The Champions League has never before seen the kind of hectic multi-screen action that will play out in the eighth and final round of games next Wednesday. The 18 games kick off at the same time, 9 p.m. Central European Time (2000 GMT). The top 24 in the 36-team standings will advance to the lucrative knockout rounds.
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“If we don’t win we won’t deserve it,” Man City coach Pep Guardiola said in Paris. “We haven’t got enough points and we’ll have to accept it.” Now it looks like the 25th-place team next Wednesday will go out with 10 or even 11 points. It could be PSG or Man City, which is currently 25th.Liverpool and Barcelona — on a maximum 21 points and 18, respectively — definitely will be among the top eight teams who go direct to the round of 16 in March. That pays 11 million euros to each team from the total UEFA prize fund of close to 2.5 billion euros .
Teams in the danger zone, risking elimination on the last day, range from 19th-placed PSV Eindhoven on 11 points to Shakhtar Donetsk in 27th with just seven points. Man City has a meager eight points and must beat Club Brugge, which has its own jeopardy in 20th place with 11 points. Atletico Madrid and AC Milan also look strong on 15 points. Atletico finishes at already-eliminated Salzburg, and Milan goes to Dinamo Zagreb, which is 26th and must win to stay in contention.
Madrid is on 12 points with a plus-5 goal difference before going to Brest, which also is in the mix. The surprise French debutant is 13th with 13 points.Man City, of course, plus PSG and Stuttgart among four teams on 10 points. Stuttgart’s goal difference of minus-1 means a draw against PSG might not be enough to survive.
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