Champions League Match Day 3

Fans of football (soccer) are excited because another round of europeans games are on us. Although Mourinho yesterday said that during this point that is Match day 3 and 4, there is no need for the calculator to know whether you'll qualify or not, that panic start setting in during match day 5 yet there are teams who will settle their qualification for the second round in the next fortnight. A case in point are the teams in the group of death, group F comprising of Arsenal, Dortmund, Napoli and Marseilles.

Arsenal currently are top of the group with 6 points after winning their two matches. They will be squaring up with Dortmund during the fortnight, first at home and then away. For Arsenal to be on the driving seat in this group, they need a maximum of 4 points and a minimum of 3 points. With that no matter the outcome of Napoli Marseilles clash, Arsenal will have been safe because  even if Napoli wins the two legs encounter, they will be on 9 points and if Marseilles wins the two legs encounter, they will be on 6 points, both teams will be below Arsenal if they can get 4 points from their games with Dortmund. But this is going to be a tricky game for Arsenal in the sense that Dortmund will be giving everything they've got into this encounter because if they come out with anything less than 4 points from the two games, they should just kiss their Champions League campaign goodbye and that will only be if they win their last two gamess of Match Day 5 and 6 otherwise they need the whole 6 points. Klopp, Dortmund manager knows this, that's why he said his team can win at the Emirates. The goood thing for Arsenal though is that they are in top form and can win the best side out there but we know that tide changes in football.
Expect this encoounters to be a cracker.

Napoli will aim for maximum points between Marseilles because anything other than that and they will be playing Europa on Thursdays, having in mind that their last two games will be against the other top sides in the group. Marseilles on the other hand will want to prove that they are not the whooping baby of the group and will give their all to pull a surprise, I wouldn't bet against them having a point in the two encounters.

That being said, the truth is one of Arsenal, Dortmund and Napoli will be playing in the Europa after the group stages of  the Champions League. Who that will be will be known in a fortnight.

Another encounter to look forward to is that of AC Milan and Barcelona, there will be so much to play for prestige being one of them. AC Milan will also want to cement their grip on 2nd  place.

Match Day 3 (Tuesday) fixtures are as follows
Schalke v  Chelsea
Steau Bucharest v Basel

Arsenal v Dortmund
Marseilles v Napoli

Austria Wein v Atletico Madrid
FC Porto v Zenith 

AC Milan v Barcelona
Celtic v Ajax