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Following the results of the final day of the group stage of the Champions League, the last two play-off participants were determined. They were the German “Leipzig”, which defeated the Ukrainian “Shakhtar” on the road – 4: 0, and the Italian “Milan”, with the same score at home with the Austrian “Salzburg”. Thus, while in the current draw of the main European Cup, representatives of England, Germany and Italy dominate.
Of the eight matches of the final day of the Champions League group stage, only two were fundamental in terms of the struggle for places in the 1/8 finals. In Warsaw, at the stadium of the Polish Army, the Ukrainian “Shakhtar” hosted the German “Leipzig” and to get into the play-off from the second place in group F had to win. The debut of the meeting, however, was unsuccessful for Shakhtar. Already in the 10th minute, the attacking guests Timo Werner aggravated the situation on his left flank and struck a strong blow from outside the penalty area. Goalkeeper Yevgeny Turbin hit the ball, but then another Leipzig forward Christopher Nkunku turned up, who simply could not miss. Well, at the beginning of the second half, it became clear that in the spring Shakhtar would only have to play in the Europa League, as Andre Silva doubled the advantage of the guests after a discount from Mohamed Simakan. Soon Dominik Sobolsai also scored, after which Valery Bondar scored an own goal, unsuccessfully substituting his foot after a shot by Dani Olmo. As a result, Leipzig won a very big victory – 4:0, and Real Madrid, having scored two penalties in the first half of the first half, convincingly outplayed Celtic at home – 5:1. Thus, Real Madrid scored 13 points, Leipzig – 12, Shakhtar – 6, Celtic – 2.
AT group E in a similar match for second place, Milan and Salzburg met. Here the hosts were satisfied with a draw, but they decided not to waste time on trifles and gave the Austrian champion a real master class, the main character of which was the famous 36-year-old French forward Olivier Giroud. In the first half, Salzburg still resisted quite well, conceding only one goal from him. But after the break, the veteran’s business went even more fun. First, he made a great allowance for Rada Krunic, and the Bosnian landed an accurate header, and then Giroud scored a double with a crazy forceful blow at point-blank range. Already in stoppage time, Junior Messias put an end to this meeting – 4:0, while Chelsea, meanwhile, beat Dinamo Zagreb at home – 2:1. Chelsea have 13 points, Milan have 10, Salzburg have 6, Dynamo have 4.
AT group H only the fate of the third place, which, together with Juventus, was claimed by Maccabi from Haifa, remained unclear. But in the end, in this correspondence dispute, the Italian grandee hardly excelled. He lost at home to PSG – 1:2, while the Israeli champion in his field was mercilessly beaten by the Lisbon Benfica – 1:6, although both teams scored one goal each in the first half. The first here was PSG, with 11 points, scored the same amount of Benfica. Juventus and Maccabi have 3 points each, but Turin are superior in terms of additional indicators.
AT group G, where the final position of the teams was known before the start of the sixth round, Manchester City beat Sevilla – 3:1, and Copenhagen achieved a draw with Borussia Dortmund – 1:1. Manchester City earned 14 points, Borussia 9, Sevilla 5, Copenhagen 2.
As a result, four English clubs – Liverpool, Tottenham, Chelsea and Manchester City, four German ones – Bayern, Eintracht, Borussia and Leipzig, three Italian – Napoli, Inter and Milan, two Portuguese – Benfica and Porto, as well as one representative of Spain, France and Belgium – respectively, Real, PSG and Brugge. That is, only two cities will be represented by two teams in the 1/8 finals of the main European Cup this time – London and Milan. Previously, Madrid and Manchester also usually claimed this, but Atlético performed extremely unsuccessfully in Group B, not even getting into the Europa League, and Manchester United have been playing there since the very beginning this season.
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