GWT: CL Match Week 5

[gary69]

Lautaro is a beast too bad he’s not even the best Martinez for Argentina. Just two amazing performances by them today.

Lukaku and Lautaro are on fire at the moment, they seem to compliment each other nicely. Inter played very straightforward today, tough to contain Lukaku on those kind of games, similar to some of the matches at the World Cup and his games with WBA & Everton. His pass to Lautaro goal was a thing of beauty.

 

[hatterson]

So lets see how the groups have settled.

Group A
PSG are through at the top of the group
Real Madrid will take the second slot

Group B
Bayern are through at the top of the group
Spurs will take the second slot

Group C
Manchester City are through at the top of the group
Shakhtar Donetsk need a win or draw and Dinamo Zagreb to not win to keep the second slot.
Dinamo Zagreb need a win and Shakhtar Donetsk to not win
Atalanta need a win and Dinamo Zagreb not to win
*Shakhtar Donetsk hold the head to head tie breaker due to away goal in common matches.

Group D
Juventus are through at the top of the group
Atletico Madrid need a win or Bayer Leverkusen to not win to keep the second slot.
Bayer Leverkusen need a win and Atletico Madrid to not win
*Atletico Madrid hold the head to head tie breaker due to away goal in common matches.

Group E
Liverpool:
1st*: Win OR Draw and Napoli draw or loss
2nd*: Draw and Napoli win OR loss and Napoli loss
3rd*: Loss and Napoli win or draw
Napoli:
1st: Win and Liverpool loss or draw OR draw and Liverpool loss
2nd: Win and Liverpool win OR draw and Liverpool win or draw
3rd: Loss and Salzburg win
Salzburg:
1st*: Win and Napoli loss
2nd*: Win and Napoli win or draw
3rd: Loss OR Draw

*Notes:
Three way tie breakers would be (1) Napoli (2) Salzburg (3) Liverpool. Napoli would be on top due to points. among the three (8 vs 4 vs 4) Salzburg is ahead of Liverpool based on goal difference between the three teams (minimum 0 to Liverpool's maximum -2), regardless of head to head tie breakers mentioned below.
Salzburg win a direct head to head tie breaker with Liverpool if they win by multiple goals or if Liverpool score fewer than 4 goals
Liverpool win a direct head to head tie breaker with Salzburg if they lose by a single goal and score more than 4 goals.

Group F
Barcelona are through at the top of the group
Inter Milan will take the second slot with a result equal or better than Dortmund.
Dortmund will take the second slot with a result better than Inter Milan.

Group G
Leipzig:
1st: Win or draw
2nd: Loss

Zenit:
1st: Impossible
2nd: Win or draw and Lyon draw or loss OR loss and Lyon loss
3rd: Win and Lyon win OR draw and Lyon win OR loss and Lyon win or draw
Lyon:
1st: Win
2nd: Draw and Zenit loss
3rd: Loss OR Draw and Zenit draw or win

*Notes:
Three way tie breakers would be (1) Lyon (2) Leipzig (2) Zenit based on points among those three teams
Lyon win a head to head tie breaker with Leipzig
Zenit win a head to head tie breaker with Lyon
Benfica can actually poach 3rd place if they defeat Zenit by multiple goals or if they win and Lyon loses to force a three way tie. I didn't include those above since they don't impact qualification for the knockout stages of the CL.

Group H
Ajax:
1st: Win OR draw and Chelsea draw or loss
2nd: Draw and Chelsea win OR loss and Chelsea draw or loss
3rd: Loss and Chelsea win
Valencia:
1st: Win and Chelsea draw or loss
2nd: Win and Chelsea win OR draw and Chelsea draw or loss OR loss and Chelsea loss
3rd: Draw and Chelsea win OR Loss and Chelsea win or draw
Chelsea:
1st: Win and Ajax draw or loss
2nd: Win and Ajax win or draw and Valencia loss
3rd: Loss OR Draw and Valencia win or draw


*Notes: Valencia win a head to head tie breaker against Chelsea due to points in head to head games
Chelsea win a head to head tie breaker against Ajax due to points in head to head games.
There are no potential three way ties.


I'm pretty sure that's all right, but there might be minor mistakes.

 

[Wee Baby Seamus]

You're wrong on Group C. If Atalanta beat Shakhtar and Man City beat Zagreb, Atalanta go through (Atalanta on 7, Shakhtar on 6, Zagreb on 5).

 

[Savi]

I believe Leipzig are also already through to the 2nd round

 

[hatterson]

You're wrong on Group C. If Atalanta beat Shakhtar and Man City beat Zagreb, Atalanta go through (Atalanta on 7, Shakhtar on 6, Zagreb on 5).

I completely passed them over in the standings lol.

 

[hatterson]

I believe Leipzig are also already through to the 2nd round

I’ll check the tie breakers again after I get the kids in bed.

 

[hatterson]

You're wrong on Group C. If Atalanta beat Shakhtar and Man City beat Zagreb, Atalanta go through (Atalanta on 7, Shakhtar on 6, Zagreb on 5).

Updated this.

I believe Leipzig are also already through to the 2nd round

Yea you're right, I somehow mixed up the points on the teams on a three way tie. I think I was giving Zenit credit for 3 points in week 6 even though those 3 points wouldn't count towards a tie breaker since they'd be against Benfica.

The three way tie breaker would be Lyon, Liepzig, Zenit based on points between tied teams.

Lyon 7 points
Liepzig 6 points
Zenit 4 points

 

[Epictetus]

One of those goals was disallowed though I have no idea why because there was no offside or foul.

I also don't know why the goal was disallowed. They even did a VAR check.



Goal's at 3:45 if anyone can explain lol.

 

[les Habs]

700th match and still putting in that sort of performance. Thank you.

 

[Savant]

Leaves a lot of pressure on the last day, but it is what it is

LFC never do it the easy way.

 

[Savant]

It'd be pretty cool if Salzburg managed to upset Liverpool on the last day, but it'd also be peak Napoli for Salzburg to beat Liverpool and then Napoli somehow lose to Genk.

LFC would be playing their Carabao Cup squad in the Europa League if that happens. But if Fabinho is out long term, might not matter.

 

[YNWA14]

Robert Lewandowski is outperforming the best versions of Cristiano Ronaldo and Lionel Messi | Daily Mail Online

Have to say Lewa is a refreshing case (off field stuff aside, don't know him or know much about him that way). Not really one of those 'destined for greatness' super talents but rose up through hard work (no lack of talent obviously), got his chances and continued to improve and eventually turn into arguably the best striker in the world.

 

[Pouchkine]

Not when facing tough opposition.

 

[les Habs]

To carry on from the Europa League thread, can't believe Ziyech is still at Ajax.

 

[Burner Account]

For anyone who cares, I finally made it to Anfield last week.

 

[YNWA14]

For anyone who cares, I finally made it to Anfield last week.

Nice! How was it?

 

[Burner Account]

Nice! How was it?

It was awesome. Results aside, I'm glad I chose the Napoli match over Brighton. That will not be my last.