Here come the last three verdicts of the third round of the Youth League set for today. Painless defeat for Borussia Dortmund against Barcelona Under 19, given that both had already started as qualifiers before the direct match. Fate was foretold instead for Feyenoord and Sparta Prague, too distant in the top 22 positions to proceed to the next round, even if the Dutch beat the Czechs with three goals. As for Stuttgart, however, they are confirmed as the fourth best in the ranking, above the babies blaugrana by one point, while BVB save themselves to the limit of what is allowed (8 points).
All results
Wednesday 11 December
Benfica – Bologna 3-0
Lille – Sturm Graz 1-1
Arsenal – Monaco 2-0
Atletico Madrid – Sl. Bratislava 5-0
Juventus – Manchester City 1-1
Milan – Red Star 1-3
Feyenoord – Sparta Prague 3-0
Stuttgart – Young Boys 2-1
Borussia Dortmund – Barcelona 2-3
Tuesday 10 December
Shakhtar – Bayern 0-2
Girona – Liverpool 2-2
Dyn. Zagreb – Celtic 2-1
Brest – PSV 1-3
Bayer Leverkusen – Inter 0-1
Bruges – Sporting 0-1
Salzburg – PSG 3-2
Leipzig – Aston Villa 3-4
Atalanta – Real Madrid 0-4
The updated ranking
Inter 18 (qualified for the round of 32)
Sporting 16 (qualified)
Salzburg 16 (qualified)
Stuttgart 13 (qualified)
Barcelona 12* (qualified)
Real Madrid 12 (qualified)
Atalanta 12 (qualified)
Atlético Madrid 11 (qualified)
Benfica 11 (qualified)
Juventus 11 (qualified)
Manchester City 10 (qualified)
Girona 10 (qualified)
Bayern 10 (qualified)
Shakhtar 10 (qualified)
Aston Villa 9 (qualified)
Sturm Graz 9 (qualified)
Celtic 9 (qualified)
Borussia Dortmund 8 (qualified)
Liverpool 8 (qualified)
Lille 8 (qualified)
Dinamo Zagreb 8 (qualified)
Monaco 8 (qualified)
PSG 7
Bayer Leverkusen 7
Arsenal 6
PSV 6
Red Star 5
Milan 5
Feyenoord 4
Young Boys 3
Bruges 3
Leipzig 3
Bologna 2
Brest 2
Slovan Bratislava 2
Sparta Prague 1
Today the playoffs will also be played between the teams that have faced the so-called “National champions path”. There is also Sassuolo, who will face Betis trying to overcome the 3-1 they suffered in the first leg. The ten qualified teams will make up the round of 32 table together with the 22 promoted from the “Champions League Path”. The teams classified from first to sixth place in the “Champions League Path” will play against those classified from 17th to 22nd place; the teams ranked from 7th to 16th will instead face the ten winning teams from the “National Champions Path” playoffs.
Tuesday 11 December
Manchester United – AZ 0-0 (first leg 1-2)
Wednesday 12 December
Olympiacos – Trencin 4-1 (and. 1-1)
Trabzonspor – Sarajevo 6-1 (award 2-2)
Zagreb – Farul Constanta 4-1 (agg. 2-0)
2. Korriku – Dynamo Kiev 1-4 (going 0-5)
Rapid Vienna – Basel (agg. 2-1)
Midtjylland – Legia (ago 2-0)
Sassuolo – Betis (and. 1-3)
Hoffenheim – Auxerre (agg. 2-1)