Paris Saint-Germain’s quest for a primary Champions League title acquired probably harder as a result of it’s now unseeded in the spherical of 16 draw Monday regardless of successful 2-1 at Juventus
Paris Saint-Germain’s quest for a primary Champions League title acquired probably harder as a result of it’s now unseeded in the spherical of 16 draw Monday regardless of successful 2-1 at Juventus
It took 9 years for seven-time European champion AC Milan to lastly win its method again into the Champions League knockout rounds with a 4-Zero victory over Salzburg.
Paris Saint-Germain’s quest for a primary European title acquired probably harder as a result of it’s now unseeded in the spherical of 16 draw Monday regardless of successful 2-1 at Juventus.
A stoppage-time objective for Benfica in a 6-1 win at Maccabi Haifa knocked the French champion off the highest spot in Group H on an obscure seventh-tier tiebreaker rule — total targets scored away from residence.
PSG and its celebrity strike pressure of Lionel Messi, Kylian Mbappé and Neymar can now land in a blockbuster pairing with a gaggle winner like defending champion Real Madrid, Bayern Munich or Manchester City.
“It’s a problem for them, too. We’re not worried,” stated PSG goalkeeper Gianluigi Donnarumma, who acknowledged being unaware of the state of affairs till after the sport.
Milan will probably care much less about being unseeded as a gaggle runner-up. A clean win over Salzburg ensured ending above the Austrians and advancing from Group E with Chelsea, which beat Dinamo Zagreb 2-1.
Veteran ahead Olivier Giroud scored a objective in every half to raise Milan into the spherical of 16 for the primary time because the 2013-14 season. The nine-year hole included some Europa League campaigns, failures to qualify in any respect, and a one-season ban for breaking UEFA monetary guidelines.
Leipzig additionally superior to the knockout stage by beating Shakhtar Donetsk 4-Zero and ending the Ukrainian membership’s inconceivable run in its adopted residence stadium in Poland throughout the Russian invasion.
Leipzig completed second in Group F behind Real Madrid — which routed last-place Celtic 5-1 — regardless of beginning in September with two losses towards Shakhtar and the Spanish defending champion.
Shakhtar’s European marketing campaign will proceed in February with a spot in the Europa League playoffs given to third-place groups in Champions League teams.
Juventus additionally goes to the Europa League regardless of incomes simply three factors in complete, the identical as Maccabi Haifa, as a result of it held the tiebreaker over the Israeli membership.
Manchester City trailed at halftime earlier than rallying to beat Sevilla 3-1 and Borussia Dortmund drew 1-1 at Copenhagen in Group G the place all the ultimate standings have been resolved last week.
PSG’s Kylian Mbappe, proper, fights for the ball with Juventus’ Adrien Rabiot throughout the Champions League group H soccer match between Juventus and Paris Saint Germain on the Allianz stadium in Turin, Italy
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Benfica pips PSG on tight tiebreaker
PSG went unbeaten with a 14-point tally that was greater than 4 different group winners however not sufficient to high traditionally tight Group H.
Benfica and PSG every gained 4 video games, every drew 1-1 internet hosting the opposite, every scored 16 targets, and every had a objective distinction of plus-9.
The high spot was selected the seventh degree of tiebreaker — who scored probably the most targets in three video games away from residence. PSG had six, Benfica acquired 9 together with Joao Mario’s on Wednesday in the second minute of stoppage time.
Mbappe’s document
When Kylian Mbappé opened the scoring for PSG at Juventus it was his 40th profession objective in document velocity in the Champions League — six for Monaco as an 18-year-old in 2017, and 34 for PSG.
At 23 years, 317 days Mbappé is the youngest participant to achieve the 40-goal mark, nearly six months youthful than Lionel Messi was and practically 4 years forward of Cristiano Ronaldo’s tempo. Still, Ronaldo’s sustained brilliance in his 30s has taken him to a Champions League document 140 profession targets.
Chilwell damage scare for England
England might need misplaced one other full again to damage forward of the World Cup after Ben Chilwell damage his hamstring enjoying for Chelsea.
Chilwell, who was probably combating for the left-back spot with Luke Shaw, coated his face together with his arms as he lay on the bottom after pulling up close to the tip of Chelsea’s 2-1 win over Dinamo Zagreb at Stamford Bridge.
A couple of minutes later, as he was being helped off the sector by two individuals, Chilwell appeared to say “it popped” to Chelsea and England teammate Mason Mount, who threw his head again in dismay.
Raheem Sterling and Denis Zakaria scored for Chelsea to take the English facet high of Group E.
Round of 16 draw
The pairings might be drawn Monday (November 7) at UEFA headquarters in Switzerland greater than three months earlier than the first-leg video games begin February 14.
Group winners are seeded and can host the second legs performed from March 7-15. No one could be drawn towards one other crew from their residence nation or a crew they already performed in their group.
Seeded groups: Napoli, Porto, Bayern Munich, Tottenham, Chelsea, Real Madrid, Manchester City, Benfica.
Unseeded groups: Liverpool, Club Brugge, Inter Milan, Eintracht Frankfurt, AC Milan, Leipzig, Borussia Dortmund, Paris Saint-Germain.
Europa League playoffs
The eight third-place groups in Champions League teams go right into a separate draw Monday for the Europa League knockout playoffs.
They are: Ajax, Bayer Leverkusen, Barcelona, Sporting Lisbon, Salzburg, Shakhtar Donetsk, Sevilla, Juventus.
Those groups might be unseeded and enjoying the primary leg at residence on Feb. 16 towards runners-up in Europa League teams that end Thursday. Return video games are on Feb. 23.
Qatar World Cup protest
For the second straight Copenhagen residence sport in the Champions League, a protester ran on to the pitch carrying a T-shirt with the slogan “Boycott Qatar.”
Denmark, which is able to go to Qatar this month in World Cup group with defending champion France, has been a spotlight for highlighting the host nation’s therapy of migrant staff constructing tasks important for the event. The nationwide crew is taking a black package choice to Qatar as an emblem of “mourning” for development staff who died.
