The Champions League is gaining momentum. Behind us all clashes of the 1/16 final – On Wednesday, the first promotion was sealed by Borussia Dortmund, who won 3-0 with Sporting 3: 0. Later, the last three meetings began.
1/16 Final of the Champions League is over! The giants secured their promotion
Manchester City took Real Madrid in the absolute hit of the evening. The Spanish champions, who had an advance payment of 3: 2 from the first meeting, won for the second time, this time 3: 1. Kylian Mbappe, the author of Hat-Trick, turned out to be the hero.
The former MBAPPE club, Paris Saint-Germain, did not have any problems with sealing the promotion. After last week's 3: 0 victory over the Stade Brestois 29 in the rematch Parisians broke their rivals on the goals of Bradley Barcoli (20th minute), a moment of quarrel (39. min.), Vitinhi (59 '), Desire Doue (64'), nuno menda (nuno mendes ( 69 '), Goncalo Ramosa (76') and Senny Mayulu (86 '). The result of the two -legged one is 10: 0 for the French masters, which he says for itself. After all, much more modest Brest can be proud of what he did for the glory of French football in this edition of LM. Until the last round of the main phase it was in the game for the top eight, it was a long time the best French team in the competition.
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Many emotions could expect after the second clash of PSV with Juventus (in Turin the hosts who took a lower place in the league phase, they won 2: 1). In Eindhoven, there was a goalless draw until the break, but you couldn't complain about boredom. Ivan Perisić began shooting in the 53rd minute, giving the Dutch. You wanted to follow the blow, but 10 minutes later Timothy Weah hit a powerful from behind the penalty area. VAR had to verify if the goal was scored correctly, because the judges from the field suggested a burned position of one of the players of “Old Lady”. Ultimately, Juventus could enjoy the equalization.
Just over a quarter of an hour before the end, Perisić again made himself felt, who after the action played the right side in the penalty area. Luuk de Jong failed to shoot, but he managed to do it to Ismael Saibari, who stuck the ball with a shot just before the goal line. The situation was checked again, but VAR did not find irregularities.
The 2: 1 result for PSV in the regular time of the game meant that we had the first extra time in this edition. In it, the Dutch attacked all the time, they were a prevailing party, until they managed to drive a third goal in the 98th minute. After the ball shot by Johan Bakayoko, there was a confusion at the Turin goal. Guest defenders got lost, and Michele di Gregorio bounced the ball like panicked. Ryan Flamingo stuck the ball up close to the net. Juventus was looking for an answer, but he did not take any of the few opportunities in the second part of extra time. PSV could also score more goals, but it won 3: 1 and was the last to get promoted to the 1/8 finals. The Italians lost three teams in two days, on Tuesday Atalanta Bergamo and AC Milan fell off. But two Dutch clubs at this stage are a surprise.
The results of Wednesday matches of the Champions League play-off phase:
- Borussia Dortmund – Sporting 0: 0 (3: 0 two – Borussia promotion)
- Real Madrid – Manchester City 3: 1 (6: 3 two – Real Promotion)
- Paris Saint -Germain – Stade Brestois 29 7: 0 (10: 0 two -legged result – PSG promotion)
- PSV Eindhoven – Juventus 3: 1 after DOGR. (4: 3 two – PSV promotion)
It is already known that in the 1/8 finals there will be several hits. PSG clashes with Liverpool or Barcelona, Real or Bayern Munich with Atletico Madrid or Bayer Leverkusen are possible. Polish clashes – Feyenoord of Jakub Modera can hit the Arsenal of Jakub Kiwiora or Inter Milan by Piotr Zieliński and Nicola Zalewski. In turn, Club Brugge Michał Skóasia has a chance to find Aston Villa Matty Cash.
Pairs 1/8 of the Champions League final:
- PSG/Benfica – Liverpool/FC Barcelona
- PSV/Feyenoord – Arsenal/Inter
- Real/Bayern – Atletico/Bayer
- Borussia Dortmund/Club Brugge – Lille/Aston Villa
The draw of pairs 1/8 of the Champions League final will take place on Friday, February 21. The first matches of this phase will take place on March 4 and 5, while the rematch on March 11 and 12.