9 October, Kathmandu. English club Chelsea, French club Paris Saint-Germain (PSG), German club Borussia Dortmund and Portuguese club Benfica have entered the knockout stages of the European Champions League. Italian club Juventus, running in poor rhythm, have been knocked out of the group stage.
Chelsea group winners
Chelsea emerged group winners and advanced to the last 16 after beating Salzburg 2-1 in Group G on Monday night. Matteo Kovacic and Kai Havartz scored for Chelsea. Salzerwag’s Adamu scored a goal.
After the win, Chelsea became the group winners with 10 points from 5 matches. Salzburg is in third place with 6 points. Similarly, AC Milan beat Dinamo Zagreb 4-0 and have 7 points. Now the winner of the match between AC Milan and Salzburg will become the runners-up and advance to the last 16.
After the draw with City, Dortmund also finished last 16. is in
He entered the last 16 with Dortmund City, who played a goalless draw with Manchester City in a Group G match. City had already reached the knockout stage. In this way, Dortmund also passed the group stage by stopping City at home. Both teams benefited from the draw. The winner of the City group and the runner-up of the Dortmund group are confirmed.
City have 11 points and Dortmund 8 points. Sevilla qualified for the Europa League after beating Copenhagen 3–0. Sevilla have 5 points. Copenhagen have just 2 points and are out of the group stage.
Brilliant win for PSG, Juventus out
After two goals each by Lionel Messi and Kylian Mbappe, PSG beat Makai Haifa 7–2 and entered the knockout stages from Group H.
Messi and Mbappe also helped in scoring two goals each. Neymar and Carlos Soler scored a goal each while Son Goldberg scored a suicide goal. Abdulai Sek scored both goals for Makai.
In the next match of this group, Benfica have also entered the last 16 with a 4-3 win against Juventus.
PSG and Benfica have 11 points apiece. The group winner and runner-up will be decided after the final round.
Rafa Silva scored two goals and Go Mario and Antonio Silva scored one goal each to give Benfica victory.
Moise Keane, Arkadius Milik and Weston McKennie scored for Juventus.
Juventus and Macai Haifa have the same 3 points.
Leipzig’s chances after defeating Real Madrid
German club RB Leipzig won 3–2 against Spanish club Real Madrid in Group F. With this win, Leipzig’s chances of reaching the knockout stage have become even stronger.
Real have already reached the knockout stage.
Josko Gavardial, Christopher Nkunku and Timo Werner scored in Leipzig’s win. Vinicius Junior and Rodrigo scored for Real.
After the win, Leipzig are in second place with 9 points from 5 matches. After a draw with Celtic, Shakhtar Donetsk is in third place with 6 points.
Now a draw against Shakhtar would be enough for Leipzig to reach the knockout stage. Celtic are out of the group stage.