Real Madrid of Spain guaranteed to reach the eighth final of the Champions League, after defeating Sporting Braga of Portugal, 3-0, in the fourth round of the third group of the tournament.
Real Madrid raised its score to 12 points in first place, 5 points ahead of Napoli, Italy, in second place, and a full 9 points behind Sporting Braga, in third place, while Union Berlin, Germany, is at the bottom of the standings.
With one point.
Braga wasted the opportunity to advance through a penalty kick missed by Alvaro Diallo in the sixth minute.
🧤⚽️ Lunin succeeds in the first test and saves a penalty kick#Champions League #Real_Madrid_Braga#UCL | #beINUCL pic.twitter.com/P5XPeE0zEh
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Before Real Madrid succeeded in scoring three goals, which were alternated between Brahim Diaz (27), Vinicius Junior (58) and Rodrigo (61).
⚽️🔥 Ibrahim Diaz opens registration for the Royal Club#Champions League #Real_Madrid_Braga #UCL | #beINUCL pic.twitter.com/zeMeoEoZXD
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⚽️🔥 A wonderful game from the Brazilian duo Vinicius Junior and Rodrigo, which the latter translated into a goal against Braga.#Champions League #Real_Madrid_Braga #UCL | #beINUCL pic.twitter.com/diatHnHmFJ
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Brilliant Kane
In the first group, English star Harry Kane carried his team, Bayern Munich, to the final 16, after scoring two goals within 7 minutes near the end, leading the Bavarian team to a tiring and difficult 2-1 victory over its guest, Galatasaray.
The England captain scored the two goals in the 80th and 86th minutes, respectively.
The visiting team reduced the gap through Cedric Bakambu in stoppage time of the match.
Harry Kane scores against Galatasaray with the second goal 🔥⚽️#Champions League | #Bayern Munich | #Galatasaray pic.twitter.com/wUuanyUUrE
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The Bavarian team strengthened its undefeated record for the 38th match in the group stage and achieved 17 consecutive victories, achieving two records in the European competition.
Bayern leads Group A with 12 points with two matches remaining in the group stage.
In another match from the same group, Denmark’s Copenhagen achieved an exciting victory over its English guest, Manchester United, 4-3.
🔥🔥 Copenhagen turns the score around in the last minutes#Champions League | #Manchester United | #Copenhagen #UCL | #beINUCL pic.twitter.com/WpV0MIFPDQ
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Copenhagen raised its score to four points in second place, with a goal difference from Galatasaray of Turkey, which is in third place, while Manchester United’s score froze at 3 points in fourth and final place.
Manchester United’s goals were scored by Rasmus Hoylund (8 and 23) and Bruno Fernandes in the 69th minute from a penalty kick.
While the goals of the hosts were scored by Mohamed Elyounoussi in the last minute of the first half, Diego Goncalves in the ninth minute of stoppage time for the first half, Lucas Lerager (83) and Ronnie Bardji (87).
Arsenal is getting closer
In the second group, English Arsenal achieved a convincing victory over Sevilla with two unanswered goals.
Arsenal decided its match against Sevilla with two clean goals scored by Leandro Trossard (29) and Bukayo Saka (64).
Arsenal’s score rose to nine points at the top of the group, while Sevilla’s score froze at two points and fell to the last fourth place.
Beautiful goal from Saka 🤩⚽️#Champions League | #Arsenal | #Seville pic.twitter.com/xRf6ulsdo3
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PSV Eindhoven revived its hopes in the tournament after achieving its first victory after two draws and one defeat, and defeated France’s Lens with a clean goal scored by Luuk de Jong in the 12th minute.
Lance ended the match with ten players, as Morgan Guilfaugi was expelled from the team in the final seconds for receiving a second warning.
PSV’s tally rose to five points in third place on goal difference only behind second-placed Lens.
Aim up
In the fourth group, the goal of Argentine Lautaro Martinez, captain of Inter Milan, helped his team reserve its place in the eighth final of the main continental competition, with a clean goal victory over its host Salzburg of Austria, dashing the latter’s hopes of qualifying for the knockout stages with two matches remaining.
Substitute Martinez ensured victory for Inter with a penalty kick 5 minutes before the end of the match after coach Simone Inzaghi’s squad received a penalty kick for handball.
Inter occupies second place in Group Four with ten points, equal to leaders Real Sociedad, who achieved a comfortable 3-1 victory over Benfica of Portugal in the other match in the group and also secured one of the first and second places (qualifying for the final round).
Salzburg, which would have maintained its chances of qualifying for the round of 16 if it had tied, is in third place with three points, while Benfica is at the bottom of the standings without a score.
