In the most exciting group in the Champions League, all four teams had an opportunity to qualify for the knockout stage from the first placed Tottenham to the last placed Marseille. We saw five goals and score changes in both matches and in the end, Europa League winners Frankfurt totally turned over the score in Portugal, defeated Sporting (and threw them out of Europe completely) and finished first, but…Due to a big delay in the first half of the Marseille – Tottenham match, this game lasted much longer, and a powerful Hojbjerg’s volley in the 95th minute completely turned the situation in the group again. So, after 95 minutes of football, Tottenham finished first in the group, while Frankfurt were pushed back to the second place. Sporting overrun Marseille and they will end up in the Europa League, which means that Igor Tudor’s team finished the night as the complete losers.The atmosphere in Marseille welcoming the team bus to the Velodrome. 🔥💙🤍🎥 @Mars4foreverpic.twitter.com/331apPidzI— Football Tweet ⚽ (@Football__Tweet) November 1, 2022 The French giants tried everything: their fans woke up Spurs players twice during the night with fireworks outside the hotel, they had great chances in the first half, but in the end they can only blame themselves for the failure. And coach Tudor also showed that he is still not worth such a big role. In the biggest game of 2022, the young Croat failed to put Dimitry Payet on the field. For years the best Marseille player, a leader in the locker room and a wizard with the ball started and finished the game on the bench. And the French giants needed him, especially in the second half, when Spurs took the game from the home team.Tottenham played in the first half of this match, just like they did against Newcastle and Bournemouth – bad. The Spurs played a bit tactically since they needed only a draw in order to advance, but it was still too defensive. The home team had the a complete control of the match, and keeper Hugo Lloris, who made a mistake against Newcastle, now made two excellent saves in the first half to deny Marseille, but was helpless in injury time, when Chancel Mbemba scored after a great cross from Veretout. Spurs were also shaken with a Son injury, as the South Korean took a strong hit in the head and had to come out in the 29th minute.Spurs used the first chance in the match to equalize. Lenglet’s header in the 54th match leveled the score and this time, Marseille didn’t controlled the game as in the first half. In fact, Tottenham had excellent chance to take the lead by Hojbjerg smashed an effort off the woodwork, after with Ivan Perišić blocked almost a certain goal by Alexis Sanchez. The biggest chance of the whole night in the Champions League was wasted by former Arsenal man Sead Kolašinac, who managed to miss from 3 meters away in the 87th minute. The punishment came in the 95th minute from Hojbjerg.In the other match, Sporting failed to beat Frankfurt but thanks to Tottenham’s win managed to stay in Europe after all. It all started well for the home team, as they took the lead in the 39th minute, after a shot by Arthur Gomes, but the guests got the penalty which was successfully converted by Daichi Kamada in the 61st minute before completely turning the game over with a winning goal 11 minutes later. Kolo Muani bursted through on the right and powered a finish past Adan to put the Bundesliga side ahead and into the second place.CHAMPIONS LEAGUEGroup stage – Round 6TuesdayLeverkusen – Club Brugge 0-0Porto – Atletico 2-1 (2-0)/Taremi 5, Eustaqio 24 – Marcano 90+5/Bayern – Inter 2-0 (1-0)/Pavard 32, Choupo-Moting 72//Liverpool – Napoli 2-0 (0-0)/Salah 85, Nunez 90+8/Olympique de Marseille – Tottenham 1-2 (1-0)/Mbemba 45+2 – Lenglet 54, Hojbjerg 90+5/Plzen – Barcelona 2-4 (0-2)/Chory 50 pen, 63 – Alonso 6, Torres 45, 54, Torre 75/Rangers – Ajax 1-3 (0-2)/Tavernier 86 pen – Berghuis 4, Kudus 29, 56, Conceicao 89/Sporting CP – Eintracht Frankfurt 1-2 (1-0)/Gomes 39 – Kamada 62 pen, Kolo Muani 72/Wednesday20:45: (1.27) Real Madrid (7.00) Celtic (10.5)20:45: (5.50) Shakhtar (3.90) RB Leipzig (1.73)23:00: (1.58) Milan (4.30) Salzburg (6.75)23:00: (1.38) Chelsea (5.50) Dinamo Zagreb (9.50)23:00: (4.90) Copenhagen (3.60) Dortmund (1.79)23:00: (1.28) Man.City (7.00) Sevilla (12.0)23:00: (5.10) Juventus (3.70) PSG (1.73)23:00: (5.20) Maccabi Haifa (3.80) Benfica (1.79)***odds are subject to change**
