This week's UEFA Champions League group stage games see Xavi Hernandez's Barcelona host German Bundesliga defending champions Bayern Munich at the Spotify Camp Nou Stadium. While Graham Potter's Chelsea travels to the Bull Arena to play RB Salzburg.This season, Napoli, Club Brugge, Real Madrid, Bayern Munich, and Manchester City have all qualified for the UEFA Champions League knockout stages. Barcelona, AC Milan, Juventus, and Sevilla, among other teams, are in a must-win situation as they prepare to face their opponents in the Champions League on Matchday 5.
Barcelona will be eliminated from the Champions League if they lose or draw against Bayern Munich. Here are the essentials to know ahead of Tuesday and Wednesday night football.
List of top scorers in the UEFA Champions League.
Former Bayern Munich striker Robert Lewandowski scored twice for Barcelona in their last game against Inter Milan, moving him to the same number of goals (5) as Manchester City's Erling Haaland and Liverpool's Mohamed Salah, who scored a hat-trick against Rangers in their previous match.
UEFA Champions League assistance leads the list ahead of Matchday 5 fixtures;
Diogo Jota of Liverpool was back in action after coming off the bench in Liverpool's previous game against Inter Milan. The youngster assisted Mohamed Salah three times, matching Manchester City's Joao Cancelo's total.
UEFA Champions League saves most made ahead of Tuesday and Wednesday's UCL games
Anatoliy Trubin, goalkeeper for Shakhtar Donetsk, was instrumental in the German Bundesliga club's previous game against Real Madrid, the current European champions. He was a huge problem for Carlo Ancelotti's side until Antonio Rudiger's late goal secured the Spanish club's place in the knockout stage. So far in the UEFA Champions League, he has the most saves (23) ahead of the other goalkeepers.
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Real Madrid: Because of Benzema’s triumph – Real have to pay millions to Lyon – FOOTBALL
Karim Benzema (34) of Real Madrid was named World Footballer of the Year at the Ballon d'Or gala last Monday. The Spaniards must now pay for their victory.
Why is this so?
According to the English "Sun," the Spanish top club must pay more than a million euros to Benzema's former club Olympique Lyon - 13 years after the Frenchman's departure!
The Ballon d'Or winners joined Los Blancos from Ligue 1 club in the summer of 2009 for a club-record fee of 35 million euros.
In 148 competitive games for Lyon, Benzema has scored 66 goals and provided 27 assists.Lyon were already banking on Benzema having a successful career when they sold him to Real, according to the report. The transfer fee could have risen to 41 million euros with bonus payments. One of these payments is now on its way. Real must transfer more than one million euros to Lyon in order for Benzema to achieve world footballer success! Last season, Benzema (329 goals and 160 assists in 616 games for Real Madrid) scored 44 goals in 46 games and was instrumental in Real Madrid winning the Champions League. Furthermore, the Spanish championship, the local championship, and the European Super Cup have all been won together.
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