Manchester United crashed out of the Uefa champions league to make an appearance in the Uefa Europa League after losing 3-2 to RB Leipzig in Germany despite their late stunt to pull a comeback from three goals down.
Moment of madness in Paris as the fourth official was accused of racism against the Basaksehir assistant coach thereby making the Basaksehir players walk off the pitch while the PSG players followed in solidarity which got the match abandoned on the day to be played the following match day. PSG got their 5-1 deserved to win in the replay with Neymar getting a hattrick and Mbappe with the brace which put them at the top of the group.
Real Madrid showed class when needed and Benzema was all they need to go through to the next round as group winners after the veteran got a brace to secure their easy passage to the next round with Inter Milan and Shakhtar Donetsk crashing out. Inter Milan completely out while Shakhtar Donetsk earned Europa league spot.
The battle of the goats ended in the favour of Cristiano Ronaldo who got a brace from the spot-kick, his first and second goal against Barcelona in the competition and Mckennie scoring an acrobatic in between Ronaldo’s penalties to make Juventus cruise to a comfortable 3-0 win at Camp Nou. Barcelona’s first defeat at their home ground in the UCL since 2014. The game saw Buffon made fine saves to deny Lionel Messi who got 7 shots on target on the night.
THE DRAW
The Champions League last-16 draw will take place on Monday 14 December at UEFA’s HQ in Nyon, Switzerland.
Seeded Teams
- Bayern Munich
- Manchester City
- Liverpool
- Chelsea
- Borussia Dortmund
- Juventus
- PSG
- Real Madrid
Unseeded teams
- FC Porto
- Sevilla
- Lazio
- Barcelona
- RB Leipzig
- Atalanta
- Borussia Monchengladbach
- Atletico Madrid
Seeded teams will be drawn against unseeded teams in the last-16. Teams can not also face any side from their own nation (i.e. Laliga sides cannot be drawn against another Laliga outfit) and neither can they face a team they competed against in the group stage.
The champions league round of 16 matches will be played on;
16/17 February: first legs
9/10 March: second legs