FC Barcelona around national soccer players Ilkay Gündogan and Marc-André ter Stegen is in the round of 16 of the Champions League.
Without the national goalkeeper ter Stegen, who was still ailing, the Catalans won 2-1 against FC Porto. João Cancelo (32nd minute) and João Felix (57th) turned the game around for Barcelona after Pepe had given FC Porto the lead (30th).
Atletico Madrid are also certain to be in the knockout rounds. The Spaniards won 3-1 (1-0) at Feyenoord Rotterdam and go into the last matchday of Group E as leaders. The result also made Lazio Rome’s participation in the round of 16 perfect. The Romans had won 2-0 against Celtic Glasgow earlier in the evening.
Former Dortmund player Ciro Immobile scored twice as a joker (82nd/85th minute), and in the final duel with Madrid the group victory will be at stake in two weeks. In the Netherlands, own goals from Lutsharel Geertruida (14th) and Santiago Gimenez (81st) as well as the goal from Mario Hermoso (57th) made Madrid’s success perfect. Mats Wieffer managed to score the next goal (77′).
Mbappé saves PSG a point
In the hard-fought Dortmund Group F, Kylian Mbappé secured Paris Saint-Germain a 1-1 draw against Newcastle United with a penalty goal in stoppage time (90.8) and thus the best starting position for the remaining round of 16 ticket. PSG comes second behind BVB on seven points, Newcastle and AC Milan have five points each. Alexander Isak’s goal (24th) was not enough for the British.
Behind Manchester City and RB Leipzig, the Young Boys Bern completed the continuation of their European Cup journey in the Europa League. The 2-0 win against Red Star Belgrade after an own goal by Kosta Nedeljković (8th) and the goal by Lewin Blum (29th) secured the Swiss third place in Group G ahead of the final duel with RB Leipzig on 13th. December. The Serbs are eliminated.
