Paris Saint-Germain’s quest for a first European title could have been made more difficult after they lost seeding rights on Monday despite beating Juventus 2-1 in the round of 16.on Wednesday After beating Salzburg 4-0, it took seven-time European champions AC Milan nine years to finally return to the last 16 of the Champions League.
Losing a seed in the round of 16 on Monday despite his 2-1 win over Juventus may have made Paris St-Germain’s quest for a first European title more difficult. Benfica’s stoppage-time goal in his 6–1 victory over Haifa dislodged Benfica from his first-place position in Group H.
PSG and its superstar striker Lionel Messi, Kylian Mbappe, and Neymar, paired with defending champions Real Madrid, Bayern Munich, Manchester City, and other group winners, could score big hits. I can do it.
Milan wouldn’tmind losing their seeding as second in the group. A smooth win over Salzburg secured the victory over the Austrians and Chelsea secured their advance from Group E with his 2-1 win over Dynamo’s Zagreb.
Veteran striker Olivier His Giroud scored goals in each half to take Milan to the last 16 for the first time since the 2013/14 season. The nine-year suspension included several campaigns in the Europa League, which did not qualify at all, and a one-year ban for violating UEFA’s financial rules.
Leipzig also reached the knockout stage and defeated Shakhtar Donetsk 4–0, ending an unlikely fight in the Ukrainian club’s home country Poland during the Russian invasion.
Milan probably wouldn’t mind being second in the group and unseeded. A smooth win over Salzburg over the Austrians secured Chelsea’s advance from Group E with his 2-1 win over Dynamo’s Zagreb.
Veteran striker Olivier His Giroud scored goals in each half and Milan advanced to the last 16 for the first time since his 2013/14 season. The nine-year suspension included several campaigns in the Europa League, which did not qualify at all, and a one-year ban for violating UEFA’s financial rules.
Leipzig also reached the knockout stage and defeated Shakhtar Donetsk 4–0, ending an unlikely fight in the Ukrainian club’s home country of Poland during the Russian invasion.
Shakhtar’s European season continues this February when his third-placed team in the Champions League group is assigned his spot in the Europa League play-offs.
Juventus also held a tie-break against Israeli club Maccabi, as well as Haifa, who qualified for the Europa League just as well, even though he scored only three points overall.
Manchester City was drawn at half-time before he beat Sevilla 3-1, while Borussia Dortmund drew 1-1 in Group G in Copenhagen last week.
Fitted tiebreaker
PSG are unbeaten by 14 points, better than the four other group winners, but not enough to beat the historically tight Group H. Decided in the seventh level of the tiebreaker – who has scored the most goals in three away games, with PSG his six and Benfica his nine, his two minutes in stoppage time on Wednesday. Joan Mario’s participated in the second minute of stoppage time.
Mbappe record
When Kylian Mbappe scored his PSG goal at Juventus, the Champions League was his 40th career goal ata record pace in his league317 days at the age of 23 Mbappe is the youngest player to score 40 goals, almost six months younger than Lionel Messi and almost four years ahead of Cristiano Ronaldo’s pace.
Nonetheless, Ronaldo continued to shine in his thirties, scoring 140 career goals in his league Champions League.
Round of 16 Draw
Thedraw will take place on Monday at UEFA Headquarters in Switzerland, more than three months before the start of the first leg on 14 February.
The winners of thegroup will be seeded and play the second leg from March 7-15. You cannot play against another team from your home country or against a team you have already played against in your group.
Seeded teams:
Napoli, Porto, Bayern Munich, Tottenham, Chelsea, Real Madrid, Manchester City, and Benfica.
Unseeded teams:
Liverpool, Club Brugge, Inter Milan, Eintracht Frankfurt, AC Milan, Leipzig, Borussia Dortmund, Paris Saint-Germain.
Europa League Playoffs
The eight third-placed teams from each Champions League group will participate in Monday’s draw for the Europa League Knockout Playoffs.
Ajax, Bayer Leverkusen, Barcelona, Sporting Lisbon, Salzburg, Shakhtar Donetsk, Seville, and Juventus.
These teams are unseeded and play their first leg at home on 16 February against the runners-up of the Europa League group, which ends on Thursday. The return match is on the 2nd. 23.
Qatar Protest
Denmark, which will go to Qatar this month in the World Cup group with defending champion France, has been a focus for highlighting the host nation’s treatment of migrant workers building projects essential for the tournament.
The national team is carrying a black kit option to Qatar as a symbol of “mourning” for the construction workers who died.
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