In the 2023-2024 Champions League, Manchester United is sure to be out of the group stage and will miss the knockout round.
The 2023-2024 Champions League season will continue to be a group stage, with 32 teams divided into eight groups for the group stage, with the top two teams in each group advancing to the knockout stage.
In the group stage, Manchester United were relegated to Pot 2 and were drawn together with Bayern Munich in Pot 1, FC Copenhagen in Pot 3 and Galatasaray in Pot 4.
Judging from the strength and classification, Manchester United should still occupy the initiative to qualify, even if it can't beat Bayern, as long as it ensures that it beats Copenhagen and Galatasaray, it can still qualify.
In the first game of the group stage, Manchester United lost 3-4 to Bayern Munich, although the loss was not great, but the impact was not great.
In the second game of the group stage, Manchester United lost 2-3 to Galatasaray, which was an accident, and the defeat in this game has disrupted Manchester United's original plan to qualify, and also sounded the alarm bell for going out.
In the third game of the group stage, Manchester United beat Copenhagen 1-0 to get their first win in the group stage.
In the fourth game of the group stage, Manchester United lost 3-4 to Copenhagen, so far, Manchester United is officially at a disadvantage, after four games, Manchester United only won one game, got three points, and against all three teams.
Fortunately, Copenhagen and Galatasaray also played a draw, after 4 rounds of matches, Bayern won 4 consecutive games to advance to advance, Copenhagen and Galatasaray are both 4 points, Manchester United 3 points, all three teams still have the hope of qualifying, but Manchester United wants to advance, not only need to win the last 2 games, but also have to look at the faces of other teams.
In the fifth game of the group stage, Manchester United drew 3-3 with Galatasaray, and this draw kept Manchester United's hopes of qualifying, and left only the theoretical hope of Manchester United to advance.
After 5 rounds, Bayern has 13 points from 4 wins and 1 loss, and has secured the first place in the group early, Copenhagen and Galatasaray both have 5 points, while Manchester United has 4 points.
The final round matches are Manchester United vs Bayern and Galatasaray vs Copenhagen.
Since Manchester United and Galatasaray do not have a head-to-head advantage, that is, there is only 1 scenario for Manchester United to qualify:
Manchester United's last-ditch win over Bayern Munich in the final round, with Galatasaray and FC Copenhagen ending in a draw, would leave United with seven points and six points from the other two teams in a thrilling progression, but it would be almost impossible.
In the final round, Manchester United lost 0-1 to Bayern Munich, while Copenhagen beat Galatasaray 1-0 to beat Manchester United and Galatasaray to advance to the round of 16. Manchester United won 1 win, 1 draw and 4 losses in the group stage, and finished at the bottom of the group.