THE BARÇA DOES NOT DEPEND ON HIMSELF
The complicated accounts of Barça to be in the second round of Champions
Published:12/10/2022 - 23:42h
Updated:12/10/2022 - 23:42h
FC Barcelona's draw against Inter Milan (3-3) leaves Xavi Hernández's men on the brink of elimination in the UEFA Champions League. The Catalans no longer depend on themselves and, if the 'nerazzurri' beat Victoria Plzen, they will be in the second round
The accounts evidencian the complex of the situation for the FC Barcelona in the Champions League. The tie home in front of the Inter of Milan leaves to the group 'nerazurri' to a victory of the classification and, with a Bayern Munich already in eighth after golear to Viktoria Plzen (2-4), the panorama is very complex for a Barça that, to these heights, the maximum that it can add are 10 points.
In this sense, if the Inter wins home to the Czechs, the Barça will be deleted, independently of what suceda in the chqoue in front of the Bayern. The Italians would arrive to 10 points and, according to the criteria of tiebreaker of the Champions, in case of equality in points between two teams the result in the direct crossing between both will be the first criterion for dirimir to the qualifier. After the tie in Camp Nou, the 'nerazzurri' added four of six in front of the culés.
Thus, the ones of Xavi depend on two 'pichazos' consecutive of the ones of Simone Inzaghi. The Inter will have to lose or empatar his two remaining parties, combined with triumphs blaugranas in front of Bavarians and Czechs, so that the Barça attain to classify in the Group C. A victory in Catalonia in front of the Bayern and another in Plzen, combined with two ties or defeats of the Inter, would put to the culés in eighth.
That is the only road that remains him to the Barça not to finish in the Europe League by second consecutive year. The Bayern already practically ensured the leadership of the group with his triumph of the Wednesday. The ones of Julian Nagelsmann add puntaje perfect in four days with a goal average of +11 and, except defeats in Catalonia and home in front of the Inter in the last day by markers been bulky, will finish first in the 'group of the death'.
The irregularity of the Inter, the hope of the Barça
Although the group 'nerazzurri' has showed a solid image in the double confrontation against the Barcelona, the true is that the ones of Simone Inzaghi have had a beginning of season very irregular. The Inter adds five victories and four defeats in the Series To (15 points) and are seventh in the table, to eight of the leader Napoli. Besides, they have fallen in three of his last four commitments, by which can expect a pair of tropiezos in what it subtracts of the phase of groups of the Champions. To this has to bet the Barça. It does not remain of another.
