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Bayern Munich, Ajax, Real Madrid, Roma, Juventus, Manchester United and Manchester City have sealed their place in the last 16 games of the Champions League in a day during which Valencia bid farewell to the competition because of Fellaini's goal in the last breath of the night.
Of all the matches in play, many spotlights were directed to Rome, where Real Madrid, after the first big fall of Santiago Solari to Eibar (3-0), had a trial to recover some of the credibility who lost this season
At least I was confident that I had reached the round of 16 before the fall thanks to the defeat of CSKA Moscow, who lost a pair with Viktoria Plzen. The Czechs have won their first victory in the history of the competition and will fight with the Russians to compete in the Europa League.
Solari sent Isco Alarcón to the stands and bet on Marcos Llorente in midfield. With this incredible decision, Real Madrid was a little more consistent and the players who jumped on the field were more powerful than Eibar. Despite this, he still had many weaknesses and could not be outdone by the display board because the Turk Cenzig Under had missed a formidable opportunity for the Belgian goalkeeper Thibaut Courtois.
In the second part, Gareth Bale, noted recently, received a gift from Argentine Fazio to open the scoring. Then he failed to face Swedish goalkeeper Robin Olsen and Lucas Vázquez, sentenced to half an hour of punishment. Without brilliance, Real Madrid met and went to the next round with first place under the arm.
In group E, all roles were defined in the absence of the last day. It remains only to know the name of the leader and it will be decided at the Amsterdam Arena, where Ajax and Bayern Munich will face for first place after their victories over the AEK Athens (0-2) and Benfica (5- 1), respectively.
Ajax will come back to play a round of 16 after thirteen years. A In the last ten years, with the exception of the Europa League final which has tilted in 2016 against Manchester United's José Mourinho, the Dutch team has wandered into a continental desert that seemed endless.
However, the men of Erik ten Hag did not miss their chance in Athens and culminated in an exceptional group stage thanks to a double of the Serbian Dusan Tadic, who scored a very tactical match with two goals. in the second half. His appearance left AEK in last place and allowed the return of the knockout stages of Ajax, who played for the last time this draw in the 2006/07 season, during which he lost against the Inter.
Bayern, who sent Benfica to the Europa League, is currently the leader of the group after easily winning the Portuguese team. He has two points ahead of Ajax after signing a superb first period with a pair of goals scored by Dutchman Arjen Robben and another of Poland's Robert Lewandowski. Then, after the restart, Lewandowski repeated and Franck Ribery finished a comfortable 5-1 which gave the ticket to the eighth place for the German stadium.
Juventus also qualified, beating Valencia with a goal from Mario Mandzukic, with which he added three points and took the lead in the standings. Cristiano Ronaldo, with one goal in the competition, helped the Croatian striker and was decisive in another facet of this year's brilliant explosion (he already has six badists).
Valencia, unable to equalize, was eliminated because of a goal in the last breath of Belgian Marouane Fellaini at Old Trafford for Manchester United, who avoided a direct duel against the Valencian team at Mestalla who could have sent him to the street. by José Mourinho.
The Portuguese coach played with fire, did not sign a brilliant match and even David de Gea saved his team with two good interventions in front of a pair of Young Boys in approach. In the end, an atrocious goal gave the qualification to the English team.
United will be joined by Manchester City in the round of 16, which drew 2-2 against Lyon and secured their ticket for the next phase. You still have to wait until the last day to know if you will reach the draw as a leader. Lyon, three points, has a difference in goals thanks to its 1-2 victory in the first leg.
The double of Pep Guardiola equaled the two goals of Maxwell Cornet, the first of the best of the day after having scored with a superb shot from outside. Aymeric Laporte, lead, and Sergio "Kun" Aguero, have maintained the English hegemony.
The Hoffenheim was a victim of Group F. With one man missing for half an hour with the expulsion of Hungarian Adam Szalai, he lost 2 to 3 in his stadium against Shakhtar Donetsk and was about to take three points with fight and honor.
Andrej Kramaric and Steven Zuber scored goals for Ismaily and Taison, but in the rebate, again, Ismaily scored to give life to the Ukrainian team, which will play the Lyon standings at 39, a heart attack duel on the last day.
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