The group stage of the Champions League reaches the deciding stages and the picture of the winners becomes clearer. Tonight (Tuesday) the fifth cycle of the factory continued when Juventus was eliminated from the Champions League at the end of a crazy game and a 4:3 loss to Benfica who qualified for the next stage. At the same time, Manchester City ended in a disappointing 0:0 with Borussia Dortmund and both are already in the round of 16.
Benfica – Juventus 3:4
A game that promised to be interesting because of the situation in the table and there is a huge game with many goals and events. Rafa Silva was the star of the evening with a pair of goals, the first with a heel and the second with a jump over the goalkeeper, leading the Portuguese to a promising 1:4 lead in the 50th minute.
Arkadiusz Milik and Weston McKinney chipped in with two goals in two minutes heading into the final 10 minutes in what was not enough for the Old Lady. Juventus is shamefully relegated with only three points after five rounds and continues its collapse this season.
17th minute, a goal! Banfika took the lead 0:1: The Portuguese rightfully took the lead. Enzo Fernandez lifted it into the area and Antonio Silva the stopper hit the net.
21st minute, a goal! Juventus tied for 1:1: that was fast. It took four minutes for the old lady when a corner kick landed at Dushan Vlahovic who scored. The rest was initially disqualified on the grounds of being different and confirmed after a VAR check.
28th minute, a goal! Banfika regained the lead and rose to 1:2: Crazy game in Lisbon. Benfica won a penalty which was used by Joao Mario who poked the ball into Wojciech Szczesny’s net.
Minute 35, a goal! The celebration continues and is already issued at 1:3: The high rate continues. Joao Mario added a header with a cross from the wing, Rafa Silva emerged from behind and with a great backheel scored from close range.
50th minute, a goal! Benfica abuses Juventus and goes up 1:4: Alex Grimaldo in a great action recovered the ball in the old lady’s half of the court and sent a sharp ball to Rafa who was left alone in the box. The winger brilliantly bounced over Szczesny and continued the celebration.
77th minute, a goal! Juventus shrinks to 4:2: Can the old lady come back? Substitute Arkadiusz Milik scored with a kick from the air from the box and restored faith.
79th minute, a goal! Juventus reduces the difference to one with the 4:3: The old lady got into momentum. Weston McKinney took advantage of a mix-up in the box and pushed into the net from close range, the Italians came back to life.
Manchester City – Borussia Dortmund 0:0
Disappointing game? Depends on who you ask. Manchester City and Borussia Dortmund parted in a 0-0 draw in the match between Erling Holland’s current team and his former team.
Despite the weak performance, both teams achieve their goal from the group stage and both will play in the last 16 of the Champions League after making Sevilla’s elimination final.
58th minute, Manchester City misses a penalty: Riyad Mehrez drew a foul inside the box from Amara Chan and took the penalty himself, but the winger didn’t kick well enough and drew a free kick from Gregor Koval.
