At first glance, Porto were not in the most simple group together with Manchester City, Olympiacos and Marseille. There was no doubt about the owner of the first place in the playoffs. “Manchester City” is a head stronger than each of the representatives of the group, which in the end was confirmed by the British, having won it. Porto had to fight with two experienced European Cup fighters, but the fight, as such, did not work out. Marseille frankly failed, Olympiacos did not offer serious resistance. As a result, Sergio Conceisao’s team made it to the playoffs from the second line with 13 points, being ahead of Olympiacos by 10 points. After the end of the Champions League group stage, Porto focused on the domestic league, but all attempts to knock Sporting off the podium were unsuccessful. So far, the “dragons” are second in the Portuguese championship table, but they are already 10 points behind the “lions”, which will be very difficult to win back.
Atletico came out on top and managed not only to keep the position at a long distance, but also to break away from two pursuers. After the 21st round, the Indians have 17 wins and three draws, which brought 54 points and five points of lead from Real, with two games in hand. In the last five rounds the “red-whites” drew once with Celta (2:2) and won four matches against Eibar (2:1), Valencia (3:1), Cadiz ( 4:2) and “Granada” (2:1), for which we made a prediction. It is impossible not to note the best indicator of the team in the league in terms of conceded goals. The performance of the capital’s team in the Spanish Cup ended in failure, where the leader was eliminated in the first stage, losing to the modest Cornellier (0:1). The mattress team performed much better in the group stage of the Champions League, where they took second place, losing only to Bayern. Very soon Diego Simeone’s charges will play against Chelsea. On disqualification is Trippier. In isolation with the coronavirus are Dembele, Lemar, Herrera and Joao Felix.
