The equality in the world of football it is increasingly evident. Yesterday Zinedine Zidane, Real Madrid coach, said that “this being a favorite in a match was worth 15, 20 or 25 years ago, but not now, now everything is very even ”, a review of the teams that participate in the knockout stages of the Champions League proves him right.
The data is overwhelming: of the 16 sets who will take part in the round of eighths, between next February and March, None of them are currently the leaders of their respective League. In this round there is representation of the Leagues Spanish (four teams), german (four), english (three), Italian (three) french (one and Portuguese (one). That is to say, of the five ‘big’ and of the Primeira Portuguese League.
LaLiga Santander has as its leader today the Real society, even if only because of the greater number of goals scored, since they tie on points and overall goal difference with Atlético. In the Bundesliga the reign corresponds to Bayer Leverkusen, with one more point (25 to 24) over Bayern.
The Premier is dominated by Tottenham José Mourinho for his best goal difference compared to Jurgen Klopp’s Liverpool (+14 for spurs, +9 for Anfield).
In Italy, Serie A bears the signature of Milan, with four points of advantage over Juventus, the first ‘Champions team’ on the transalpine table, in fourth position.
And finally, the Portuguese League is today dominated by the Sporting, which with 23 points beats Porto by four, who will face Juventus in the second round of the Champions League.
This is the league classification of the 16 classified for the eighth of the Champions League 2020-21
LaLiga Santander
At. Madrid, 2nd (tied on points with the leader, Real Sociedad)
R. Madrid, 3rd (3 points behind the leader)
Sevilla, 5th (7 points behind the leader
Barça, 8th (9 points behind the leader)
Bayern Munich, 2nd (1 point behind the leader, Bayer Leverkusen)
Leipzig, 3rd (1 point behind the leader)
Borussia Dortmund, 5th (6 points behind the leader)
B. Mönchengladbach, 8th (8 points behind the leader)
Premier League
Liverpool, 2nd (tied on points with leader Tottenham)
Chelsea, 5th (3 points behind the leader)
Manchester City, 9th (6 points behind the leader)
Juventus, 4th (4 points behind the leader)
Atlalanta, 8th (10 points behind the leader)
Lazio, 9th (10 points behind the leader)
League 1
PSG, 3rd (1 point behind the leader)
Premier League
Porto, 3rd (4 points behind Sporting)
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