2023-10-25 11:20:21
One case is more special than another – we’ll get to it – but Benfica still sees a light at the end of the qualifying tunnel. Two, in this case. The task is quite complicated, as here we explainedbut eagles can latch onto examples of Newcastle (2002) e Atalanta (2019).
These two teams, like Benfica, did not have any points won at the end of the first round of the Champions League group stage. And both managed, impressively, to qualify for the next phase of the million-dollar competition, something that Benfica still believes in.
????Benfica will have to be inspired by ????????????????????????????Newcastle from 2002/03, the only team with 3 games, 3 defeats and no goals scored to progress to the next stage of a group stage in the ⭐️Champions League.
A red defeat in the next round says goodbye to the ⭐️Champions round of 16. pic.twitter.com/KxvWM8HxPW
— Playmaker (@playmaker_PT) October 24, 2023
Now, we talked about a case that was more special than another. It’s just that between Magpies e At Dea there is a case that is exactly the same as that of Benfica: in 2002/03, o Newcastle of Bobby Robson, in addition to not having any points won at the end of the first round, he also did not have any goals scored in the Champions League. A scenario that changed completely in the second round.
At that time, 2002/03, the Champions League still had two group stages. Newcastle were included in the Group E with Juventus, Dynamo Kyiv and Feyenoord and, after three defeats to open… they achieved three victories to close.
The last of which was actually achieved in the discountswith a goal from Craig Bellamy. They finished second, with nine points, behind Old ladyand with two points ahead of the Ukrainian opponent.
In the case of Atalanta It’s much more recent. Already in the modern era of the Champions League and even before the Covid-19 pandemic broke out, Atalanta, in its debut year in the million-dollar competition, became the group C inside out.
He lost the first three games, but turned it around, starting with a draw with City and then winning, Dinamo Zagreb e Shakhtar. Seven points gained in full in the second round and qualification achieved!
????Only two teams managed to qualify in the group stage after 3 defeats in 3 rounds in the ⭐️Champions League:
2002 ????????????????????????????Newcastle
2019 ????????Atalanta pic.twitter.com/OuyE3KdHy8— Playmaker (@playmaker_PT) October 24, 2023
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