The 2023-24 Champions League group stage has ended, and the Champions League round of 16 has finally been decided!In the final round, Paris and Porto progressed, while AC Milan beat Newcastle in a comeback but could only qualify for the Europa League play-offs, while Manchester United were eliminated. Prior to that, 14 teams had already qualified for the last 16 of the Champions League, with the remaining two spots between AC Milan and Grand Paris in Group F, and Porto and Shakhtar Donetsk in Group H. Group F matches are Paris vs Borussia Dortmund and AC Milan vs Newcastle. The results of these two matches will determine which team will advance.
In the match between Grand Paris and Dortmund, Mbappe's empty shot was cleared by the opponent's goal line, and then Dortmund scored the first goal to take the lead, and finally Grand Paris drew 1-1, and the two teams advanced together. In the other game, AC Milan scored two goals in a comeback to win over Newcastle to qualify for the Europa League play-offs, while Newcastle did not qualify. In Group H, Porto and Shakhtar Donetsk faced each other head-to-head, and the two teams battled fiercely, scoring a total of eight goals before Porto defeated Shakhtar Donetsk 5-3 to advance to the last 16 of the Champions League, while Shakhtar Donetsk qualified for the Europa League play-offs.
As a result, the last 16 teams in this season's Champions League have been decided, including nine big teams from the five major leagues: Bayern, Arsenal, Real Madrid, Inter Milan, Manchester City, Barcelona, Grand Paris, Atletico Madrid and Borussia Dortmund. There are also secondary teams from the top five leagues: Napoli, Real Sociedad, Leipzig and Lazio. There are only three teams from non-top five leagues, namely Porto, Copenhagen and PSV Eindhoven. According to the arrangement, the draw for the round of 16 of the Champions League will be held at 7 p.m. Beijing time on December 18, and the draw will be divided according to the first seeded team in the group and the second unseeded team in the group, and avoid meeting teams in the same group and the same country.
Let's wait and see what kind of powerful dialogue will be staged at that time!The Champions League final will be played at Wembley Stadium in London on June 1 next year, so who will make it to the final?Let's look forward to a great performance from each team. In the latest Champions League odds, Manchester City leads without any suspense, followed by Bayern, Real Madrid and Arsenal in third and fourth respectivelyThis ranking is really eye-opening!Can Arsenal come back from fourth place?Let's wait and see!