Champions League Recap
- Barcelona eliminated from the Champions League
- Chelsea finished 2nd in their group after drawing Zenit 3-3
Contributors
Santiago Leon – @sleon
Justin Simmons – @TheSmashSimmons
Barcelona will not be going to the UCL second round
Bayern defeated Barcelona 3-0
Xavi’s side drop into the Europa League and will not appear in the knockout stages of Europe’s premier club competition for the first time since the 2003-04 season.
first-half goals from Thomas Muller and Leroy Sane
To avoid elimination, Barca needed to win or hope that Benfica failed to beat Dynamo Kiev elsewhere in the final round of group fixtures.
Bayern’s third goal did arrive in the 62nd minute as Musiala sealed the deal by slotting home following a strong run and cross by Davies.
Muller 34’
Sane 43’
Musiala 62’
Zenit 3 Chelsea 3
Chelsea forced to settle for second place
Chelsea were forced to settle for second place in Group H after an injury-time equaliser from Magomed Ozdoev clinched a 3-3 draw for Zenit in the Champions League.
Two goals from Timo Werner and another from Romelu Lukaku were not enough to secure the victory for the Blues, with Claudinho, Sardar Azmoun and Ozdoev all scoring for Zenit in Russia, and the Blues will now not be seeded in Monday’s draw for the last 16 after finishing below Juventus, who beat Malmo in Turin.
Pulisic came in the second half
CHE – Timo Werner -2’
ZEN – Claudinho – 39’
ZEN – Sardar Azmoun – 41’
CHE – Lukaku 62’
CHE – WERNER 85’
ZEN – Ozdoev 90’
Other Scores
Benfica 2 Dynamo Kyiv 0
Man United 1 Young Boys 1
MU – Greenwood 9’
YB – Rieder 42’
Salzburg 1 Sevilla 0
Wolfsburg 1 Lille 3
Juventus 1 Malmo 0
Yesterday
PSG 4-1 Club Brugge
2 goals from Mbappe, and Messi
Burgge – Ritz
RB Leipzig 2 Man City 1
RBL – Szoboslai 24’
RBL -Silva – 71’
MCI – Mahrez 76’
Porto 1 Atletico Madrid 3
ATM – Griezmann, Correa, De Paul
POR – Oliveria (Penalty)
Milan 1 LFC 2
MIL – Tomori 29’
LFC – Salah, Origi
Ajax 4 Sporting CP 2
Dortmund 5 Besiktas 0
Real Madrid 2 Inter 0
Kroos, Asensio
Shakhtar Donetsk 1 FC Sheriff 1
Group A
Man City 12
PSG 11
RB Leipzig 7
Club Brugge 4
Group B
LFC 18pts
ATM 7pts
Porto 5pts
Milan 4pts
Group C
Ajax 18pts
Sporting CP 9pts
Dortmund 9pts
Besiktas 0
Group D
Madrid 15pts
Inter 10pts
FC Sheriff 7pts
Shakhtar Donetsk 2pts
Group E
Bayern 18pts
Benfica 8pts
Barcelona – 7pts
Dynamo Kyiv 1pt
Group F
ManUtd – 11pts
Villarreal 7pts
Atalanta 6pts
Young Boys 5pts
Group G
Lille 11pts
Salzburg 10pts
Sevilla 6pts
Wolfsburg 5pts
Group H
Juventus 15pts
Chelsea 13pts
Zenit 5pts
Malmo 1pt
Jesse Marsch fired from RB Leipzig
Predictions
Chelsea – Leeds
JS: CHE
Crystal Palace – Everton
JS: EVE
Portland vs NYCFC JS: NYFC
Polls
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Santiago Leon is the Founder and CEO of the Sports Cast. He covers NFL, NBA, and world soccer. He’s also founder of sleon productions, which he specializes in technology and serves clients with solutions to make their business grow.
