At 4:00 am Beijing time on December 14th, Group F of the 23-24 UEFA Champions League group stage concluded with two matches in the sixth round starting simultaneously. Dortmund hosts Paris Saint Germain at home, while Newcastle United hosts AC Milan at home. The competition for the knockout stage of this season’s Champions League has finally come to a grand conclusion!
For Milan and Newcastle, this final game is directly related to qualifying or being eliminated, but even if one side wins 3 points, it still depends on the result of another game.
The whole game ended and Newcastle United lost 1-2 to AC Milan. The away team of the Red and Black Legion performed well this game, from falling behind, equalizing, and then overtaking, but unfortunately this form came a bit late. If we could have had this performance in the first few rounds, perhaps we would have qualified long ago. After the game, Reindes was elected as the best player of the game.
In another match at the same time, Dortmund eventually shook hands with Paris Saint Germain 1-1 and reached the quarter finals of the Champions League together. In the first half of the game, the two teams had attacks and defenses but were deadlocked.
At this point, the competition to advance to the Champions League group of death this season has come to a close, with Dortmund leading the table with 11 points and Paris Saint Germain advancing with 8 points to secure the last spot in the group stage.
Although Milan, who also had 8 points, won, they were unable to advance due to their third place finish in the group stage. For the first time in team history, they finished third in the Europa League, and Newcastle finished last with 5 points!
The sixth round of the group stage has ended, and this season’s Champions League group stage has successfully concluded. In the last eight matches, there are still exciting matches: Atletico Madrid 2-0, Lazio, Porto 5-3, Shakhtar Donetsk, and Antwerp beat Barcelona 3-2.
At this point, the top 16 teams of this season’s Champions League have been announced: Bayern Munich, Real Madrid, Real Sociedad, Inter Milan, Manchester City, RB Leipzig, Atletico Madrid, Barcelona, Borussia Dortmund, Lazio, Arsenal, PSV Eindhoven, Copenhagen, Naples, Porto, Paris Saint Germain.
Among the top 16 teams in the UEFA Champions League this time, La Liga can be said to stand out, with 4 out of 5 teams ultimately advancing as the top team in the group. Serie A and Bundesliga also have three teams each advancing. Manchester City and Arsenal advanced to the Premier League, while Manchester United and Newcastle United both finished last. Squawka statistics indicate that this is the first time in the history of the Champions League that two English teams have finished last in the same season.
In contrast, all four teams in La Liga have advanced to the top spot, with only Sevilla being eliminated; The Bundesliga and Serie A each have 3 teams advancing to the round of 16.
Ligue 1 team (Paris); Apart from the five major European leagues, three teams have advanced, namely from the Dutch Bundesliga, Portuguese Super League, and Danish Super League.
The knockout draw will take place next Monday
The draw for the UEFA Champions League round of 16 will be held at 19:00 Beijing time on December 18th (next Monday). The first team in the group is the seed team, and the second team is the non seed team. The seed team faces the non seed team in the round of 16; Follow the principle of avoiding within the same league and group.
Inter Milan, Paris Saint Germain, and Napoli are all second in the group and it can be expected that they will create the biggest suspense of the knockout stage draw.
The round of 16 will take place in mid February and early March, and the current UEFA Champions League final will be held on June 1st at Wembley Stadium.