Champions League: Juventus and Manchester United qualify for eighth – Foot

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Champions League

Published on Tuesday, November 27, 2018 at 22:57
| Updated 28/11/2018 at 00:27

Juventus and Manchester United earned their ticket to the knockout stages of the Champions League by beating Valencia (1-0) and Bern (1-0).

And suddenly, Old Trafford exploded. We played in the 91st minute on Tuesday night, when Marouane Fellaini gave Manchester United a success that most people did not really believe. The fans will forget that he helped his hand to control the ball and will be content with the joy of qualifying. It must be said that by being awkward and multiply the bad choices in front of the cage of Von Balmoos, the Red Devils seemed promised a final chopper match in Mestalla, December 12. And ? Fellaini took advantage of a surrender of Lukaku's head to bring down the Young Boys of Berne and compile, at the same time, the ticket of the Mancunians for the 8th finals of the Champions League.

A logical outcome with regard to the domination of players José Mourinho. But an extremely long ending to emerge especially because of the clumsiness and lack of lucidity of Marcus Rashford. The English international was probably the most dangerous player but too much to make the difference alone, he ended up being particularly annoying. In their misfortune, at least the Red Devils were able to rejoice not to pay a high price for their lack of efficiency.

It required a huge parade of De Gea in front of Garcia (70th) to save the furniture. While José Mourinho had made six changes from the lineup aligned three days earlier against Crystal Palace (0-0), Paul Pogba had to wait until the hour of play to make his appearance. Titularized on the left wing, Anthony Martial, himself, showed stirring failing to succeed in actually weighing.

Cristiano Ronaldo decisive pbader

Juventus were beaten by Valencia at home but secured their place in the round of 16 with a 1-0 victory. The Italian champion made the difference on a nice action by Cristiano Ronaldo who offered a perfect cross to Mario Mandzukic after a series of dribbles on the left side.

The most dangerous actions for the Spanish team came from defender Mouctar Diakhaby. The former Lyonnais first had a good head just before the break but his recovery was diverted by Szczesny. In the second half, he equalized but his goal was denied because he had scored.