The FC Barcelona could not certify this Tuesday, with the tie to zero in front of Olympiacos in the field of the Greek group, the mathematical pass to the round of eighth of final of the UEFA Champions League 2017-18. And it is that the others two teams of the Group D of the Barça, Sporting of Lisbon and Juventus of Turín, also signed tables (1-1) in his respective meeting contested in José Alvalade.
Bruno César was the attendant to advance to the Sporting of Portugal in the minute 22 of party, when finishing from the balcony of the area a balloon that had remained divided in a second played after a refuse, without that any player of the Juventus was the sufficiently fast to clear.
After the goal, the Sporting of Lisbon defended with nails and teeth and did not go until the minute 79 when Gonzalo Higuaín empató for the Juventus of Turín, that achieved a point that keeps him like second qualifier in the Group D of Champions League.
The Barça keeps on being favourite
The FC Barcelona follows first with 10 points, whereas the Juventus has 7 points, the Sporting of Lisbon 4 points and Olympiacos so only a point, to fault of two days still for contesting. The FC Barcelona will have to travel to the Juventus Stadium of here to some days, after the stop of selections, whereas it will play the last day in the Camp Nou in front of the Sporting.
The ones of Ernesto Valverde so only need a point more to classify mathematically, by what foresees that the FC Barcelona do not have problems to seal in the next commitments the mathematical classification. In fact, the Barça keeps on being besides the big favourite to classify like first of the Group D. They have not jumped the alarms... But the culés will not be able to desconcentrarse.