Yesterday, Wednesday, the last qualifiers for the round of 16 of the 2023/24 Champions League were defined. Borussia Dortmund and PSG tied 1-1 and both advanced to the next stage of the competition.

In the other match of the group of death, Milan turned it around Newcastle and got into the Europa League, while the English team was left out of everything.

Group G did not suffer any changes on the last date. Manchester City and RB Leipzig, who were already qualified, both won their matches.

Young Boys got into the Europa League and Red Star was in last position.

In the E, Atlético de Madrid achieved the victory it needed to be the leader and displaced Lazio to second place.

In H, Porto reached the second round after the victory and Barcelona lost surprisingly but maintained first place.

PSG tied with Borussia Dortmund and, with some luck, advanced in the Champions League.

A doubtful PSG that had its savior in Kylian Mbappé drew 1-1 this Wednesday against Borussia Dortmund in Germany and, as Milan beat Newcastle 2-1 in England, it advanced to the round of 16 of the UEFA Champions League as second in the Group F.

The Parisian team was never able to impose its football and a solid Dortmund challenged its dominance of the match, to such an extent that it was the team that opened the scoring and, for a few minutes, filled Luis Enrique's men with fear, who were left out. .

The first half of the clash was intense and spectacular. It will remain in the memory as one of the most fun 45 minutes with a 0-0 scoreline. He had everything. A spectacular save by Niklas Sule when all of PSG was already celebrating Mbappé's goal, a barbaric play by Bradley Barcola that returned the right post and a memorable save by the Italian Gianluigi Donnarumma.

The second half began the same, with neither of the contenders resigning themselves to the other's dominance.

And the first strong emotion was at 51, when a blunder at the start of Luis Enrique's men made it possible for the local team to score. Ramy Bensebaini stole it on the left, passed it to Niclas Fullkrug and he, with a very good play and a high degree of coolness, assisted Adeyemi, who subtly defined the right post.

At that time, Newcastle beat Milan and the defeat condemned PSG to play in the UEFA Europa League.

The total nervousness did not last long for the French team, because five minutes later Mbappé came to the rescue of the Parisian team. Quick play on the left, he unbalanced with his speed and released into the heart of the area. There he was left to the very young Warren Zaire-Emery, who scored strongly to quickly equalize.

PSG regained confidence and, always with Mbappé as their emblem, went for more. He ran into his own limitations and a solid defense.

For the first time in the match, the local team retreated to take a counter position. Forced by the renewed impetus of the French team, at times they were seen too deep in their own area.

At 76, Mbappé celebrated the 2-1 after a very nice play on the right, but moments later the referee, at the request of the VAR, annulled the play due to a millimeter offside.

Towards the end, the men in yellow almost took advantage of the hole that the Parisian defensive line had in its center throughout the match, but they could not give the stitch that would have meant the elimination of PSG.

The match ended 1-1 and was good. It was fair.

Without playing well and depending on other results, the powerful French team scraped through to the round of 16.

Milan beat Newcastle United 2-1 as a visitor, but both were eliminated from the Champions League.

This Wednesday, Newcastle and Milan faced each other in a match for date 6 of group F of the UEFA Champions League - 2023-2024 tournament and the match ended with a final result of 1-2. The goal of the match for the local team was scored by Joelinton (32' 1T). While the away goals were scored by Christian Pulisic (13' 2T) and Samuel Chukwueze (38' 2T).

This Wednesday, Newcastle and Milan faced each other in a match for date 6 of group F of the UEFA Champions League - 2023-2024 tournament and the match ended with a final result of 1-2. The goal of the match for the local team was scored by Joelinton (32' 1T). While the away goals were scored by Christian Pulisic (13' 2T) and Samuel Chukwueze (38' 2T).

Milan midfielder Rafael Leão had the chance to change the result of the match, but the post denied him the goal twice.

The best player of the match was Samuel Chukwueze. The Milan midfielder scored 1 goal.

Joelinton was another of the key players. The Newcastle United midfielder scored 1 goal and made 39 correct passes and searched the opponent's goal 4 times.

Due to the number of fouls committed, the game was constantly interrupted. There were a large number of reprimands: Rafael Leão, Mike Maignan, Joelinton, Luka Jovic, Yunus Musah, Alessandro Florenzi and Fabian Schär.

Newcastle manager Eddie Howe proposed a 4-3-3 formation with Martin Dúbravka in goal; Kieran Trippier, Jamaal Lascelles, Fabian Schär and Valentino Livramento on the defensive line; Lewis Miley, Bruno Guimarães and Joelinton in the middle; and Miguel Ángel Almirón, Callum Wilson and Anthony Gordon in attack.

For its part, Stefano Pioli's team took the field with a 4-5-1 formation with Mike Maignan between the three sticks; Davide Calabria, Fikayo Tomori, Theo Hernández and Alessandro Florenzi in defense; Tijjani Reijnders, Yunus Musah, Christian Pulisic, Ruben Loftus-Cheek and Rafael Leão in the midfield; and Olivier Giroud up front.

Referee Danny Makkelie was in charge of supervising the game at St. James Park stadium.

In the last match of Group F, the two teams said goodbye to the UEFA Champions League - 2023-2024. Milan has just 8 points, in third place, and Newcastle United has 5 points and is last in the table.

Without their figures, Manchester City beat Red Star and finished with an ideal score in the UEFA Champions League.

Pep Guardiola's team did their homework in Belgrade, they did not suffer and, together with Real Madrid, they are the only two teams that finished with 18 points in this phase of the competition.

The Rajko Mitic Stadium was dressed up and the fans filled it to give a great setting to this team's last match, as they had to add three and wait for results to qualify for the UEFA Europa League, something they could not do. .

The two goals of the match were scored by Micah Hamilton (19 minutes), Oscar Bobb (62 minutes) and Kalvin Phillips (84 minutes), Hwang In-Beom and Aleksandar Katai had scored for Red Star.

Despite having demonstrated their superiority on the field in practically the entire match, the local team grew in the complement and had several opportunities to tie it by taking advantage of the counterattacks, but they narrowly failed in the definition.

In addition, they clashed a few times with the good interventions of Stefan Ortega under the three posts, but they had their more than deserved reward in the final stretch.

When 76 minutes had passed, the Rajko Mitic Stadium exploded with joy with the South Korean's discount to add a little uncertainty to the end.

When the local team was excited about equality, Nasser Djiga committed a penalty, which Phillips converted into a goal to make it 3-1.

It seemed like a comfortable victory for the English, but Katai made it 2-3 with time running out and just to decorate the final result.

The only bad news for Guardiola was the departure at halftime of Jack Grealish due to a knock and it will be something to monitor ahead of the confrontation with Crystal Palace.

Manchester City will find out their opponent for the round of 16 on December 18, when the draw is held in Nyon, Switzerland.

RB Leipzig from Germany to the round of 16 after the 2-1 victory at home against Young Boys from Switzerland.

At the close of the group stage of the Champions League, RB Leipzig of Germany concluded its qualification for the round of 16, after a 2-1 home win against Young Boys of Switzerland. The German team achieved victory against the Swiss team that was already eliminated, but signed their way to the Europa League.

It was a discreet first half that had some arrivals from both teams, but from the visit with a game and ideas a little clearer, yes, their lack of conversion sinned after completing only two shots on goal.

Although the local team did not show much, they could have gone into the break with an advantage after having scored the goal at 6', by Sesko, but it was annulled due to an advanced position.

But the match took on color at the beginning of the second half, precisely at 51' when Henrichs served Sesko in the area, and he was now able to convert thanks to a left-footed shot into the left corner.

They were frenetic minutes as the visiting team quickly tied the score in the 53rd minute, with the goal from Ebrima Colley, who beat the goalkeeper from the center of the area first, after an assist from Jean-Pierre Nsame with a kick pass.

However, the victory was closed at 56' with the great play of Kevin Kampl who took out some rivals, and served the pass for Emil Forsberg who finished it with a placed low left foot.

Thus, with the victory, Leipzig finished second with 12 points and tickets to the round of 16, while Young Boys finished third with four points and relegated to the Europa League.

Atlético Madrid beat Lazio 2-0 and qualified for the second round of the Champions League as leader of the group.

Tremendous and decisive in Griezmann's 1-0 play at the beginning of the match and scorer in the 2-0 volley at the start of the second half, Samuel Lino confirmed the lead and a less complex draw in the round of 16 of the Champions League for Atlético de Madrid with a practical and record victory, the twentieth in a row at the Metropolitano, against Lazio.

Eluded by Manchester City, Bayern Munich, Arsenal and Borussia Dortmund, several less threatening possibilities on paper await the red and white team. Although on their horizon next Monday at noon, when the pairings will be distributed, Paris Saint Germain, Inter or Naples appear, so do PSV Eindhoven, Copenhagen, Porto and Leipzig.

It is the benefit of the first place in the group that Atlético has earned, six years later. Since 2016-17 he has not ended up leading his quartet like now, invincible in this edition of the Champions League, with four wins, two draws and as the best of the four competitors in an irrefutable way, just as his role as favorite. Within the surprising eleven that Simeone lined up, without Koke and without Morata, also without Llorente, with Witsel in the center midfield, with Savic and Giménez together in defense next to Hermoso for the first time since last September 24 against Real Madrid , the start went perfectly for Atlético, at full speed ahead, in just five minutes and 17 seconds. It all came from Lino, more extreme than wing-back this Wednesday.

His vertigo, his faith, his daring, his foray down the left and his definitive pass, upon the arrival of Griezmann, overwhelmed the Lazio defense, overwhelmed with the Frenchman's 1-0, which maintains its course towards the top scorers of the club's history. He is already two behind Luis Aragonés. A draw was enough for Atlético to be first and they were already ahead on the scoreboard as soon as they practically entered the field, with absolute effectiveness, with the warning three days ago against Almería for everything that happened as soon as they felt the game had been won. Having learned the lesson of the indolence of that time, he still suffered some trouble after 1-0. It was a question of precision. Witsel advanced in the middle, Hermoso tilted to the left, the ball delivery by Giménez and Savic was a nonsense at the beginning of the match, hunted again and again by Lazio, which grew based on the red and white team's own mistakes in delivery . Lazio threatened him, without anything out of this world.

By inertia. There was still a game. Zaccagni announced it, with an individual action; Atlético understood it, amid the doubts of Hermoso and Oblak in a ball that Guendouzi failed to finish; and Luis Alberto confirmed it before half an hour, with a play that took advantage of another defensive mistake, but that did not finish completely, as Immobile wanted. Three warnings. Because the match was not entirely Atlético's then. He did not have it under control, even though Witsel, impeccable in positioning, clever in rebounding, agile in circulation, came to the rescue between the lines. The addition of Griezmann in the transition was another plus. As well as the runs of Lino, superior on the left flank. Provedel appeased his joke, for sure. The calm of 2-0 was altered by the VAR. Mario Hermoso was already celebrating his beautiful volley. The play began and ended with him. Along the way, he went from one wing to the other, until the center of Molina and the finishing line of the Madrid center. Nobody paid attention, except Provedel, to Lino's illegal, active position, with a decisive intervention to bother the goalkeeper. Canceled. Still 1-0. But there was no more news from Lazio, as soon as Atlético adjusted again. And Simeone gave Griezmann a rest.

At intermission it was one of the two changes. His most indispensable footballer, whom he usually supports for 90 minutes, relieved him of the second half. Memphis Depay entered. Not Morata, who joined later. An indication of the parameters by which he prepared his eleven and his team to dose efforts with the Spanish scorer or with Koke, who also appeared on the field for the last half hour in place of Witsel, another of the most used players in the twenties of duels of this course. They didn't need them before Atlético, who solved everything upon returning from the locker room, with a right-footed volley from Samuel Lino, after several rejections in the area, amid the desperation on the wing of Maurizio Sarri, the Lazio coach, between the celebration of the stands and among the already absolute security that an apparently kinder draw awaits next Monday in Nyon, unless Kylian Mbappe or Inter plays.

Barcelona loses in exciting duel against Antwerp but finishes as leader.

Xavi's team was surprised in Antwerp and suffered its second defeat of the season heading into the Round of 16.

The group stage of the UEFA Champions League had a dramatic close for several teams that achieved last-minute qualification to the Round of 16, while others that seemed to have a ticket sealed lost it in the last moments and were even left out of all UEFA competitions.

Barcelona did not manage to have the advantage at any time during its visit to Antwerp and closed the group stage with a 3-2 defeat in Antwerp, although it finished as leader of Group H with 12 points. Vermereen, Vincent J.

Anssen and Ilenikhena scored for the Belgian team; Ferran Torres and Guiu did it for the Catalan team.

FC Porto, the other team in the sector that qualified for the Round of 16 this Wednesday, won 5-3 in a fast-paced duel against Shakhtar and with the Mexican Jorge Sánchez as the starter for 76 minutes.

In Group E, Atlético de Madrid defeated Lazio 2-0 to establish itself as the leader of the sector, although the Roman team also qualified. Feyenoord lost 2-1 on their visit to Celtic, although the Mexican Santiago Giménez provided an assist and a score was disallowed; After finishing third they will play in the UEFA Europa League.

Borussia Dortmund stayed ahead of Group F with 11 points after drawing 1-1 with PSG, enough for the Parisian team to qualify for the Round of 16 of the UEFA Champions League. AC Milan surprised Newcastle, beat them 1-2 and secured their place in the Europa League. The English team went from being in the Round of 16 at the start of their game to being left out of all European competition.

In Group G, with Manchester City and Leipzig qualified, they won their respective duels against Red Star of Belgrade and Young Boys, who reached third place to play in the UEFA Europa League and with this all those classified for the Round of 16 were defined. of the UEFA Champions League ahead of the draw next Monday, December 18.

Porto thrashed Shakhtar with a phenomenal display by Brazilian Wenderson Galeno.

A phenomenal display by the Brazilian Wenderson Galeno was the decisive factor this Wednesday in Porto's victory against the Ukrainian Shakhtar Donetsk that secured the team from the north of Portugal second place in Group H and a place in the round of 16 of the Champions League.

After his double in the first game, Galeno was once again a problem for the Ukrainian team, which saw how the striker repeated his double of goals and gave another couple of assists throughout a match in which there was no shortage of goals.

Porto only needed the tie, but, aware of what Shakhtar is capable of, they went in search of the goal from the beginning, and achieved it in the 9th minute through Galeno.

It all started when a long pass from former Madrid player Pepe broke the Ukrainian defense and found Evanilson, who had to stretch to give it to his compatriot Galeno, who, unmarked in front of the goal, only had to deflect.

Although at a disadvantage, Shakhtar Donetsk did not change its game philosophy: starting its development with goalkeeper Riznyk, despite the fact that some of the latter's stumbles were on the verge of causing a Portuguese goal.

In the 29th minute, Shakhtar equalized the contest with a surreal goal from Danylo Sikan and much protested by the blue and white.

In another quick play by the Ukrainians, the Porto defenders abandoned the play when they saw the assistant referee's flag signaling offside.

But Shakhtar's forwards followed the play and put the ball into the back of the net to score a goal that was later validated by the VAR and which generated a gigantic wave of protests from the members of the 'dragons'.

As half-time approached, Porto regained the lead with a powerful shot from outside the area by Galeno, who scored his double.

The Brazilian attacker continued to cause problems for the Eastern European rival and, in the 62nd minute, he intercepted a pass, advanced down the field and assisted the Iranian Mehdi Taremi so that he scored 3-1 with a very powerful shot from a tight angle.

Shakhtar Donetsk did not stop in its efforts and closed the gap thanks to a goal in Eustáquio's own goal.

However, the credit went to Sikan, who took advantage of a mistake by Mexican Jorge Sánchez, entered the area and shot for a save by Diogo Costa, but the ball hit Eustáquio's chest and ended up in the back of the net.

The result gave hope to Shakhtar's Bosnian coach, Marino Pusic, who reinforced his attack with a view to getting something more out of the match, but Pepe scored the fourth in the 76th minute, and again with the participation of Galeno.

Following a corner kick, the Brazilian deflected the ball to the feet of the veteran center back, who had already become the oldest player to score in the Champions League, at 40 years old, but extended his record for a few more months.

The fifth came from Francisco Conceição, who had entered the game a few seconds earlier and took advantage of a defensive error by the Donetsk team to beat Riznyk.

Then exactly the same thing happened, but from the opposite end. Brazilian Eguinaldo came on and scored the final goal after Shakhtar had regained possession thanks to a defensive error by Porto.

Thus, the 'dragons' advance to the second round and keep Portugal in the competition, after the eliminations of Benfica and Braga.

And that's where Shakhtar Donetsk's journey in the Champions League ends.

The Ukrainian team entered the mmaximum continental competition with the intention of giving joy to his compatriots who defend their country from the Russian invasion, and faces the Europa League with his head held high thanks to a solid performance in a difficult context.

Sources images: Twitter Champions League.