1-0!The fourth gear of the Champions League counterattacked and beat Manchester United with 8 points in 6 rounds to advance
Beijing time, the last two games of the UEFA Champions League have been played, Manchester United lost 0-1 to Bayern Munich, and was eliminated with 4 points in 6 games, while Copenhagen won 6 consecutive wins in Galatasaray to take the second place with 8 points and smoothly entered the knockout round.
Copenhagen are included in the semi-finals, in the same group as Bayern Munich, Manchester United and Galatasaray, and most people are optimistic about Bayern and Manchester United to advance, while Copenhagen's total assets are only 66.35 million euros, ranking last in the Champions League, and are considered the favorites.
Copenhagen were in last place in the first three games, but in the fourth they rekindled their hopes of promotion with a 4-3 win over Manchester United, and in the fifth, they drew 0-0 with already qualified Bayern Munich to give Copenhagen a chance to qualify.
This is their final game and if they can beat Galatasaray then they can move straight into the next group without having to worry about a showdown with Manchester United or Bayern Munich.
Neither side made any progress in the first half, except for the 58th minute of the second half, when Alshuli crossed and Lelager sent the ball into the net from the flank to score the only goal of the 1-0 game for Copenhagen.
Technically, Copenhagen dominated the game, controlling 37% of the ball, scoring 11-22, 3-4, 3-9 corners, and with Galatasaray's onslaught, they had to go one-on-one.
The win gave Copenhagen eight points, ahead of Galatasaray and Manchester United, and a place in the group stage with Bayern Munich.
After the game, everyone in Copenhagen was in a frenzy.
The coaches of the Copenhagen team hugged each other, sang and danced, and then the head coach Nestrup ran to the stadium excitedly and hugged the rest of the team as if they had won the championship.
FC Copenhagen are the first team ever to reach the round of 16 of the European Champions Cup, their second to reach the round of 16, the first being in 2010/11, when Denmark were knocked out of the round of 16 by Chelsea in the semi-finals. Now, after 13 years, Copenhagen are back in the group stage and will be looking to challenge their own history again.