January 30 – Manchester Metropolis and Paris Saint-Germain secured very important victories on the ultimate matchday of the 2024-25 UEFA Champions League group part to make sure qualification to the play-off spherical.
The ultimate dramatic night time of motion within the new-look first part lived as much as expectations on Wednesday as a bunch of groups found whether or not they had reached the final 16 straight, the play-offs or have been eradicated all collectively.
An unprecedented 18 video games have been performed concurrently, though outcomes in the long run supplied no main shock exits. Nevertheless, there have been some shock outcomes following the preliminary eight-matchday schedule.
Three English groups – Aston Villa, Arsenal and Liverpool – completed within the high eight and shall be seeded for the Spherical of 16.
In the meantime, Manchester Metropolis needed to win simply to take care of hope of a second UCL title and have been in grave hazard earlier than rallying to beat Membership Brugge 3-1.
“Within the second half we let our souls and hearts free,” stated Metropolis supervisor Pep Guardiola, who had a nervous night together with being proven a yellow card.
Brugge, even in defeat, secured twenty fourth spot and the ultimate play-off place on aim distinction.
Elsewhere, Spanish giants Barcelona and Atlético Madrid secured their protected passages to the final 16, as did Inter Milan, Lille and Bayer Leverkusen.
The checklist of computerized qualifiers excludes Actual Madrid regardless of a 3-0 win at Brest, Bayern Munich who triumphed 3-1 over Slovan Bratislava and Paris Saint-Germain who cruised to a 4-1 win at Stuttgart – Ousmane Dembélé notching a hat-trick.
Liverpool topped the Champions League standings regardless of a 3-2 loss with a weakened crew at PSV Eindhoven whereas Barcelona completed runners-up after a 2-2 draw with Atalanta.
Aston Villa sneaked into eighth of their first look within the competitors in 42 years as a Morgan Rogers’ hat-trick helped them to a 4-2 win over Celtic.
Groups certified robotically to the spherical of 16 (1-8):
Liverpool, Barcelona, Arsenal, Inter Milan, Atletico Madrid, Bayer Leverkusen, Lille, Aston Villa
Seeded Play-off groups (9-16):
Atalanta, Borussia Dortmund, Actual Madrid, Bayern Munich, AC Milan, PSV Eindhoven, Paris Saint-Germain, Benfica.
Unseeded play-off groups (17-24):
AS Monaco, Stade Brestois, Feyenoord, Juventus, Celtic, Manchester Metropolis, Sporting Lisbon, Membership Brugge.
Groups eradicated (25-32):
Younger Boys, Slovan Bratislava, Salzburg, Girona, Leipzig, Sparta Prague, Sturm Graz, Crimson Star Belgrade, Bologna, Shakhtar Donetsk, Stuttgart, Dinamo Zagreb.
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