US EditionFlick says Barcelona must be at 'best level' to finish in top 8 of Champions League
Barcelona needs a high-scoring win against Copenhagen to finish in the top eight and avoid the playoff round, with goal difference likely deciding tied teams.
- On Wednesday, FC Barcelona must win by several goals against FC Copenhagen to secure an automatic top-eight Champions League spot, sitting ninth with equal points to seven other teams.
- Because goal difference may decide ties, the top eight automatically qualify to the round of 16 while teams from ninth to 24th must play an extra playoff round.
- Focusing on personnel, Ferran Torres is expected available while Pedri remains out and Frenkie de Jong is suspended, as FC Copenhagen arrive unbeaten with Jordan Larsson their top scorer.
- A decisive win would send Barcelona directly into the round of 16, while Copenhagen could reach a historic European Cup milestone on Wednesday.
- The clubs are linked as Jordan Larsson faces the club his father Henrik Larsson won the 2006 Champions League with, while Barcelona signed Roony Bardghji from Copenhagen last year.
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Crucial match for FC Barcelona in the eighth and final day of the league phase of the Champions League 2025/2026. From 21:00 hours, Hansi Flick's team receive at Camp Nou to Copenhagen, a team that they must target in order to maximize their options to advance to the eighth of the end of the continental competition.
Barcelona faces the meeting against Copenhagen with real options of getting into the top 8 and being able to save the play off. Culés basically have to win and score, to avoid surprises with the goal average with the teams that are below but with the same points, taking into account the direct duel between PSG and Newcastle. Hansi Flick’s painting was set as a goal, after the defeat against Chelsea, to win in the next three encounters and, for t…
Winning and scoring as many goals as possible will be the goal of Barcelona this Wednesday against Copenhagen at Camp Nou (21:00 hours) on the occasion of the final day of the Champions League League League Phase. Hansi Flick’s team, without Pedri and De Jong in the middle of the field, is one step away from the eighth of the finish. Its goal is to reach the Top-8 and it can be worth adding all three points to a lower rival.
Needed a victory and several goals to ensure a direct place among the top eight of the Champions League, technical Hansi Flick knows that Barcelona will have to be on “our best level” against Copenhagen on Wednesday.
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