Champions League groups will want no less than 11 factors to qualify for the playoff and 16 to get direct entry to the Spherical of 16, based mostly on performances within the 2024-25 season, the primary one with a brand new format for Europe’s elite competitors.
Juventus, Napoli, Inter and Atalanta hope to advance to the subsequent Champions League section in 2025-26, however presently solely Cristian Chivu’s facet has a real likelihood to get a direct place within the Spherical of 16.
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Juve and Napoli, actually, have collected three and 4 factors within the opening 4 matches, which suggests they’ll want a drastic turnaround within the second half of the league section to qualify for the playoffs.
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It’s, actually, virtually unattainable for both facet to complete within the prime eight, on condition that the Eighth-placed crew in 2024-25 earned 16 factors.
Juventus are nonetheless resulting from meet Bodo/Glimt, Pafos, Benfica and Monaco, whereas Napoli shall be up in opposition to Qarabag, Copenhagen, Benfica and
Juventus are nonetheless with out victories within the Champions League this time period, however followers at nonetheless imagine the Outdated Girl can qualify for the subsequent section in Europe’s elite competitors.
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New Bianconeri boss Spalletti absolutely feels the identical: “What provides me confidence is that now we have proficient gamers with high quality who could make the distinction when taking males on,” the Italian tactician mentioned after a 1-1 draw in opposition to Sporting CP.
“Dusan [Vlahovic] labored so arduous all through too. We have to enhance the pace of our passing, to flow into the ball and make the opponents transfer round.
TURIN, ITALY – NOVEMBER 04: Luciano Spalletti, Head Coach of Juventus smiles previous to the UEFA Champions League 2025/26 League Part MD4 match between Juventus and Sporting Clube de Portugal at Juventus Stadium on November 04, 2025 in Turin, Italy. (Picture by Stefano Guidi/Getty Photos)
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“I nonetheless imagine it is a sturdy crew. I’m satisfied that if we proceed with this spirit, we’ll win many video games.”
Napoli boss Conte, however, has insisted that a lot of his gamers are nonetheless not accustomed to enjoying two video games per week as, within the earlier marketing campaign, they weren’t concerned in any European competitors and managed to win the Serie A title by enjoying simply as soon as per week.
“We should all perceive that it’s harder for the footballers, for the medical doctors and for me to arrange for one sport each three days,” Conte mentioned after the newest draw in opposition to Frankfurt.
“There are accidents and issues that we face in one of the simplest ways. It’s not honest to say those that are absent. I believe the lads are nonetheless doing very properly.
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“The boys have absorbed the , we’re struggling on numerical phrases as a result of at this time we didn’t have many choices in midfield. We needed to discover a resolution with Elmas. We now have to face a brand new state of affairs this season, not simply on the pitch, however particularly off the sphere. The footballers don’t prepare the identical approach, so we should handle them in one of the simplest ways, below each facet.”