ROMA – Heavy defeat of the Real Madrid in the fifth round of the group stage of Champions League. Zinedine Zidane’s blancos lose 2-0 at Shakhtar and remain at 7 points in group B (that of Inter Milan), hooked by the team from Donetsk. The qualification for the round of 16 will be decided in the last round. To decide the match played in Kiev, the goal scored by Dentinho in the 57th minute of play that unlocked the result and then the definitive 2-0 signed by Solomon in the final part of the match. In the group of Atalanta, group D, home success of Liverpool against theAjax. The Reds win 1-0 at Anfield thanks to Jones’ decisive goal in the second half and are mathematically in the round of 16 of the Champions League. Klopp locks the first place in the group, with 12 points, while Ajax and Atalanta will play the qualification in the last round of the group stage.
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Shakhtar-Real Madrid: curiosities and statistics
Liverpool-Ajax: curiosities and statistics
Group A, 1-1 between Atletico and Bayern
L’Atletico Madrid draw 1-1 at home to Bavaria Monaco and loses the opportunity to qualify for the Champions League knockout round with one round to spare. The colchoneros go to 6 points and do not secure the second place against the Bavarians, already qualified as first after the 4 victories in the first 4 races. At the Wanda Metropolitano, Joao Felix opened the scoring for the hosts but, then, Muller made it 1-1 on a penalty kick in the final match. The Salzburg, instead, he finds his first victory in group A by winning 3-1 on the field of Lokomotiv Mosca and climbing to 4 points in the group ranking. After three consecutive defeats in the Champions League, the Austrian team achieved their first success: Mergim Berisha scores a brace in the first half, Miranchuk shortens on a penalty kick for the hosts and then Adeyemi closes the game with Salzburg’s third goal. Salzburg and Atletico Madrid will play the next round in the next and final match of the group stage.
Atletico Madrid-Bayern: curiosities and statistics
Champions League: results, calendar and standings
Group C, Porto equalized with City and qualified
Al Porto the 0-0 home match with the Manchester City to qualify for the round of 16. In Portugal, it is Guardiola’s team that make the game and have many scoring chances, both in the first half and in the second half, but the result was stuck at 0-0 until the final whistle. City, already sure of qualification, remain unbeaten in the Champions League while the Portuguese consolidate their second position in Group C and fly to the knockout phase. In the other match of the group, 2-1 in France between Marseille e Olympiakos: opens Camara for the guests in the first half, overturns Payet’s result with a two-goal penalty in the second half.
Porto-Manchester City: curiosities and statistics
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