Club Brugge   

Last minute club Brugge managed to clinch a playoff place after losing their final group stage match against manchester city with a score of 1 – 3. Their group position benefitted from the mistakes committed by their competitors. During the group phase, pledgers collected 11 points during eight matches which gave them a goal difference of 8:11. In their last five matches, club Brugge has won one, lost two, and drawn two. Their singe win came from their most recent league match.

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Atalanta

While other teams had to struggle with the last group stage match against Barcelona, Atalanta was able to dominate the league phase. This team managed to earn 15 points over 8 matches but sadly due to their 9th position in the overall standings table, were unable to qualify further. They finished with an overall tie against the 24th ranked Brugge. The Bergamo club finished their phase only one point behind these teams. Similarly, Atalanta had a mixed form in their last five matches. They managed to win 2, lost one, and drawn 2. Atremibile smashed Hellas Verona 5 – 0 in their last encounter in Serie A.

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