Arsenal v Dinamo Zagreb, Actual Madrid v Salzburg, Celtic v Younger Boys and extra: Champions League – stay | Champions League
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These video games are actually over with out additional goalscoring (although Shakhtar had a 3rd disallowed on VAR evaluate in stoppage time), so it’s three factors within the bag for Shakhtar and Leipzig.
Into the final 10 minutes of the 2 early video games, and the house sides have each scored two and lead. Sporting equalised at Leipzig within the seventy fifth minute and fell behind once more within the 78th:
RB Leipzig 2-1 Sporting
Shakhtar Donetsk 2-0 Brest
Forward of tonight’s sport Mikel Arteta has been speaking concerning the energy of music, and Ed Aarons has been listening to him do it:
Music may be very a lot a part of our tradition. We’ve got music in a whole lot of totally different locations, and I feel music has the capability to alter your temper, to alter your power to a sure place. And I feel it occurs in all of us. You play a music and instantly you’re feeling totally different, and we’ve got sure songs that set off one thing in our staff as a result of they’ve some historical past as effectively with us, and I’ll use it once we consider it’s the best option to do it. I’ve rather a lot, relying on the day, that’s what I’m saying. It’s not about my power, and generally I play a music many, many instances. I don’t know, it’s a sense.
That’s one thing that we’ve carried out for a few years now and it’s a part of coaching. We use music as one other aspect of our coaching classes to construct the power and alter sure functions that we wish within the coaching session, and I feel the gamers get pleasure from it. Relying on the day, generally sure gamers decide sure songs – the primary music, the primary two songs, the final music – it’s the identical as within the dressing room actually.
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The groups for the 8pm kick-offs have now been picked and publicised, and the line-ups are within the first submit on the backside of this web page.
The present Champions League league desk seems to be like this:
Hey world, have some staff information!
Welcome to the second and ultimate day of the seventh and penultimate week of Champions League league fixtures. If it seems to be like Liverpool would be the Champions League league champions – none of right now’s groups are able to overtaking them – they gained’t win something greater than prime seeding within the subsequent bit for doing so, and in the meantime there are valuable spots within the playoff-dodging prime eight to play for, and elimination-sidestepping locations within the prime 24 up for grabs, in order that’s thrilling.
[It is, to be more truthful, bewildering. I continue to find the new Champions League format completely bonkers. But it indisputably does put two football teams on the same pitch at the same time, which I suppose is the main thing]
Tonight’s Champions League fixtures seem like this (8pm kick-off except said in any other case, start-of-day league positions in brackets):
Arsenal (5) v Dinamo Zagreb (25)
Arsenal have solely conceded two targets up to now, although they’ve managed to transform these two setbacks right into a defeat and a (goalless, to be honest) draw. Nonetheless, with a visit to Thirtieth-placed Girona subsequent week, they’ve a spot within the knockout phases inside their grasp. Additionally they have Riccardo Calafiori and Ethan Nwaneri again from harm, which is a bonus.
Arsenal: Raya, Timber, Gabriel, Kiwior, Zinchenko, Odegaard, Jorginho, Rice, Sterling, Havertz, Martinelli. Subs: Neto, Setford, Tierney, Partey, Trossard, Merino, Calafiori, Butler-Oyedeji, Kabia, Kacurri, Nwaneri.
Dinamo Zagreb: Nevistic, Ristovski, Mmaee, Bernauer, Torrente, Pierre Gabriel, Rog, Ademi, Stojkovic, Kulenovic, Baturina. Subs: Zagorac, Filipovic, Kacavenda, Hoxha, Cordoba, Pjaca, Mbuku, Misic, Bakovic, Cutuk, Pavic, Spikic.
Referee: Daniel Siebert (Germany).
Celtic (23) v Younger Boys (36)
Younger Boys are backside of the desk, certainly one of three groups and not using a level to their names and with a aim distinction, after six video games, of -19. Celtic journey to Aston Villa subsequent week, and want three factors right here. “We’ve carried out ever so effectively up to now however we don’t need to be the almost staff,” mentioned Callum McGregor.
Celtic: Schmeichel, Johnston, Carter-Vickers, Trusty, Taylor, Engels, McGregor, Hatate, Kuhn, Furuhashi, Maeda. Subs: Sinisalo, Bain, Scales, Palma, Idah, Valle, Yang, McCowan, Nawrocki, Bernardo, Ralston, Murray.
Younger Boys: Keller, Athekame, Camara, Benito, Hadjam, Males, Niasse, Lakomy, Monteiro, Ugrinic, Ganvoula. Subs: von Ballmoos, Marzino, Zoukrou, Pfeiffer, Itten, Imeri, Colley, Chaiwa, Elia, Virginius, Blum, Lauper.
Referee: Rohit Saggi (Norway).
Feyenoord (20) v Bayern Munich (12)
If you would like assured targets this could be the one for you: Feyenoord have stored one clear sheet since October and none since November. Bayern have solely failed to attain twice in all competitions this season: as soon as after they began this one at Villa Park and once more in opposition to Leverkusen in early December, seven video games and 24 targets in the past.
Feyenoord: Bijlow, Nieuwkoop, Trauner, Hancko, Smal, Stengs, Beelen, Milambo, Hadj Moussa, Gimenez, Igor Paixao. Subs: Wellenreuther, Ka, Ueda, Gonzalez, Bueno, Ivanusec, Carranza, Mitchell, Nadje, Osman.
Bayern Munich: Neuer, Laimer, Upamecano, Kim, Davies, Kimmich, Goretzka, Olise, Musiala, Coman, Kane. Subs: Ulreich, Schmitt, Gnabry, Sane, Dier, Guerreiro, Muller, Tel, Stanisic, Pavlovic, Aznou.
Referee: Francois Letexier (France).
Milan (15) v Girona (30)
Milan’s home kind is patchy, they usually misplaced 2-0 at Juventus on Saturday, however since dropping their first two Champions League video games they’ve sorted themselves out and now have their future in their very own palms. Girona have misplaced 5 of their six video games within the competitors, and their final is at residence to Arsenal subsequent Wednesday.
Milan: Maignan, Emerson Royal, Pavlovic, Gabbia, Hernandez, Fofana, Bennacer, Musah, Reijnders, Leao, Morata. Subs: Sportiello, Torriani, Calabria, Pulisic, Okafor, Zeroli, Bartesaghi, Terracciano, Camarda, Abraham.
Girona: Gazzaniga, Frances, David Lopez, Krejci, Blind, Herrera, Romeu, Tsygankov, van de Beek, Gil Salvatierra, Abel Ruiz. Subs: Pau Lopez, Arnau Martinez, Stuani, Asprilla, Danjuma, Juanpe, Solis, Martin, Portu, Clua, Artero.
Referee: Tobias Stieler (Germany).
Paris St-Germain (26) v Manchester Metropolis (24)
Metropolis are within the final of the play-off spots at the moment and nonetheless one level forward of PSG, so whoever loses this one, if certainly both facet does, shall be in severe hazard of calamitous elimination. Metropolis finish their league marketing campaign subsequent Wednesday at residence to Membership Brugge, PSG away at Stuttgart. This sport has a liveblog all of its personal, so in the event you don’t need to divide your consideration you could be higher off heading there.
PSG: Donnarumma, Hakimi, Marquinhos, Pacho, Nuno Mendes, Vitinha, Neves, Fabian, Lee, Doue, Barcola. Subs: Safonov, Tenas, Kimpembe, Goncalo Ramos, Dembele, Asensio, Hernandez, Mayulu, Zaire Emery, Lucas Beraldo, Zague, Tape.
Man Metropolis: Ederson, Matheus Luiz, Akanji, Dias, Gvardiol, Silva, Kovacic, Foden, De Bruyne, Savio, Haaland. Subs: Ortega, Carson, Stones, Grealish, Gundogan, Wright, Alleyne, O’Reilly, Lewis, McAtee.
Referee: Szymon Marciniak (Poland).
RB Leipzig (34) v Sporting (19) (5.45pm)
Leipzig are completely stinking out the Champions League, with not a degree to their names and group-stage elimination already assured, however they’re fifth within the Bundesliga and have scored in every of their final six video games in all competitions. Sporting have misplaced their final two European video games and have to get again on the right track.
Actual Madrid (22) v Purple Bull Salzburg (33)
Salzburg haven’t performed a aggressive sport since 14 December – this can be a first aggressive fixture for his or her “new” head coach, Thomas Letsch, who was appointed on 18 December. This feels sub-optimal.
Actual Madrid: Courtois, Valverde, Asencio, Rudiger, Mendy, Ceballos, Modric, Rodrygo, Bellingham, Vinicius Junior, Mbappe. Subs: Lunin, Gonzalez, Alaba, Tchouameni, Guler, Endrick, Vallejo, Garcia, Diaz, Ramon, Andres.
Purple Bull Salzburg: Blaswich, Dedic, Samson Baidoo, Clean, Terzic, Yeo, Capaldo, Bidstrup, Gloukh, Dorgeles, Daghim. Subs: Schlager, Hamzic, Bajcetic, Clark, Diambou, Kawamura, Ratkov, Gourna-Douath, Mellberg, Morgalla, Piatkowski.
Referee: Glenn Nyberg (Sweden).
Shakhtar Donetsk (28) v Brest (9) (5.45pm)
Brest are the shock bundle of the Champions League and of the six video games they’ve performed since beating PSV of their final continental outing they’ve gained 5 of them. Shakhtar, contemporary from league defeat at Polessya Zhitomir, have to overturn the shape ebook.
Sparta Prague (29) v Internazionale (7)
Sparta have misplaced their final 4 Champions League video games and now discover themselves 4 factors off the play-offs with two video games to play, these being in opposition to Inter and Bayer Leverkusen. In sport there’s all the time hope, however on this case there’s not a lot of it. Inter have solely conceded one aim within the competitors up to now nevertheless it was sufficient to lose them their final sport at Leverkusen, although they’ve gained seven and misplaced certainly one of 9 in all competitions since then.
Sparta Prague: Vindahl-Jensen, Vitik, Panak, Sorensen, Wiesner, Sadilek, Laci, Kairinen, Rynes, Olatunji, Birmancevic. Subs: Surovcik, Heerkens, Suchomel, Ross Jensen, Danek, Pesek, Haraslin, Krasniqi, Zeleny, Rus, Penxa.
Internazionale: Sommer, Pavard, de Vrij, Bastoni, Dumfries, Barella, Asllani, Mkhitaryan, Dimarco, Lautaro Martinez, Thuram. Subs: Josep Martinez, Calligaris, Zielinski, Arnautovic, Frattesi, Buchanan, Carlos Augusto, Darmian, Zanchetta, Taremi, Re Cecconi.
Referee: Alejandro Hernandez (Spain).
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