There will be seven leagues represented in the knockout stages of the Champions League

After the controversy in the second half of the last day of the group stage this Wednesday, its round of 16 Champions League. There are 16 survivors left and it should be noted that half of them are English or German clubs. The premier league was made full of Manchester City, Chelsea, Tottenham and Liverpoolwho topped the group all but the ‘red’ team, and the Bundesliga did not replicate the English championship as a whole but will have four representatives in the round of 16. pass Bayern Munich, Borussia Dortmund, Leipzig and Eintracht, but Bayer Leverkusen did not. There are five Germans in this Champions League because those from Frankfurt qualified by winning the last Europa League.

For the rest, the next championship in this classification of the most present in the round of 16 is the Italian Serie A. The Naples came strong to lead group A Liverpool Meanwhile he Inter and their neighbors Milan They did their homework to access the qualifiers even if it was just seconds. The team of ‘Nerazzurri’ has not been easy when measured against Bayern and Barça, but they did it, and the ‘rossonero’ team did their homework even though they couldn’t beat the Chelsea. For its part, the negative note in an Italian key was placed by a Juventus that started as a favorite to qualify earlier in benfica and Maccabi Haifa (understanding that the first place is reserved for a PSG who didn’t make it either) and barely got the consolation prize of playing in the Europa League.

Behind the aforementioned leagues and as a surprise considering the circumstances, the Portuguese league is the fourth most represented championship in the knockout stages of the Champions League. The fact that there are three is not far-fetched, because Sporting de Portugal had options until the end, but Rúben Amorim’s men did not make it. Yes they both did the above benficaas the leader of the group leading the PSG and the JuventusAs the Portowhich has been strong ahead of teams like Atlético de Madrid and Bayer Leverkusen.

Finally, there are three leagues left to mention that will have a representative in the qualifying rounds of the highest continental competition. It is inevitable to highlight the collective failure in LaLiga, because only the real Madrid continues, while the other two are the French Ligue 1, with Paris Saint-Germain (how could it not?) and the Belgian, with witches built as the great revelation of the tournament so far.