Paris Saint-Germain sneaked into the last 16 of the Champions League thanks to AC Milan. The French club only drew 1:1 away to Borussia Dortmund, which meant first place in Group F for the team from Germany. In the other match, Newcastle took the lead in England against the "Rossoneri" and came close to the second position in the final standings. However, the visitors from Italy made a comeback to 2:1.
Thus, they tied with PSG on points - 8. Due to better performance in direct matches, the Parisians finished second. Third place remained for Milan, which sends it to the eliminations of the Europa League. Newcastle finished fourth and were relegated accordingly.
At Signal Iduna Park, both teams wasted a number of excellent scoring chances before the first half before Karim Adeyemi opened the scoring for the hosts in the 51st minute. He took advantage of a precise pass from Niklas Fülkrug and made no mistake in front of the opponent's goal. The visitors leveled just five later through Warren Zaire-Emery, who was assisted by star man Kylian Mbappe, whose strike in the 76th was disallowed for offside after VAR intervened. It was 17-year-old Zaire-Emery's first goal in the Champions League.
In England, Joelinton put Newcastle ahead in the 33rd minute and Christian Pulisic equalized in the 59th. Six minutes from time, Samuel Chukwueze made the turnaround complete, but it was not enough for the Italians to progress in the tournament.
In a head-to-head battle for second place in Group H, Porto beat Shakhtar Donetsk 5-3 to follow leaders Barcelona into the last 16 of the Champions League.
With an experimental line-up, the current trophy winner Manchester City would 3:2 Red Star in Serbia. Thus, the English team became the second after the Spanish giant Real (Madrid) with victories in all six matches of the group phase, which took place tonight for the last time in this way. From next season, there will be a new formula.
Atletico Madrid - Lazio 2:0
Borussia Dortmund - Paris Sepp Germain 1:1
Newcastle United - AC Milan 1:2
Red Star - Manchester City 2:3
RB Leipzig - Young Boys 2:1
Porto - Shakhtar Donetsk 5:3
Antwerp - Barcelona 3:2./BGNES
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