Arsenal v Dinamo Zagreb, Actual Madrid v Salzburg, Celtic v Younger Boys and extra: Champions League – dwell | Champions League
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2025-01-22 18:57:00
Forward of tonight’s recreation Mikel Arteta has been speaking in regards to the energy of music, and Ed Aarons has been listening to him do it:
Music may be very a lot a part of our tradition. Now we have music in a whole lot of completely 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 track and instantly you’re feeling completely different, and we now have sure songs that set off one thing in our group as a result of they’ve some historical past as nicely with us, and I’ll use it once we consider it’s the appropriate solution to do it. I’ve loads, relying on the day, that’s what I’m saying. It’s not about my vitality, and typically I play a track many, many occasions. I don’t know, it’s a sense.
That’s one thing that we’ve completed for a few years now and it’s a part of coaching. We use music as one other component of our coaching periods to construct the vitality and alter sure functions that we wish within the coaching session, and I feel the gamers take pleasure in it. Relying on the day, typically sure gamers choose sure songs – the primary track, the primary two songs, the final track – 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:
Good day world, have some group information!
Welcome to the second and last 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 in the present day’s groups are able to overtaking them – they received’t win something greater than high seeding within the subsequent bit for doing so, and in the meantime there are treasured spots within the playoff-dodging high eight to play for, and elimination-sidestepping locations within the high 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 seem like this (8pm kick-off except acknowledged in any other case, start-of-day league positions in brackets):
Arsenal (5) v Dinamo Zagreb (25)
Arsenal have solely conceded two objectives up to now, 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. Additionally 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, one among three groups with out a level to their names and with a purpose distinction, after six video games, of -19. Celtic journey to Aston Villa subsequent week, and want three factors right here. “We’ve completed ever so nicely up to now however we don’t need to be the practically group,” stated 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 would like assured objectives this is perhaps 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 in opposition to Leverkusen in early December, seven video games and 24 objectives 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 type is patchy, they usually misplaced 2-0 at Juventus on Saturday, however since dropping their first two Champions League video games they’ve sorted themselves out and now have their future in their very own fingers. 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 likely 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 recreation has a liveblog all of its personal, so when you don’t need to divide your consideration you is perhaps 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 some extent 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 must get again on track.
Actual Madrid (22) v Pink Bull Salzburg (33)
Salzburg haven’t performed a aggressive recreation since 14 December – it is 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.
Pink 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 bundle 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, must 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 in opposition to Inter and Bayer Leverkusen. In sport there may be at all times hope, however on this case there’s not a lot of it. Inter have solely conceded one purpose within the competitors up to now however it was sufficient to lose them their final recreation at Leverkusen, although they’ve received seven and misplaced one among 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).
