Juventus had been knocked out of the Champions League within the group stage for the primary time in 9 years on Tuesday however Chelsea, Paris Saint-Germain, Benfica and Borussia Dortmund all secured qualification for the knockout stage with one group sport to spare. A 4-3 defeat away to Benfica in Portugal sealed the destiny of a Juventus facet who’ve been in decline in Europe for a number of seasons and have now misplaced 4 of their 5 matches in Group H. Having already received when the perimeters met in Italy, Benfica went forward in Lisbon when Antonio Silva headed in an Enzo Fernandez cross.
Moise Kean rapidly equalised for Juve with a objective that was confirmed following a VAR assessment, however Joao Mario restored Benfica’s lead from the penalty spot after which arrange Rafa Silva to make it 3-1 earlier than half-time with an outstanding backheel flick.
The identical participant then obtained Benfica’s fourth early within the second half, and a Juventus fightback that produced targets by Arkadiusz Milik and Weston McKennie got here too late.
Juventus had been knocked out within the final 16 in every of the final three seasons however they haven’t been eradicated from the Champions League within the group stage since 2013/14.
“I’m indignant and unhappy as a result of we’re out of the Champions League, however we should take into consideration the league now,” stated Juve coach Massimiliano Allegri, whose group are eighth in Serie A.
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Benfica are joined in qualifying from Group H by PSG, with the 2020 Champions League runners-up by way of after crushing Israel’s Maccabi Haifa 7-2 on the Parc des Princes.
Lionel Messi and Kylian Mbappe each turned on the type, every scoring twice, whereas Neymar netted as soon as and compelled an personal objective from Sean Goldberg.
Carlos Soler accomplished the scoring for PSG as they equalled their very own file for targets scored in a single European sport.
Abdoulaye Seck scored twice for Maccabi Haifa, and so they may nonetheless end third above Juventus.
Earlier, two-time Champions League winners Chelsea clinched their place within the final 16 as Group E winners, finishing a formidable turnaround after they misplaced their first sport to Dinamo Zagreb in September.
Graham Potter’s facet received 2-1 away to Purple Bull Salzburg, with a surprising Kai Havertz strike 26 minutes from time proving the distinction between the groups after Junior Adamu cancelled out Mateo Kovacic‘s opener for the Blues.
Victory prolonged Chelsea’s unbeaten run underneath Potter to 9 video games.
“That was a unbelievable efficiency from the gamers,” stated Potter.
“I am delighted to undergo with a sport to spare contemplating the place we began the competitors.”
AC Milan are best-placed to undergo with Chelsea after the Serie A champions received 4-0 in Zagreb, with Matteo Gabbia heading within the opener and Rafael Leao doubling their lead earlier than Olivier Giroud netted a penalty and a Robert Ljubicic personal objective accomplished the scoring.
Milan are actually a degree away from Salzburg with the groups assembly at San Siro subsequent week to determine which one progresses.
Dortmund are into the final 16 after getting the purpose they wanted in a 0-0 draw at house to a Manchester Metropolis facet who had already certified.
Metropolis required only a level to safe high spot in Group G and so they obtained it regardless of taking Erling Haaland off at half-time towards his former membership.
Actually, Pep Guardiola’s facet may have gotten all three factors however Riyad Mahrez had a second-half penalty saved by Gregor Kobel.
Sevilla will subsequently drop into the Europa League regardless of beating FC Copenhagen 3-0 earlier on Tuesday with second-half targets by Youssef En-Nesyri, Isco and Gonzalo Montiel.
David Khocholava was despatched off on the finish for Copenhagen, who’ve nonetheless not scored a objective within the group.
In Scotland, a surprising Mykhailo Mudryk objective gave Shakhtar Donetsk a 1-1 draw away to Celtic, for whom Giorgos Giakoumakis had opened the scoring.
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Whereas Celtic are out, Leipzig want only a draw at Shakhtar subsequent week to advance.
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