On December 14, Beijing time, the last match day of the Champions League group stage, the two teams of Paris and Porto successfully qualified for the round of 16, while AC Milan, Newcastle and Shakhtar were unfortunately eliminated, of which Shakhtar scored 9 points and were still eliminated.
Newcastle 1-2 Milan, Borussia Dort 1-1 Grand Paris.
Newcastle and AC Milan had to beat their opponents to have a chance of qualifying, and in the end AC Milan won 2-1 away from home, but unfortunately they still failed to qualify.
Joelinton broke the deadlock for Newcastle in the first half, and if they could hold on to a 1-0 scoreline, they would have a chance of qualifying (Paris and Borussia Dortmund were still 0-0 at the time).
After conceding the goal, AC Milan began to fight back, and their efforts came to fruition in the 59th minute of the second half, when Rafael Leao received the ball from the wing and then sent a cross into the box, and although his team-mate was missing, Pulisic pushed in front of goal to equalise.
With a score of 1-1, neither team has a chance to qualify. After that, the two sides continued to attack aggressively, and Milan had the last laugh, with Chukwueze slotting home in the 84th minute to help AC Milan beat their opponents 2-1, but this result still failed to help them progress to the last 16.
In the other game, Paris were very tenacious, beating their opponents away from home to qualify and finish top of the group. However, Dortmund also needed to grab points to secure top spot in the group, so they didn't let it go.
In the 51st minute, Borussia Dortmund scored the first goal, Adeyemi received the ball in front of the goal, and finally easily pushed the ball into the goal, and the home team led 1-0. Seeing the news, Newcastle and AC Milan both played chicken blood. Soon, though, Grand Paris equalised.
Paris broke down the left and then played the ball to his team-mates, and finally Emery received the ball and pushed it into the corner, making it 1-1. After that, Mbappe once scored a solo goal on the counter-attack, but unfortunately because of the offside, the final goal was invalidated, and if Paris won 2-1, then they could get the top spot.
In the end, Grand Paris drew and finished second in the group with 8 points and successfully reached the round of 16. As for Newcastle, they have been overtaken by AC Milan to finish bottom of the table, while AC Milan are third and will play in the Europa League play-offs next.
Atletico 2-0 Lazio.
Prior to this, Atletico Madrid and Lazio had already qualified early, but the two teams still did not let up in this game, because this result was related to the first place in the group.
In the end, Atletico came out on top, winning 2-0 at home thanks to goals from Antoine Griezmann and Lino, and Atletico secured top spot with Lazio in second.
Porto 5-3 Shakhtar.
This is also a battle of life and death, with Porto guaranteed to qualify as long as they are undefeated, while Shakhtar will need to beat their opponents away from home to advance.
As a result, both teams were not conservative and played a crazy score of 5-3. Among them, Gareno scored two goals in a row, while Taremi also scored one, and finally helped Porto reach the round of 16.
Although Barcelona lost 3-2 away to Antwerp, they still managed to top their group with Porto second. As for Shakhtar, although they have 9 points in this Champions League, it is a pity that they still have no chance to qualify.
In this group, there is no suspense in the morning, Manchester City locked the first place in the group in advance, still won Red Star Belgrade away, following Real Madrid, Manchester City also won the end, they aim to defend the title, no matter which opponent is drawn, I believe there is a great chance to reach the quarterfinals!