PARIS: Juventus, Chelsea and Seville scored last-minute victories in qualifying for the Champions League in the eighth round on Tuesday, while Martin Braithwaite achieved a double in Barcelona’s 4-0 win at Dynamo Kiev, as they also secured a position in circular 16. . They are the first organizations to leave the organizational stage, with two games to go, in an evening that saw Erling Braut Haaland, Neymar, Cristiano Ronaldo and Bruno Fernandes among the goals.
There was no Lionel Messi for Barcelona, with the Argentine resting for him against Ukraine, but Ronald Koeman’s team did the task of winning 4 of 4 in Group G. All the goals came here in the middle of the moment, with Sergino Dest opening the score before Danish striker Braithwaite added something else and then changed a penalty to take him to 3-0.
As a substitute, Antoine Griezmann ended the victory at night when young central defender Oscar Mingueza, Brazilian midfielder Matheus Fernandes and American teenager Konrad of the Fuente angels were all bloodied in the first team. “We have fulfilled our goal,” Koeman said. We looked hungry and scored four goals. Plos Angeles players were vital to resting and teenagers deserved their minutes.
Morata, Giroud scored late Juventus joined Barcelona in the Group G standings, but the Italian champion needed a headbutt from replacement Alvaro Morata to beat Ferencvaros 2-1 in Turin and seal his progress. Albanian foreigner Myrto Uzuni put the Hungarians in the lead, but Ronaldo tied before halftime, he scored 15 consecutive seasons in the Champions League.
Chelsea exited Group E after beating Rennes 2-1 in France, Olivier Giroud coming off the bench to face a winner in extra time, Serhou Guirassy canceled Callum Hudson-Odoi’s first breakaway, Sevilla, winner of the final season of the Europa League, they will have a chance to protect their trophy when they qualified for the round of 16 of the European elite club festival and did so with a 2-1 victory over Krasnodar in Russia, in a rare attack against to a giant crowd.
Ivan Rakitic’s goal put the Spaniards in the lead only for Brazilian Wanderson to draw, but Munir El Haddadi won for Sevilla five minutes after the extra time. Sevilla and Chelsea are tied with 10 points, but Frank Lampard’s appearance will be for Spain next week when Manchester United are in the pole position in Group H after a first-half win by Fernandes that led them to a 4–1 win over Istanbul Basaksehir who made up for the 2–1 defeat in Turkey last time.
Fernandes’ first goal was a smothering blow from outside the box, while at the time of a tap-in after a terrible mert Gunok mistake in the away arc, Marcus Rashford added a penalty, but there was a response from the outside side, with a free kick from Deniz Turuc crossed the line before David de Gea regained it. Edin Visca dropped a shot from the bar, but Daniel James secured victory in the counterattack. “It’s a Champions League night at Old Trafford. have a good time,” United technician Ole Gunnar Solskjaer said of his team. “We scored some wonderful goals, I’m happy. “
Haaland’s terrifying record Solkjaer’s groups are 3 questions away from Paris Saint-Germain and RB Leipzig, after an early Neymar penalty gave the French look a 1-0 win over their German visitors. PSG will do it at Old Trafford next week. Borussia Dortmund only want one more point to qualify for Group F after a 3-0 win over Club Brugge, while prolific Haaland scored twice on both sides with a slack shot from Jadon Sancho in Germany.
Haaland has scored 16 goals in the season and has now scored 16 Champions League goals in just 12 appearances: Messi has scored two goals and Ronaldo none after the same number of appearances. “Erling is a gambler. He works and out of the area and he deserves everything that comes to him, Sancho said. In the group’s other attack, Ciro Immobile was framed twice, adding a penalty, while Lazio beat Zenit St. Petersburg 3-1 in Rome, a result that eliminated the Russians. also scored for Lazio, with Artem Dzyuba for Zenit. – AFP