the 2013-2014 season, Juventus would like to at least finish third to continue in the Europa League.
The 6th day
Group E, 9 p.m.
AC Milan (Ita) - RB Salzburg (Aut)
Chelsea (Eng) - Dinamo Zagreb (Cro)
Group F, 6:45 p.m.
Real Madrid (Esp) - Celtic Glasgow (Eco)
Shakhtar Donetsk (Ukr) - RB Leipzig (G)
Group G, 9 p.m.
Copenhagen (Dan) - Borussia Dortmund (G)
Manchester City (Eng) - Sevilla FC (Spain)
Group H, 9 p.m.
Maccabi Haifa (Isr) - Benfica (Por)
Juventus Turin (Ita) -
PSG
The draw for the round of 16 will take place on Monday 7 November