Braga drew 1:1 with Union Berlin, for which substitute national team midfielder Alex Král played the final 12 minutes. Benfica Lisbon defender David Jurásek only watched the 3:3 draw with Inter Milan from the substitutes’ bench.
Before the last round of the group stage, 12 of the 16 participants in the round of 16 are certain. The remaining four will be decided in two weeks. Manchester City, Leipzig, Real Madrid, Bayern Munich, Inter Milan, San Sebastian, Atlético Madrid, Barcelona, Dortmund and Lazio Roma also made it to the playoffs.
After goals from Garnach and Fernandes, just like in the last round in Copenhagen (3:4), Manchester soon led by two goals. After half an hour, Ziyech reduced goalkeeper Onana’s hesitation from a free kick, but in the 55th minute, the Red Devils bounced back again thanks to McTominay.
In the 62nd minute, Ziyech surprised Onana again with an almost identical free kick, who knocked the cross into the net himself, and nine minutes later he equalized with a shot at the front post of Aktürkoglu.
In the second match, the certain winner of Group A Bayern lost a 100% record and played without goals against Copenhagen in Munich. United can thus reach promotion only in case of victory in the last round over Bayern and a draw in the duel Copenhagen – Galatasaray.
The Gunners rewrote history with five different goalscorers
Arsenal surprisingly lost the opening match in Lens, but did not give the French opponent a chance in the return. The Gunners scored four goals between the 13th and 27th minutes, successively scored by Havertz, Jesus, Saka and Martinelli. Skipper Ödegaard added a fifth before the break and Arsenal became the first club to score five different goals in the opening act of a Champions League game. In the 86th minute, Jorginho closed the scoring from the penalty spot.
In the last round, Lens will compete for third place for at least a place in the Europa League playoffs with Sevilla. The Andalusian club did not manage the end of the duel with PSV, in which, with an average of 32 years and 19 days, he entered in the oldest starting line-up in the history of the competition. In the 24th minute, stopper Ramos gave Sevilla the lead, whose strike after set-piece marked his 10,000th Champions League goal. He scored 16th in the competition and is the top scorer among defenders along with compatriot Piqué and Brazilian Roberto Carlos.
After the change of sides, En-Nesyri increased the score, but in the 66th minute, Ocampos allowed himself to be sent off and PSV turned the score around. Saibari’s reduction was followed by Gudelj’s own goal in the 81st minute, and Pepi completed the turn with a header.
In Group C, Real secured first place with a 4-2 triumph over Napoli. The 19-year-old Argentinian Paz decided the shootout in the 84th minute during his debut in the millionaire competition. In the last round, Napoli need a point from the home duel with Braga, which, despite an hour’s weakening after Niakaté’s red card, won at least a point against Union. In the 51st minute, Djaló responded to Gosens’ shot. The penultimate team in the German league did not win the 16th competitive game in a row during the debut of coach Bjelic.
Benfica took the first point in Group D, but after the first half it looked like a premiership victory. After Joao Mário’s hat-trick, the Lisbon team led 3:0 over Inter, but after the change of sides, they lost their lead and even finished the game weakened without the suspended Silva. Last year’s finalists got a point in the 72nd minute with an equalizer from the penalty spot by Sánchez. The second match of the San Sebastian – Salzburg group ended goalless.
2023-11-29 22:15:14
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