In the early morning of December 14, Beijing time, the 6th round of the Champions League group stage ended the second match day: Paris drew 1-1 with Dort, Milan reversed Newcastle 2-1, Manchester City defeated Red Star 3-2, and Barcelona lost to Antwerp 2-3, staging a night of joy and sorrow. On this match day, there were 2 more teams out of Paris and Porto on the night of the Champions League, including teams that were also out, namely Newcastle, Milan and Shakhtar.
Super Group of Death finale
After Dort's victory over Milan in the last round, they successfully broke through in advance, and the final round became a melee pattern of Paris, Newcastle and Milan to compete for the remaining promotion spot.
In the game of Dort vs Paris, in the first half, Jule cleared the goal line and destroyed Mbappe's one-shot goal, and then Balcola hit the post, Muani missed a one-shot goal, and Paris couldn't attack for a long time. In the second half, Phil Krueger set up Adeyemi's goal to give Borussia Dortmund a 1-0 lead, before Unai Emery equalised 1-1 for Paris shortly after.
The Newcastle vs Milan match was also full of ups and downs.
In the 33rd minute of the first half, Joelinton blasted home to give Newcastle a 1-0 lead. In the 59th minute of the second half, Olivier Giroud assisted Christian Pulisic to open the scoring to help Milan equalise 1-1. In the 84th minute, Chukwueze scored from the bench to help Milan achieve a 2-1 comeback.
In the end, Dort accumulated 11 points to advance to the top spot, Paris and Milan both accumulated 8 points, Milan was at a disadvantage, only rose to the third place in the group, Paris tied and qualified, and Newcastle accumulated 5 points to the bottom of the competition.
Atletico beat Lazio to secure top spot in the group
In the last round, Atletico Madrid and Lazio joined hands to qualify for the first round in advance, and the two teams were only 1 point apart, and this game became a battle for the top spot in the group.
Facing Lazio, Atletico Madrid showed their superior strength at home, and finally relied on the joint goals of Griezmann and Lino, and finally won 2-0, and remained unbeaten in 6 rounds of group stage with 4 wins and 2 draws, accumulating 14 points to lock the top spot in the group.
As one of the scorers, Antoine Griezmann scored his fifth goal in the Champions League this season, becoming only the third player in Atletico's history to score five goals in a single Champions League group stage, and also the best goal in a Champions League group stage in his career.
Barcelona's upset loss still locked up the top spot
Barcelona, who returned to the knockout round of the Champions League after two years, only needed a draw in the final round to secure the top spot, and the opponent was Antwerp, who suffered five consecutive defeats in the opening game.
As a result, Barcelona dropped the chain at a critical moment, conceded the ball in less than 2 minutes of the opening game, Romeu made a mistake in stopping the ball, and Wome volleyed the goal, and Barcelona did not rely on Ferran to break the goal until the 35th minute to equalize the score. In the second half, the Barcelona backline conceded two more goals and finally lost to Antwerp 2-3.
Because of Porto's victory over Shakhtar, the points reached 12 points, tying Barcelona, and Barcelona still beat Porto to top the group because of the advantage of winning and losing.
For the first time in Manchester City's history, there are 6 group stage players
Manchester City, who locked the top spot in the first round, changed all the starters in the last game, and finally relied on the joint goals of Hamilton, Bob and Phillips to defeat Red Star Belgrade 3-2 away, which is the first time in his career that coach Pep Guardiola has won all six games in the Champions League group stage.
So far, Manchester City has been unbeaten in 20 consecutive Champions League games, with 15 wins and 5 draws, and at the same time, for the first time in team history, it has won all the group stage records, becoming the second team to win 18 points this season after Real Madrid.
The top 16 of the Champions League are all released:
La Liga: Real Madrid, Barcelona, Atletico Madrid, Real Sociedad
Bundesliga: Bayern, Dort, Leipzig
Serie A: Inter, Lazio, Napoli
Premier League: Manchester City, Arsenal
Ligue 1: Paris
Portuguese Super League: Porto
Eredivisie: PSV Eindhoven
Danchao: Copenhagen