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- Madrid, Juve, Bavaria, Rome, United States, City, Ajax via
- The Ajax puts an end to 13 years of waiting to qualify for knockouts
- Lyon and Shakhtar chasing after a late victory
- Madrid beat Roma at leading group, both progress
- Juve and United qualify with victories
- Last games in these groups on December 12th
Group E
Highlights: Bayern 5-1 Benfica
AEK Athens 0-2 Ajax
Dušan Tadić scored twice in five minutes to give Ajax the necessary victory to reach the knockout stage for the first time since 2005/06 and confirm the AEK in fourth place. The opening match in the 68th minute ended in a penalty kick after a handball by Marko Livaja, for which he was sent off. Tadić's second place was followed by David Neves and his deputy Klaas Jan Huntelaar.
Bayern München 5-1 Benfica
Ajax's quick win forced Benfica to score two or more goals to keep his last 16 hopes alive, but Bayern confirmed his progress comfortably. Arjen Robben had two curling goals before Robert Lewandowski won his 50th place in the UEFA Champions League. Benfica teenager Gedson Fernandes reduced the score one minute after his halftime introduction, but Lewandowski raised the score to 4-1 with a new header. Franck Ribéry added the fifth goal, his first goal at this level since March 2015. Benfica will finish third and transfer to the UEFA Europa League.
Group F
Highlights: Lyon 2-2 Man. City
Lyon 2-2 Manchester City
City knew that one point was going to win a round of 32, but Lyon's hopes of making rapid progress were shattered by the last Shakhtar winner at Hoffenheim. Maxwel Cornet scored the first goal early in the second half, but seven minutes later Aymeric Laporte nodded. Although Cornet then restored Lyon's lead 9 minutes from time, Sergio Agüero quickly made the mark at 2-2, heading for Riyad Mahrez.
Hoffenheim 2-3 Shakhtar Donetsk
Hoffenheim eliminated Shakhtar's lead 2-0 before half-time, but the winner of Taison's extra match-time kept visitors two points behind Lyon, while putting an end to the hopes of the competition's beginners. Ismaily and Taison scored within seconds of each other, just before quarter-hour, but Andrej Kramarić responded almost instantly and Steven Zuber tied at 2-2. Ádám Szalai (Hoffenheim) was sent off at the hour and Taison scored a post eight minutes from the end before taking it to the stops. Shakhtar will be right when he defeats Lyon on December 12th; to get third, Hoffenheim must win at City and hope that OL will lose.
Group G
Highlights: Roma 0-2 Real Madrid
CSKA Moskva 1-2 Viktoria Plzeň
The CSKA Round of 32 are over after a defeat that put Plzeň in third place, ahead of hosts in the face-to-face record. Nikola Vlašić's penalty gave CSKA the advantage in the tenth minute. The advance of Roman Procházka was even better. Roman Procházka was denied just before the break by Igor Akinfeev. However, Procházka equalized after the break and Lukáš Hejda led the winner nine minutes from the end.
Roma 0-2 Real Madrid
The defeat of CSKA at the start of the match meant that both teams had finished before the kickoff and that the holders got the first place in the group with the win. Gareth Bale and Lucas Vázquez marked the start of the second half on a night when Madrid reached the group stage for the 23rd time, a record, in 22 consecutive attempts.
Group h
Highlights: Man. United 1-0 Young Boys
Juventus 1-0 Valencia
A strike from Mario Mandžukić by Cristiano Ronaldo just before the hour was enough to ensure a win for Juve, although the last winner of United does not guarantee them first place. Valencia, whose eighth finals were scored by the goal of Old Trafford, will rank 3rd and transfer the 32nd finals of the UEFA Europa League.
Manchester United 1-0 young boys
It seemed that United would be frustrated and would need a result in Valencia during the sixth day, but as at Juventus last time, the Red Devils took it to the death, with Marouane Fellaini finishing after the basement Paul Pogba launched a long balloon Luke Shaw. To reach the top, United must win at Valencia next time and hope that Juve will not beat Young Boys, confirmed in fourth place.
Wednesday games (send at 9pm unless otherwise indicated)
GROUP A: Atletico Madrid v Monaco (18h55 CET), Borussia Dortmund v Club Brugge
GROUP B: PSV Eindhoven v Barcelona, Tottenham Hotspur v Internazionale Milano
GROUP C: Paris St. Germain v Liverpool, Naples v Crvena zvezda
GROUP D: Lokomotiv Moskva v Galatasaray (18: 55CET), Porto v Schalke
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