Manchester United have reached the round of 16 in the European Football Champions League.
Manchester United won 2-0 against Villarreal at the Estadio de la Seramica in Villarreal, Spain in the 2021-2022 UCL Group F Group F match, thanks to consecutive goals from Cristiano Ronaldo and Jaden Sancho.
Manchester United, who led the group with 10 points (3 wins, 1 draw and 1 loss), secured at least 2nd place in the group and advanced to the round of 16.
3rd place Atalanta (Italy, 6 points) and 4 points.
Villarreal kept their 2nd place in the group (7 points, 2 wins, 1 draw and 2 losses).
Both teams struggled from the beginning of the match, but the first half did not finish well.
Villarreal's right footed shot hit the net in the 10th minute of the first half, and in the 27th minute, Manu Trigueros, who received a pass from Pino, rushed to the right of the penalty area, and the shot was saved by Manchester United goalkeeper David De Gea in the 27th minute.
Manchester United's header shot from Ronaldo in the 30th minute of the first half headed right in front of opposing goalkeeper Jeronimo Lully.
As the stifling 0-0 balance continued, United tried to reverse the mood by introducing Bruno Fernandes and Marcus Rashford in the 21st minute of the second half.
And in the 33rd minute of the second half, the winning goal was finally scored.
As Villarreal started building up from goalkeeper Lulli, Manchester United's Fred intercepted the ball under strong pressure, which Ronaldo received and kicked it right-footed from the left side of the penalty arc.
Ronaldo, the all-time top scorer in the tournament, scored his 140th goal in his 181st UCL game that day.
He has scored in all five of his group matches this season.
United scored the victory with a goal from Sancho in the 45th minute of the second half.
After receiving a pass leading to Rashford-Fernandes, Sancho scored his first goal since joining Manchester United with a right-footed shot from the right side of the penalty area.
Manchester United sacked manager Ole Gunnar Solskär on the 21st and replaced him as manager Michael Carrick.
After winning the first match, acting coach Carrick said, "The past few days have been difficult for all of the team members. Today's victory is for Solskär."
In Group H, Chelsea defeated Juventus 4-0 and jumped to the top of the group (12 points, 4 wins and 1 loss) and qualified for the round of 16.
With 12 points, Juventus are in second place in the group.
Chelsea opened the game with Trevo Chalova's UCL debut goal in the 25th minute, and Rhys James and Callum Hudson-Odoi added a goal each in the 10th and 13th minutes of the second half to win the match.
Timo Werner scored in extra time in the second half to complete the win by four goals.
In Group E, Bayern Munich, who have already qualified for the round of 16, defeated Dynamo Kiev 2-1 to win their fifth consecutive group stage win.
Munich's scorer Robert Lewandowski scored the first goal with an overhead kick in the 14th minute, scoring his ninth goal of the tournament.
FC Barcelona in the same group drew 0-0 with Benfica in their first group match after taking over as manager Xavi Hernandez.
Barcelona, who are in second place in Group 2 with 7 points, must qualify for the next round in the final 6th leg.
The teams currently in the round of 16 are Manchester United, Chelsea, Liverpool, Ajax, Munich and Juventus.
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