The first defeat of the season for Real Madrid

Paris Saint-Germain, AC Milan and Benfica Lisbon put on a show in Tuesday night’s Champions League group stage fifth-leg tie, while title-holders Real Madrid suffered their first defeat of the season in all competitions.

PSG beat Maccabi Haifa 7-2 at the Parc des Princes, ensuring their presence in the round of 16. Messi, Mbappe, with doubles and two assists each, Neymar, Soler and Goldberg’s own goal completed a magical evening for the Parisians.

In the other match in the group, Benfica beat Juventus 4-3, after the “eagles” had 4-1 at one point. The “Old Lady”, who has scored 11 goals in five games, came back at the end and came close to a goal, but lost and missed qualifying for the round of 16.

AC Milan remains in the race for the next stage of the competition, after winning 4-0 in Zagreb, against the local team Dinamo. The goalkeeper Ciprian Tătăruşanu defended six shots on the goal area, the most dangerous being fired by Ivanusec (18).

Real Madrid, with several notable absences, lost 2-3 on the field of the RB Leipzig team, which is not allowed to lose against Şahtior in the last stage to reach the round of 16. In Glasgow, Celtic ended a draw with Şahtior, 1-1.

Borussia Dortmund drew with Manchester City, 0-0, a result that qualifies the home team in the round of 16. The team coached by Pep Guardiola could have won, but Riyad Mahrez missed a penalty (58). City, however, are confident of first place in the group.

Nine teams secured their places in the last eight of the Champions League: Napoli, FC Bruges, Bayern Munich, Chelsea, Real Madrid, Manchester City, Borussia Dortmund, PSG and Benfica.

Tuesday’s results:

Group E

RB Salzburg – Chelsea London 1-2

They scored: Junior Adamu 49, respectively Mateo Kovacic 23, Kai Havertz 64.

Dinamo Zagreb – AC Milan 0-4

They scored: Matteo Gabbia 39, Rafael Leao 49, Olivier Giroud 59 – penalty, Robert Ljubicic (own goal) 69.

Ranking:

1 Chelsea 5 3 1 1 8-3 10

2 AC Milan 5 2 1 2 8-7 7

3 RB Salzburg 5 1 3 1 5-6 6

4 Dinamo Zagreb 5 1 1 3 3-9 4

Group F

Celtic Glasgow – Shakhtar Donetsk 1-1

They scored: Georgios Giakoumakis 34, respectively Mihailo Mudrik 58.

RB Leipzig – Real Madrid 3-2

They scored: Josko Gvardiol 13, Christopher Nkunku 18, Timo Werner 81, respectively Vinicius Junior 44, Rodrygo 90+4 – penalty.

Ranking:

1 Real Madrid 5 3 1 1 10-5 10

2 RB Leipzig 5 3 0 2 9-9 9

3 Shakhtar Donetsk 5 1 3 1 8-6 6

4 Celtic 5 0 2 3 3-10 2

Group G

Sevilla FC – FC Copenhagen 3-0

They scored: Youssef En-Nesyri 61, Isco 88, Gonzalo Montiel 90+2.

Red card: David Hociolava (FC Copenhagen) 90+5.

Borussia Dortmund – Manchester City 0-0

Riyad Mahrez (City) misses a penalty in the min. 58 (Gregor Kobel defended).

Ranking:

1 Manchester City 5 3 2 0 11-1 11

2 Borussia Dortmund 5 2 2 1 9-4 8

3 Sevilla FC 5 1 2 2 5-9 5

4 FC Copenhagen 5 0 2 3 0-11 2

Group H

Benfica Lisbon – Juventus Turin 4-3

They scored: Antonio Silva 17, Joao Mario 28 – penalty, Rafa Silva 35, 50, respectively Moise Kean 24 Arkadiusz Milik 77, Weston McKennie 79.

Paris Saint-Germain – Maccabi Haifa 7-2

They scored: Lionel Messi 19, 45, Kylian Mbappe 32, 65, Neymar 35, Sean Goldberg (own goal) 67, Carlos Soler 84, respectively Abdoulaye Seck 38, 51.

Ranking:

1 PSG 5 3 2 0 14-6 11

2 Benfica 5 3 2 0 10-6 11

3 Juventus 5 1 0 4 8-11 3

4 Maccabi Haifa 5 1 0 4 6-15 3

The games will take place on Wednesday:

Group A (22:00): Ajax – Liverpool, Napoli – Rangers

Group B: FC Bruges – FC Porto (19:45), Atletico Madrid – Bayer Leverkusen (22:00)

Group C: Inter Milan – Viktoria Plzen (19:45), FC Barcelona – Bayern Munich (22:00)

Group D (22:00): Eintracht Frankfurt – Olympique Marseille, Tottenham Hotspur – Sporting Lisbon.

Cătălin Donose

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