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Germany’s Paris Saint-Germain, Benfica, Chelsea and Borussia Dortmund qualified for the round of 16 of the Champions League, while Milan kept hopes of qualifying during the subsequent finals and said goodbye to Juventus.
Clubs from Paris Saint-Germain, Benfica, Chelsea and Borussia Dortmund have booked for the Champions League finals before the round at the end of the group stage in a highly anticipated scenario, while Italian Juventus have been the most important victim since having lost Tuesday in Lisbon.
The two cards of the eighth round of Saint-Germain and Benfica were decided after a landslide victory for the first against Israel host Maccabi Haifa for 7-2 and exciting for the second against Juventus 4-3 after the advantage of 4-1.
After two consecutive draws with Benfica with the score of 1-1, Saint-Germain decided their qualification by beating their host Maccabi Haifa thanks to his three stars, the Argentine Lionel Messi (19 and 45), Kylian Mbappe ( 32 and 64), Brazilian Neymar (35) and Shawn Goldberg (67 fouls on the pitch) and Spanish substitute Carlos Soler (84), against two goals from Senegalese Abdoulaye Seik (38 and 51).
and stayed sg Leading with 11 points and a goal difference scored against Benfica following the two direct between them, thus securing the ticket for the final price in front of his host in Turin in the final phase that brings Benfica with Maccabi, guest will fight against Juventus for the transfer card to the “Europa League”.
And in Lisbon, it renews Benfica His superiority over Juventus, who lost the first leg in his stronghold 1-2, and then fell back to Portugal 3-4 in a match that ended his first half with three goals from Antonio Silva (17) and Joao Mario on a penalty kick (28) and Rafa Silva (35), against a goal The Serbian Dusan Vlahovic was initially canceled before being counted after using the video assistant referee (21).
It is the first time that Juventus have conceded three goals in the first half of a Champions League match, then things get complicated by receiving the fourth goal at the beginning of the second half with the second goal from Rafa Silva (51), in front of the Polish substitute Arkadiusz Milik reduced the damage in the 77th minute, then the American Weston McKinney (79).
Chelsea qualified, Milan ahead
In the fifth group, he returned Chelsea From Austria, he qualified with a 2-1 win over Salzburg, while the fate of Italian Milan rests in his hands after beating Dinamo Zagreb 4-0.
The London club also secured first place in the group thanks to the 4-0 defeat of Dinamo Zagreb to Matteo Gabbia (39), Portuguese Rafael Leao (50), Frenchman Olivier Giroud (59 from a penalty) and Robert Ljubicic ( 69 goals against his team), which put the Serie A champions in second place by difference, one point against Salzburg before hosting the latter in the final stage.
Dortmund join City
In Group E, Borussia Dortmund joined Manchester City after drawing negatively in a result that allowed the latter to take the lead, while Sevilla, the Spaniard, moved on to complete their continental campaign in ” Europa League “after his big 3-0 victory over Denmark’s Copenhagen.
The first match between the two teams ended with City winning 2-1 in a match in which Norwegian Erling Halland scored the winning goal in the 84th minute.
Real’s first defeat
In the sixth round, the German Leipzig dropped his host real Madrid The reigning Spanish champion 3-2, raising his hopes of reaching the quarter-finals.
Leipzig raised their score to 9 points, one point ahead of the Royal Club, who secured the previous round, and three points ahead of Ukraine’s Shakhtar Donetsk, who drew 1-1 with Scottish host Celtic ( two points).
Leipzig will be enough for the draw in the last round against Shakhtar to qualify, knowing that in the event of a defeat and equal points, the ticket will be transferred to the Ukrainian team thanks to the two direct comparisons after Shakhtar won 4-1 in Germany in the first round.
France 24 / AFP
