2023 The 24 season of the Champions League group stage entered the final sprint round, most of the major giants successfully qualified, including Real Madrid, Manchester City, Bayern, Barcelona, Arsenal won the first place in the group, and in the group F of the death group, in addition to Dortmund advanced in advance, the remaining promotion place will be contested by Paris Saint-Germain, Newcastle and AC Milan, in the final round, Dortmund to compete for the first place in the group, Paris Saint-Germain to compete for the right to qualify, Newcastle and AC Milan directly confrontation, strive for the right to advance to the group. The major giants have joys and sorrows, a few are happy and a few are sad.
Borussia Dortmund 1-1 Paris Saint-Germain
Borussia Dortmund fell early in the Bundesliga this season, was eliminated from the German Cup by Stuttgart, and the Bundesliga was winless for two consecutive rounds, and was thrown away by Bayer Leverkusen at the top of the table by 11 points, and the league title is basically hopeless. In the Champions League, Dortmund bottomed out after a winless start of two rounds, beating Newcastle home and away, and then beating AC Milan to play a wave of three consecutive wins, counterattacking to take the lead in the group of death, and the final round needs to fight for the top spot.
Paris Saint-Germain's performance disappointed the fans, although in Ligue 1, Paris Saint-Germain excelled in the league with a super squad, but in the Champions League, Paris Saint-Germain did not play convincingly, only 7 points in the first 5 rounds, but lost two, Mbappe's performance was average, and Paris Saint-Germain lacked competitiveness in the Champions League.
In the game, in the first half, Jule cleared the extreme goal line, destroyed Mbappe's one-shot goal, Balcola hit the post, Muani missed a one-shot opportunity, and the two teams drew 0-0 temporarilyAdeyemi scored in the second half, Zaire Emery equalised, Mbappe scored but was offside, and finally Paris drew 1-1 with Dort, finishing second in the group, and Dort qualified first in the group.
Newcastle 1-2 AC Milan
Newcastle has been improving year by year with the investment of the Saudi consortium, and was able to break into the top four in the Premier League last season, and appeared in the Champions League again after more than 20 years. In the group of death, Newcastle started high and went low, with 4 points in the first two rounds, but was beaten by Dortmund home and away, and was drawn by Paris Saint-Germain in the last round with a one-goal lead, and lost the initiative to qualify.
AC Milan's form has been up and down, with Stefano Pioli facing a crisis of confidence, nine points behind the top Inter Milan in Serie A, and although the top four is secure, the title race is showing signs of falling out early. In the Champions League, AC Milan performed even worse, after not winning in the first three rounds, they finally broke out at home to beat Paris Saint-Germain, but were defeated by Borussia Dortmund at home in the last round, and it takes a miracle to qualify.
In the game, in the first half, Tomori cleared the key goal line, and Joelinton burst into the goal. In the rematch, Giroud set up Christian Pulisic to equalise, Maignan made a brilliant save, Rafael Leao hit the post with a solo effort and Chukwueze came off the bench. In the end, Newcastle 1-2 Milan. In terms of standings, Milan entered the Europa League play-offs third in their group, while Newcastle finished bottom of the group.
After this round, the standings of Group F, Dortmund ranked 1st in the group with 11 points, Paris Saint-Germain ranked 2nd in the group with 8 points, Newcastle ranked 4th in the group with 6 points, AC Milan ranked 3rd in the group with 8 points, and finally Dortmund and Paris Saint-Germain advanced together, and Newcastle Milan was eliminated and missed the round of 16.