goal! Feyenoord 1-0 Bayern Munich (Jimenez, 21 minutes)
Great first touch and amazing finish! This was a long ball that was misjudged by the left-back and sent over the defense, and Kim misjudged it and Jimenez caught it. His first touch was amazing, keeping the ball under control, and his second was even better, firing inside and into the top corner. area.
Arsenal's Gabriel absent He had been dealing with issues with his right knee for a while. He is now standing up, albeit walking a little cautiously, and clearly intends to continue playing.
Here is the photo evidence Rod Stewart has been pictured enjoying a song at Celtic Park.
goal! Sparta Prague 0-1 Inter (Martinez, 12 minutes)
Martinez's crazy volley finish, He managed to score from about a yard to the byline and a few yards outside the six-yard box, slamming the ball into the ground, past Bindal, and a deep cross from the left hit the underside of the crossbar. .
Arsenal have spent most of their time Because they scored as if they were going to score again. Obviously, they haven't. There were cries of handball inside Zagreb's penalty area, but it was determined that the defender's arm was in a natural position.
When Celtic have the ball in the net, However, it was ruled offside and Maeda was caught several yards away. he did well.
goal! Arsenal 1-0 Dinamo Zagreb (Rice, 2 minutes)
Arsenal take an early lead! And then there's the wonderful assist from Havertz. Havertz turned his back to goal as the cross from the left reached the goal, and instead of trying some flashy nonsense, he turned his back on Rice and benefited from facing the right direction, slamming it home at the near post. !
Beep beep! Football is happening!
Only a few minutes left until kickoff. Rod Stewart is sitting in his seat at Celtic Park, wearing an eye-catching fur coat. And the players came out too!
those games are over No further goals were scored (although Shakhtar's third goal was ruled out after a VAR review in stoppage time). Shakhtar and Leipzig now have three points.
in the last 10 minutes The home team led by two goals in both of the first two games. Sporting equalized against Leipzig in the 75th minute, but found themselves behind again in the 78th minute.
RB Leipzig 2-1 Sporting
Shakhtar Donetsk 2-0 Brest
ahead of tonight's game Mikel Arteta has spoken about the power of music and Ed Aarons has also heard him play.
Music is part of our culture. We have music in many different places, and I think music has the power to change your mood and direct your energy to a certain place. And I think that happens to all of us. As soon as I play a song, my mood changes. Some songs can trigger something within a team. Because they have a history with us. If you're sure it's the right way to go, use it. There are various things depending on the day. It's not a matter of my energy, sometimes I play songs over and over again. I don't know, but it's a feeling.
It's something we've been doing for years and it's part of our training. We use music as another element of our training sessions to increase the energy of our training sessions and change the specific objectives we want for our training sessions. I think the players are enjoying it. Depending on the day, certain players may choose certain songs, like the first song, the first two songs, the last song, etc., but it's really the same as in the dressing room.
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Teams kick off at 8 p.m. Selected and published now, the lineup can be found in the first post at the bottom of this page.
current champions league The league table will look like this:
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Welcome to the last day of the second day Week 7 of the penultimate Champions League league match. No team today can overtake Liverpool, even if it looks like Liverpool will become league champions of the Champions League. To do so, you can't get more than the top seed in the next moment, but in the meantime you still have a valuable spot in the playoffs – play around the top 8 and avoid elimination. That's exciting because you can grab a top 24 spot.
[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 are as follows (kick-off at 8pm unless otherwise stated, first day's league standings in parentheses):
Arsenal (5) v Dinamo Zagreb (25)
Arsenal have only conceded two goals so far, but managed to turn those two setbacks into a defeat and (to be fair, goalless) draw. Still, a place in the knockout stages is within reach as they face 30th-placed Girona next week. It's also a bonus that Riccardo Calafioli and Ethan Nwaneri are back from injury.
Arsenal: Raya, Timber, Gabriel, Kivior, Zinchenko, Odegaard, Jorginho, Rice, Sterling, Havertz, Martinelli. Sub: Neto, Thetford, Tierney, Partey, Trossard, Merino, Calafiori, Butler-Oyedeji, Kabia, Kakuri, Nwaneri.
Dinamo Zagreb: Nevistick, Ristovsky, Mayi, Bernauer, Torrente, Pierre Gabriel, Rog, Ademi, Stojković, Krenovic, Baturina. Sub: Zagorak, Filipovic, Kakavenda, Hoxha, Córdoba, Piaka, Mbuku, Mysic, Bakovic, Tutuk, Pavic, Spikic.
Referee: Daniel Siebert (Germany).
Celtic (23) v Young Boys (36)
Young Boys are at the bottom of the table and are one of three teams without a point, with a goal difference of -19 after six games. Celtic travel to Aston Villa next week, where they need three points. Callum McGregor said: “We've had a very good run so far, but we don't want to be anywhere close to that.”
Celtic: Schmeichel, Johnston, Carter-Vickers, Trusty, Taylor, Engels, McGregor, Hatate, Kuhn, Furuhashi, Maeda. Sub: Sinisalo, Bain, Scales, Palma, Aida, Valle, Yang, McCowan, Nawrocki, Bernardo, Ralston, Murray.
young boy: Keller, Atekame, Camara, Benito, Hajam, Mares, Niasse, Lacomi, Monteiro, Uglinic, Gambura. Sub: Von Balmuth, Margino, Zoukrow, Pfeiffer, Itten, Imeri, Collie, Chaiwa, Elia, Virginius, Blum, Roper.
Referee: Rohit Sagi (Norway).
Feyenoord (20) v Bayern Munich (12))
If you want to be sure to score goals, this might be the one for you. Feyenoord have kept one clean sheet since October, but have not conceded a goal since November. Bayern have failed to score just twice in all competitions this season. The first time was when he started the game at Villa Park, and the second time was against Leverkusen in early December, when he scored 24 goals in seven games.
Feyenoord: Bijrou, Newcorp, Trauner, Hanko, Sumaru, Stengs, Bielen, Mirambo, Hadji Moussa, Jimenez, Igor Paixao. Sub: Velenreuter, Ka, Ueda, Gonzalez, Bueno, Ivanusek, Carranza, Mitchell, Naje, Osman.
Bayern Munich: Neuer, Reimer, Upamecano, Kim, Davis, Kimmich, Goretzka, Olise, Musiala, Coman, Kane. Sub: Ulreich, Schmidt, Gnabry, Sane, Dier, Guerreiro, Müller, Tell, Stanisic, Pavlovic, Asnow.
Referee: François Letexier (France).
Milan (15) v Girona (30)
Milan's domestic form has been patchy, with a 2-0 loss to Juventus on Saturday, but they have sorted themselves out since losing their first two Champions League games and now take their future into their own hands. I'm holding it. Girona have lost five of their six games in this competition, their last game being at home to Arsenal next Wednesday.
Milan: Maninan, Emerson Royal, Pavlovic, Gabbia, Hernandez, Fofana, Bennacer, Musah, Reinders, Leo, Morata. Sub: Sportiello, Toriani, Calabria, Pulisic, Ocafor, Zeroli, Baltesaghi, Terracciano, Camarda, Abraham.
Girona: Gazzaniga, Francis, David Lopez, Krejci, Blind, Herrera, Romeu, Tsygankov, Van de Beek, Gil Salvatierra, Abel Ruiz. Sub: Pau López, Arnau Martínez, Stuani, Asprilla, Danjuma, Juanpe, Solis, Martín, Portu, Crua, Artero.
Referee: Tobias Stieler (Germany).
Paris Saint-Germain (26) v Manchester City (24)
City currently sit at the back of the play-off spots, still one point clear of PSG, so whoever loses in this game, if either of them actually loses, it could mean a disastrous defeat. You will be exposed to serious danger. City complete their league campaign next Wednesday at home to Club Brugge, while PSG away to Stuttgart. This game has its own live blog, so if you don't want to divide your attention, it's better to go there.
PSG: Donnarumma, Hakimi, Marquinhos, Pacho, Nuno Mendes, Vicinha, Neves, Fabian, Lea, Due, Barcola. Sub: Safonov, Tenas, Kimpembe, Gonzalo Ramos, Dembele, Asensio, Hernandez, Mayur, Zaire Emery, Lucas Berardo, Zag, Tape.
Man City: Ederson, Matheus Luiz, Akanji, Dias, Gvardioglu, Silva, Kovacic, Foden, De Bruyne, Savio, Haaland. Sub: Ortega, Carson, Stones, Grealish, Gundogan, Wright, Alleyne, O'Reilly, Lewis, McAtee.
Referee: Szymon Marciniak (Poland).
RB Leipzig (34) v Sporting (19) (5:45pm)
Leipzig have suffered an utter defeat in the Champions League, with no points and are already guaranteed to be eliminated from the group stage, but they sit fifth in the Bundesliga and have lost their last six games in all competitions. Scores are recorded for each. Sport have lost their last two games in Europe and need to get back on track.
Real Madrid (22) v Red Bull Salzburg (33)
Salzburg have not played a competitive match since December 14th, but this will be the first competitive game for “new” head coach Thomas Wretch, who was appointed on December 18th. This feels suboptimal.
real madrid: Courtois, Valverde, Asensio, Rudiger, Mendy, Ceballos, Modric, Rodrigo, Bellingham, Vinicius Junior, Mbappe. Sub: Lunin, Gonzalez, Alaba, Choameni, Güler, Endrik, Vallejo, Garcia, Diaz, Ramon, Andres.
Red Bull Salzburg: Blaswich, Dedic, Samson Baidou, Blank, Terzic, Yo, Capaldo, Bidstrup, Grof, Dolgeles, Dagim. Sub: Schlager, Hamdzic, Bazicetic, Clark, Dianbu, Kawamura, Latkov, Gurna-Duas, Mellberg, Morgala, Piatkowski.
Referee: Glenn Nyberg (Sweden).
Shakhtar Donetsk (28) v Brest (9) (5:45pm)
Brest have been a surprise package in the Champions League, winning five of the six games they have played since beating PSV on their last continental tour. Shakhtar need to turn their game around after losing to Poresha Zhytomir in the league.
Sparta Prague (29) v Internazionale (7)
Sparta have lost their last four Champions League games and are now four points from the play-offs with two games remaining against Inter and Bayer Leverkusen. There's always hope in sports, but in this case there's not much hope. Inter have conceded just one goal in all competitions so far, losing in their last game against Leverkusen was enough, but they have won seven and lost one of their nine games in all competitions since then. are.
Sparta Prague: Windahl-Jensen, Witik, Panak, Sorensen, Wiesner, Sadilek, Laci, Kairinen, Lines, Olatunji, Billmancevic. Sub: Slovchik, Herkens, Shomer, Ross Jensen, Danek, Pesek, Haraslin, Krasniqi, Zeleny, Russ, Pensha.
Inter: Sommer, Pavard, De Vrij, Bastoni, Dumfries, Barella, Aslani, Mkhitaryan, Dimarco, Lautaro Martinez, Thuram. Sub: Josep Martinez, Calligaris, Zielinski, Arnautovic, Frattesi, Buchanan, Carlos Augusto, Darmian, Zanchetta, Taremi, Le Cecconi.
Referee: Alejandro Hernandez (Spain).
