Into the final 10 minutes of the 2 early video games, and the house sides have each scored two and lead. Sporting equalised at Leipzig within the seventy fifth minute and fell behind once more within the 78th:
RB Leipzig 2-1 Sporting
Shakhtar Donetsk 2-0 Brest
Forward of tonight’s sport Mikel Arteta has been speaking in regards to the energy of music, and Ed Aarons has been listening to him do it:
Music could be very a lot a part of our tradition. We now have music in plenty of totally different locations, and I feel music has the capability to alter your temper, to alter your vitality to a sure place. And I feel it occurs in all of us. You play a tune and instantly you are feeling totally different, and we’ve sure songs that set off one thing in our crew as a result of they’ve some historical past as properly with us, and I’ll use it once we consider it’s the precise technique to do it. I’ve loads, relying on the day, that’s what I’m saying. It’s not about my vitality, and generally I play a tune many, many occasions. I don’t know, it’s a sense.
That’s one thing that we’ve performed for a few years now and it’s a part of coaching. We use music as one other aspect of our coaching classes to construct the vitality and alter sure functions that we would like within the coaching session, and I feel the gamers get pleasure from it. Relying on the day, generally sure gamers decide sure songs – the primary tune, the primary two songs, the final tune – it’s the identical as within the dressing room actually.
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The groups for the 8pm kick-offs have now been picked and publicised, and the line-ups are within the first publish on the backside of this web page.
The present Champions League league desk appears to be like like this:
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Welcome to the second and closing day of the seventh and penultimate week of Champions League league fixtures. If it appears to be like like Liverpool would be the Champions League league champions – none of right this moment’s groups are able to overtaking them – they received’t win something greater than prime seeding within the subsequent bit for doing so, and in the meantime there are treasured spots within the playoff-dodging prime eight to play for, and elimination-sidestepping locations within the prime 24 up for grabs, in order that’s thrilling.
[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 appear like this (8pm kick-off except said in any other case, start-of-day league positions in brackets):
Arsenal (5) v Dinamo Zagreb (25)
Arsenal have solely conceded two targets to date, although they’ve managed to transform these two setbacks right into a defeat and a (goalless, to be truthful) draw. Nonetheless, with a visit to Thirtieth-placed Girona subsequent week, they’ve a spot within the knockout levels inside their grasp. In addition they have Riccardo Calafiori and Ethan Nwaneri again from damage, which is a bonus.
Arsenal: Raya, Timber, Gabriel, Kiwior, Zinchenko, Odegaard, Jorginho, Rice, Sterling, Havertz, Martinelli. Subs: Neto, Setford, Tierney, Partey, Trossard, Merino, Calafiori, Butler-Oyedeji, Kabia, Kacurri, Nwaneri.
Dinamo Zagreb: Nevistic, Ristovski, Mmaee, Bernauer, Torrente, Pierre Gabriel, Rog, Ademi, Stojkovic, Kulenovic, Baturina. Subs: Zagorac, Filipovic, Kacavenda, Hoxha, Cordoba, Pjaca, Mbuku, Misic, Bakovic, Cutuk, Pavic, Spikic.
Referee: Daniel Siebert (Germany).
Celtic (23) v Younger Boys (36)
Younger Boys are backside of the desk, certainly one of three groups and not using a level to their names and with a objective distinction, after six video games, of -19. Celtic journey to Aston Villa subsequent week, and wish three factors right here. “We’ve performed ever so properly to date however we don’t wish to be the practically crew,” mentioned Callum McGregor.
Celtic: Schmeichel, Johnston, Carter-Vickers, Trusty, Taylor, Engels, McGregor, Hatate, Kuhn, Furuhashi, Maeda. Subs: Sinisalo, Bain, Scales, Palma, Idah, Valle, Yang, McCowan, Nawrocki, Bernardo, Ralston, Murray.
Younger Boys: Keller, Athekame, Camara, Benito, Hadjam, Males, Niasse, Lakomy, Monteiro, Ugrinic, Ganvoula. Subs: von Ballmoos, Marzino, Zoukrou, Pfeiffer, Itten, Imeri, Colley, Chaiwa, Elia, Virginius, Blum, Lauper.
Referee: Rohit Saggi (Norway).
Feyenoord (20) v Bayern Munich (12)
If you’d like assured targets this could be the one for you: Feyenoord have stored one clear sheet since October and none since November. Bayern have solely failed to attain twice in all competitions this season: as soon as after they began this one at Villa Park and once more towards Leverkusen in early December, seven video games and 24 targets in the past.
Feyenoord: Bijlow, Nieuwkoop, Trauner, Hancko, Smal, Stengs, Beelen, Milambo, Hadj Moussa, Gimenez, Igor Paixao. Subs: Wellenreuther, Ka, Ueda, Gonzalez, Bueno, Ivanusec, Carranza, Mitchell, Nadje, Osman.
Bayern Munich: Neuer, Laimer, Upamecano, Kim, Davies, Kimmich, Goretzka, Olise, Musiala, Coman, Kane. Subs: Ulreich, Schmitt, Gnabry, Sane, Dier, Guerreiro, Muller, Tel, Stanisic, Pavlovic, Aznou.
Referee: Francois Letexier (France).
Milan (15) v Girona (30)
Milan’s home kind is patchy, they usually misplaced 2-0 at Juventus on Saturday, however since shedding their first two Champions League video games they’ve sorted themselves out and now have their future in their very own palms. Girona have misplaced 5 of their six video games within the competitors, and their final is at dwelling to Arsenal subsequent Wednesday.
Milan: Maignan, Emerson Royal, Pavlovic, Gabbia, Hernandez, Fofana, Bennacer, Musah, Reijnders, Leao, Morata. Subs: Sportiello, Torriani, Calabria, Pulisic, Okafor, Zeroli, Bartesaghi, Terracciano, Camarda, Abraham.
Girona: Gazzaniga, Frances, David Lopez, Krejci, Blind, Herrera, Romeu, Tsygankov, van de Beek, Gil Salvatierra, Abel Ruiz. Subs: Pau Lopez, Arnau Martinez, Stuani, Asprilla, Danjuma, Juanpe, Solis, Martin, Portu, Clua, Artero.
Referee: Tobias Stieler (Germany).
Paris St-Germain (26) v Manchester Metropolis (24)
Metropolis are within the final of the play-off spots presently and nonetheless one level forward of PSG, so whoever loses this one, if certainly both facet does, will probably be in severe hazard of calamitous elimination. Metropolis finish their league marketing campaign subsequent Wednesday at dwelling to Membership Brugge, PSG away at Stuttgart. This sport has a liveblog all of its personal, so should you don’t wish to divide your consideration you could be higher off heading there.
PSG: Donnarumma, Hakimi, Marquinhos, Pacho, Nuno Mendes, Vitinha, Neves, Fabian, Lee, Doue, Barcola. Subs: Safonov, Tenas, Kimpembe, Goncalo Ramos, Dembele, Asensio, Hernandez, Mayulu, Zaire Emery, Lucas Beraldo, Zague, Tape.
Man Metropolis: Ederson, Matheus Luiz, Akanji, Dias, Gvardiol, Silva, Kovacic, Foden, De Bruyne, Savio, Haaland. Subs: Ortega, Carson, Stones, Grealish, Gundogan, Wright, Alleyne, O’Reilly, Lewis, McAtee.
Referee: Szymon Marciniak (Poland).
RB Leipzig (34) v Sporting (19) (5.45pm)
Leipzig are completely stinking out the Champions League, with not a degree to their names and group-stage elimination already assured, however they’re fifth within the Bundesliga and have scored in every of their final six video games in all competitions. Sporting have misplaced their final two European video games and have to get again on track.
Actual Madrid (22) v Crimson Bull Salzburg (33)
Salzburg haven’t performed a aggressive sport since 14 December – this can be a first aggressive fixture for his or her “new” head coach, Thomas Letsch, who was appointed on 18 December. This feels sub-optimal.
Actual Madrid: Courtois, Valverde, Asencio, Rudiger, Mendy, Ceballos, Modric, Rodrygo, Bellingham, Vinicius Junior, Mbappe. Subs: Lunin, Gonzalez, Alaba, Tchouameni, Guler, Endrick, Vallejo, Garcia, Diaz, Ramon, Andres.
Crimson Bull Salzburg: Blaswich, Dedic, Samson Baidoo, Clean, Terzic, Yeo, Capaldo, Bidstrup, Gloukh, Dorgeles, Daghim. Subs: Schlager, Hamzic, Bajcetic, Clark, Diambou, Kawamura, Ratkov, Gourna-Douath, Mellberg, Morgalla, Piatkowski.
Referee: Glenn Nyberg (Sweden).
Shakhtar Donetsk (28) v Brest (9) (5.45pm)
Brest are the shock package deal of the Champions League and of the six video games they’ve performed since beating PSV of their final continental outing they’ve received 5 of them. Shakhtar, recent from league defeat at Polessya Zhitomir, have to overturn the shape e-book.
Sparta Prague (29) v Internazionale (7)
Sparta have misplaced their final 4 Champions League video games and now discover themselves 4 factors off the play-offs with two video games to play, these being towards Inter and Bayer Leverkusen. In sport there’s all the time hope, however on this case there’s not a lot of it. Inter have solely conceded one objective within the competitors to date but it surely was sufficient to lose them their final sport at Leverkusen, although they’ve received seven and misplaced certainly one of 9 in all competitions since then.
Sparta Prague: Vindahl-Jensen, Vitik, Panak, Sorensen, Wiesner, Sadilek, Laci, Kairinen, Rynes, Olatunji, Birmancevic. Subs: Surovcik, Heerkens, Suchomel, Ross Jensen, Danek, Pesek, Haraslin, Krasniqi, Zeleny, Rus, Penxa.
Internazionale: Sommer, Pavard, de Vrij, Bastoni, Dumfries, Barella, Asllani, Mkhitaryan, Dimarco, Lautaro Martinez, Thuram. Subs: Josep Martinez, Calligaris, Zielinski, Arnautovic, Frattesi, Buchanan, Carlos Augusto, Darmian, Zanchetta, Taremi, Re Cecconi.
Referee: Alejandro Hernandez (Spain).
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