In Video: Barcelona advance to Champions League final as Manchester City take lead | Sporting
11/29/2023–|Last updated: November 29, 202301:41 AM (Mecca time)
Barcelona defeated Portugal 2-1 at Porto in the UEFA Champions League on Tuesday at Barcelona’s Luis Kompanys Olympic Stadium to secure promotion to the 16th round of the Champions League. The fifth round of Group H is also the penultimate round.
Porto opened the scoring through Brazilian striker Pepe (30) and Barcelona equalized through Portuguese defender Joao Cancelo (32), before the latter’s compatriot Joao Felix scored the winning goal (57).
⚽️🔥Joao Felix left his fingerprints on Barcelona’s second goal #championshipleague | #Barcelona_Porto #University College London | #beINUCL pic.twitter.com/cIyCVPZT45
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Barcelona achieved the most important result as they needed to win to clinch the ticket and currently sit alone in first place with 12 points, three points ahead of Porto and Ukraine’s Shakhtar Donetsk, who narrowly missed out on visiting Antwerp in Belgium by one point Team. -0 in Hamburg.
On December 13, Porto will face Shakhtar in the final sixth round of the second card.
Barcelona went into this match without Germany international goalkeeper Marc-Andre ter Stegen and promising midfielder Gaffe through injury.
Manchester City secure top spot in Group G
In the fifth round of Group 7, the English champion Manchester City came all the way and defeated the German visiting team Leipzig 3-2 at the Etihad Stadium in Manchester and achieved a valuable victory.
⚽️🔥 Luis Obinda opens the scoring for Leipzig#championshipleague | #Manchester_City_Leipzig #University College London | #beINUCL pic.twitter.com/LYTzw2JuvV
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In the 13th minute, Leipzig’s new Belgian forward Louis Obinda scored with his left foot in the penalty area after receiving a pass from Janis Braswijk.
🏃♂️🏃♂️ Obinda escaped..Obinda escaped
⚽️⚽️ Luis Obinda extends Leipzig’s lead with counterattack goal#championshipleague | #manchestercityleipzig #University College London | #beINUCL pic.twitter.com/1GS18qlNaU
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The player scored the second goal 20 minutes later with his right foot after receiving a pass from Dutchman Harvey Simons (33).
⚽️🔥 Haaland closes the gap on Manchester City
✍️ Pass or goal?#championshipleague | #manchestercityleipzig #University College London | #beINUCL pic.twitter.com/JjElciX1il
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In the second half, Norway’s top scorer Erling Haaland scored twice after a pass from Phil Foden (55), and Manchester City turned the tables. 15 minutes later, the latter received a pass from Croatian defender Bosco Gvardiol ( 70) Pass the ball to tie the game.
⚽️🔥 Phil Foden lit up the game with his equalizer for Manchester City#championshipleague | #manchestercityleipzig #University College London | #beINUCL pic.twitter.com/tV7ICbuqGs
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Argentina substitute Julian Alvarez scored the winning goal from Foden (87).
The two teams have already guaranteed promotion to the last 16, and the battle between the two sides is to fight for the lead. The defending champion has improved the score to 15 points, while the away team only has 9 points.
Manchester City lost 1-3 away to Leipzig in the second round and lost the opportunity to avenge the away team.
Stunning drawing of Dortmund players completed by Gittens against Milan#championshipleague #beINUCL #University College London pic.twitter.com/1sIUqYsSnE
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Dortmund final price
In the fifth group, Germany’s Borussia Dortmund defeated Italy’s Milan 3-1 in an away game and advanced to the Champions League quarter-finals, while France’s Paris Saint-Germain fell into the trap of the Champions League quarter-finals and failed to get the second ticket. Paris drew 1-1 with Newcastle United in England.
Dortmund tops the group with 10 points, Saint-Germain with 7 points, Newcastle with 6 points and Milan with 5 points.
Mbappe equalized with a penalty kick after referring to VAR#championshipleague | #paris_newcastle #beINUCL #University College London pic.twitter.com/axexOrf4Qz
— beINSPORTS (@beINSPORTS) November 28, 2023
