Benfica have recorded their best-ever group stage marketing campaign with a 6-1 away win over Israeli aspect Maccabi Haifa.
There was a short interval of optimism for the hosts Maccabi Haifa within the first half when Tjaronn Chery equalised from the spot after Benfica’s Gonçalo Ramos had opened the scoring with a close-range header.
However the Portuguese aspect seized management of the competition within the second half, placing 5 targets previous Maccabi Haifa’s hapless defence and American goalkeeper Josh Cohen.
The choose of the targets was an Álex Grimaldo free-kick, which curled across the wall and fl into the underside nook.
João Mário’s injury-time objective secured the highest spot within the group.
Within the different Group H recreation, PSG edged previous Juventus, who had been already out of the Champions League.
Kylian Mbappé opened the scoring within the thirteenth minute with an beautiful strike. Latching onto a cross from Leo Messi, the Frenchman danced previous two Juventus gamers earlier than curling a shot from exterior the realm throughout the goalkeeper into the underside nook.
Kylian Mbappé is the youngest participant in Champions League historical past to attain 40 targets within the competitors.
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Juventus responded and shortly started to pose a better risk, as Manuel Locatelli got here shut with a few photographs. Within the thirty eighth minute, the Italian midfielder discovered Juan Cuadrado who headed the ball throughout the objective for Leonardo Bonucci to poke in.
Nuno Mendes scored the winner within the 69th minute with a positive run and drilled shot throughout the keeper. Locatelli would have a objective disallowed objective a couple of minutes later, ending what has been a lacklustre Champions League marketing campaign for the Italian aspect.
Rico Lewis scores, Dortmund be a part of Man Metropolis in final 16
Man Metropolis stay undefeated as they eased previous Sevilla in Manchester to high group G.
Rafa Mir opened the scoring for the guests with a strong header from a nook.
Within the second half, academy graduate Rico Lewis grabbed his first objective for Metropolis and have become the youngest participant in Champions League historical past to attain on his first begin within the event. Aged 17 and 346 days, he beat the earlier document set by Karim Benzema, who scored for Lyon at age 17 and 352 days in 2005.
Lewis was visibly overjoyed by the second, cupping his palms over his mouth as he celebrated.
Within the 73rd minute, Kevin de Bruyne curled an inch-perfect by ball to Julián Álvarez, who calmly rounded Moroccan worldwide Yassine Bounou to make it 2-1.
Riyad Mahrez made it 3-1 with a chic strike after capitalising on a defensive error to cap off a positive night for Man Metropolis.
Borussia Dortmund secured their place within the final 16 with an unconvincing show in a 1-1 draw away at FC Copenhagen.
Within the twenty third minute, Thorgan Hazard lifted the ball within the air, permitting it to hold for a second earlier than stroking it into the objective on the half-volley. Later within the first half, Hákon Haraldsson equalised, heading residence from shut vary.
The end result left FC Copenhagen backside of the group with no wins on this season’s Champions League marketing campaign.
Los Blancos thrash Celtic
Actual Madrid topped their group in emphatic model, thrashing Celtic, who end the group stage with solely 2 factors.
The Spanish champions, who misplaced their earlier Champions League match towards RB Leipzig, had been in imperious type as they secured a 5-1 victory on the Bernabeu final night time.
The hosts transformed two penalties within the first half earlier than Croatian right-back Josip Juranovic missed a penalty for Celtic.
Los Blancos had been dominant within the second half, scoring one other three targets earlier than Celtic’s Jota scored a pleasant free kick as a comfort.
In Group F’s different recreation, RB Leipzig noticed off Shakhtar Donetsk with a convincing 0-4 win. The match was performed in Poland as a result of ongoing warfare in Ukraine.
The end result leaves RB Leipzig second behind group winners Actual Madrid whereas Shakhtar Donetsk drop to the Europa League.
AC Milan attain the spherical of 16 for the primary time since 2014
AC Milan secured the second spot in Group E after beating RB Salzburg 4-0 on the San Siro.
Olivier Giroud grabbed a brace and was unfortunate to have one other objective chalked off for a marginal offside.
Rafael Leão was additionally spectacular on the night time, circumnavigating the whole penalty space earlier than sending in a superbly weighted cross for Giroud to attain Milan’s third.
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Chelsea topped the group with an vital win over Dinamo Zagreb, who end backside.
Bruno Petković headed in an early objective earlier than Raheem Sterling equalised, ending his two-month objective drought. Sterling curled the ball previous two gamers within the field after latching onto a cross from Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang.
Swiss midfielder Denis Zakaria loved a dream debut for Chelsea, sidefooting in a shot with half an hour gone after Mason Mount had squared him the ball.