Champions League - the group stage verdicts

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With the conclusion of this week’s series of matches, the Champions League Group Stage has come to an end, providing the names of fifteen of the sixteen teams that are going to compete for the victory in the final phase of the tournament.

The illustrious absent among the “magnificent sixteen” is Barcelona, which was easily defeated by Bayern Monaco with an unquestionable 3-0, forcing the Blaugrana, for the first time in 17 years, to be retroceded in Europe League.

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The loose cannons of this year will be Salzburg and LOSC Lille, while the only remaining spot, contended by Villareal and Atalanta, will only be assigned tonight, as the match scheduled for yesterday was postponed because of the thick snow that made the Gewiss Stadium impracticable.