Paris (AFP)

Paris Saint-Germain, Bayern Munich, Juventus Turin: The first three tickets to the knockout stages of the Champions League came at the end of Wednesday's matches on behalf of the fourth day.

. Gr A: PSG in eighths, Real on a ride

Paris Saint-Germain got scared ... but ended up victorious. And qualified!

Against Club Brugge they corrected (5-0) in the first leg in Belgium, the Parisians won only 1-0, a small goal from Icardi, the Parc des Princes.

And they could have known a new disappointment if the striker of Mbaye Mbaye Diagne had better adjusted his shot on a penalty caused by Thiago Silva and stopped by Keylor Navas (76).

Another mastodon of the group, Real Madrid has squirted (6-0) and eliminated Galatasaray. So far unconvincing in the group stage, the club 13 times European champion has this time offered a health walk in Santiago-Bernabéu.

Having scored twice (45th, 81st), Karim Benzema became, with 62 goals, the fourth best scorer of the modern C1, surpassing Ruud van Nistelrooy.

Rodrygo, who scored a magnificent hat-trick (4th, 7th, 90th + 2), became the second youngest player at 18 to score three goals in a Champions League game.

For a victory with strong Brazilian accent, Rodrygo was twice served by his compatriot and eldest Marcelo (31 years old). And Rodrygo, always, became a smuggler for Benzema (45th). Meanwhile, on a penalty kick provoked by Steven Nzonzi, captain Sergio Ramos scored a panenka (14th).

. Gr B: Bayern found, flawless Tottenham

Bayern Munich, 4 out of 4 and qualified! In the last few days, after being ousted by coach Niko Kovac, the Germans were the first to mathematically ensure that they were playing in the eighth with their 2-0 victory in Bavaria against the Greek Olympiakos.

It was the inevitable Robert Lewandowski who, in the 69th minute, achieved an outrageous but long-standing domination of the Germans by opening the score to a Kingsley Coman center. The Pole has six goals in four games of C1, one less than the Norwegian Salzburg Erling Braut Haaland. Croatian Ivan Perisic made the break at the end of the match (89th).

In Belgrade, Tottenham took a good option on the eighth with a 4-0 victory in front of the fiery audience of the Red Star, thanks to Son Heung-Min (57th, 61st), Giovani Lo Celso (34th) and Christian Eriksen (85th). The Spurs, finalists of the previous edition, are four points ahead of the Serbs, six remaining to win.

. Gr C: Atalanta disgusts City

Manchester City needed a win over the last Group C to qualify: missed. The Mancunians conceded a draw (1-1) to San Siro against Atalanta, and shook to the end, with a field player, Kyle Walker, bombarded backup goalkeeper after the exclusion of Claudio Bravo.

However, City has only one point to take to qualify. For their part, the Italians, who score their first point in four games, retain a small chance to qualify, with four points behind Dinamo Zagreb and Shakhtar Donetsk who were neutralized 3-3.

. Gr D: Juve clinches qualifying, Atlético unscrews

The "Old Lady" qualified at the end of the suspense: Juventus won in pain (2-1) in Moscow against Lokomotiv and removed, just after Bayern, his ticket for the eighth.

It was Douglas Costa who released the Turin in extra time (90 + 3) of a match that went straight to draw.

With this victory, Juve is seven points ahead of his evening opponent, who can no longer join or hope to pass in eighth.

Accustomed to victories in pain, Atlético Madrid has this time disappointed and dropped (2-1) to Leverkusen.

A goal by Thomas Partey (41st) and an achievement by German captain Kevin Volland (55) prevent the "Atleti" from qualifying for tonight. The Colchoneros still have four points ahead of Lokomotiv and Leverkusen.

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