Copenhagen accompanied Bayern Munich to the knockout stages of the Champions League (Reuters)
Danish team Copenhagen blew a surprise of heavy caliber by qualifying for the price of the Champions League final after beating Galatasaray with a clean goal at the end of Group A of the Champions League football, while Manchester United came out of the continental season empty-handed.
In Denmark, Copenhagen settled its fateful confrontation with its guest Galatasaray and with it a card to qualify for the final price for the first time since the 2010-2011 season, thanks to a goal scored by Lucas Leragher at the beginning of the second half after a pass from Tunisian Elias Achouri (58).
Tunisia's Elias Achouri's pass creates a precious goal for Copenhagen #دوري_أبطال_أوروبا pic.twitter.com/Bm2aHW0KBG
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In another group match, Manchester United's slim chance of qualifying for the final was dashed by a clean goal defeat to Bayern Munich at Old Trafford.
The three-time European champion needed to beat Bayern at the end of the group stage with Copenhagen drawing with Galatasaray.
Koeman opens the scoring for Bayern Munich 🔥⚽️ #Champions_League pic.twitter.com/WsQJ8yl9BU
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Neither thing happened, with Kingsley Coman scoring from close range in the 70th minute for Bayern, who ended the first set undefeated.
The Bavarian team topped the group with 16 points, 8 points behind second-placed Copenhagen, while Galatasaray qualified for the Europa League play-offs by finishing third in the group, and the last place remains for United with 4 points.
Full Tag
In Group C, Real Madrid maintained the full mark after snatching a thrilling 3-2 win over Union Berlin, while Napoli beat Sporting Braga with two goals without reply.
Real Madrid finished top of the group stage with 18 points from six consecutive wins.
The club ensured the royal before the period of qualifying for the final price, with Napoli, who ended his career in the runner-up of the group with 10 points, while Sporting Braga came in third place with 4 points to move to the Europa League, while Union Berlin bid farewell to his European campaign at the bottom of the group standings with two points.
Union Berlin opens the scoring against Real Madrid #ChampionsLeague #ريال_مدريد #أونيون_برلين pic.twitter.com/NXFoBiNuEX
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Joselo equalises for Real Madrid against Union Berlin #ChampionsLeague#ريال_مدريد #أونيون_برلين pic.twitter.com/3KIWcgaJ1Y
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Joselo adds Real Madrid's second goal against Unión Berlin #ChampionsLeague #ريال_مدريد #أونيون_برلين pic.twitter.com/e4OENXV7M6
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Ceballos scores Real Madrid's third goal against Unión Berlin #ChampionsLeague#ريال_مدريد #أونيون_برلين pic.twitter.com/6H3arHzRMo
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At the Ander Alten Foresteri Stadium, Union Berlin's victory with Sporting Braga's loss to Napoli was enough for the German team to end their campaign in third place and move to the Europa League, but they lost in the final seconds
to Real Madrid thanks to a goal from Dani Ceballos.
Kevin Voland advanced with a goal for Union Berlin (45), then Joselo equalized for the Royal Club (61), after which the same player returned and scored the second goal of the visitors (72).
Czech Alex Kral responded with Union Berlin's equalizer in the 85th minute but Ceballos snatched the winning goal for Real one minute before the end.
At the Diego Armando Maradona Stadium, Napoli advanced with a reverse goal scored by Sardar Saatchi by an own goal in the ninth minute and then Nigerian striker Victor Osimhen added the second goal in the 33rd minute a day after being
crowned the best player in Africa.
Osimhen deceives Sporting Braga goalkeeper and scores Napoli's second goal #دوري_أبطال_أوروبا #سبورتينغ_نابولي pic.twitter.com/v7QHQjgGnY
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Sociedad lead
In the group, Real Sociedad snatched the lead after snatching a goalless draw from its host Inter Milan at the "Giuseppe Meazza" stadium.
Each team got a point to equal the balance of the two teams with 12 points, but the Spanish team snatched the top of the group superior on goal difference, and together they advanced to the round of 16.
Inter Milan, runners-up of the last edition of the Champions League, thus put themselves in front of strong confrontations against the leaders in the other groups.
In another match in the same group Benfica returned Portuguese victory precious host Salzburg Austria 3-1.
Benfica raised his tally to four points, superior to Salzburg to grab the Portuguese giants card to qualify for the Europa League competition with an exciting scenario in the last meters.
Source: Agencies