Two spies, a deceitful leader and several big men are in trouble | Relief

The new Champions League is still causing some confusion. This is explained by the protagonists themselves, such as Guardiola himself, who debated whether to maintain the score and players or strive to score more and more goals. Now, time to time matters as this is the main tiebreaker. Although the most natural thing is that competition puts everyone in their place. Two days later, several great men showed some alarming weaknesses from the point of view of the general image of them, but not much to get through to the 1/8 finals.

According to Relevo, The most natural thing is that the leader of the classification has almost a full number of victories. and that the estimated distance to reach direct qualification to the round of 16 (first eight) is about 17-16-15 points out of 24 possible. In short: mistakes by Real Madrid, Barcelona or Atlético are not particularly worrying, although they have lost the right to make mistakes and henceforth failure means failure.

On the other hand, things must be bad for the three to not reach at least the twenty-fourth position. which will require 6-7-8 points, always according to the assessment presented here.. Girona is not feeling very well and has already suffered two defeats, but her situation is under control while she finds sensations in the next few days. Trying to get into the top eight is not the same as trying to get a much more affordable pass to the round of 16…

Top: Few will continue there… or so it seems

Dortmund, Brest and Leverkusen have started well and are looking to make a splash.. It’s something as usual as when Celta were flying in the early days of EA Sports’ La Liga, but has now gradually become a reality. But will they stay there? In the case of Brest this is, of course, not the case. Their opponents were Salzburg and Sturm Graz, which well explains the reason for this result. The next day they will face Xabi Alonso’s team, whose horizon is more attractive: they beat Milan at home and Feyenoord away.

Bye, The finalist of the last edition defeated Brugge and Celtic. and he will have to confirm his good feelings in the match against Real Madrid on the next match day. It must be remembered that this has just begun. Relevo calculated that they would need around 18 points to finish in the top eight. The Germans still had peace.

Liverpool, Juventus or Manchester City may well remain in these privileged positions.. And we’ll see Benfica, another team that got off to a great start, even knocking off Atletico Madrid.

Middle part: wait too long for improvements and be careful with PSG…

Many teams qualify and it is normal that at this stage those who are destined to do great things in the competition may fail. and is not in a good position. This is the case with Arsenal, Barcelona, ​​Real Madrid, Inter, Atlético… It is too early to draw conclusions about them because it has just begun. But it is worth emphasizing that Arsenal, which beat PSG and drew with Atalanta, is not in the same situation as, for example, Celtic, who added points after beating Slovan Bratislava.

That is, Depending on the different calendars, it is easier to assess how teams might perform in the classification.. How simple and normal it is that a team that faces the most difficult, like Arsenal, does not have so many points, and the one that scores, like Brest, it’s not that everything is good, but that it completed, did her homework when appropriate.

Bottom: deception and trials of the small

We are back to the same problem as before. Milan’s situation may be surprising: they are isolated at the bottom of the table with zero points. Let’s explain it very simply: they hosted the giant Liverpool at San Siro and visited the Bayer Leverkusen field. They have Slovan Bratislava, Brugge, Red Star…Games in which they will receive points, and this will not surprise anyone. Let’s imagine it’s the other way around: Morata and his team start with any of the above. They probably would have had six points and no one would have had their hands to their heads. He even exaggerated his position. Calm down: there’s a lot left.

Yes indeed those who were initially doomed to do nothing and even less live up to expectations. Young Boys, Slovan Bratislava, Salzburg, Red Star and Sturm Graz are already at the bottom of the classification of this new Champions League. By the way, 24th is now with three points to his name, and 25th is with one in the box, which shows that a good match gives an exponential boost to the winner, and failure is not a terrible thing… when your goal is what it is.

The situation for the Spaniards: there are not many worries with Girona, but the rest don’t care

This is the theorem that applies perfectly in Girona. Michel’s team performed well at the Parc des Princes and slightly worse against Feyenoord.. Their zero points are just one game away from qualifying. Of course, their direct entry into the second round is already very difficult. Montilivi’s men are allowed to pick up points against their league opponents and this second day was a setback.

but when the goal is to save the furniture, the margin of error does exist. However, the situation is not very good, but Girona’s goal should be a qualification between 9th and 24th places. “More” is too ambitious, and “less” won’t fail either.

Barcelona sealed the first day’s disaster with a resounding defeat to Young Boys. Your case is not ideal, although there may be another team with the same score. Monaco was not expected to lose, so they lost their ability to hesitate. Exactly the same thing happens with Real. Defeat on the Lille field was not part of the planso now anything short of beating Dortmund will be dramatic. Here’s what’s in the new format: making a mistake when you don’t play can get you kicked straight out of the 16th round…

Atlético Madrid achieved a valuable victory over Leipzig, expected although marked on the calendar as a typical day to lose points. There was also a note in the Benfica box, and now it becomes clearer why: The triumph of Di Maria and his team also leaves Simeone’s team at the limit..

This is the Champions League classification.