Victory without Benzema

The main game of the day took place at the Santiago Bernabeu, where Real were playing first place with Inter in Group D. Madrid had enough draw to maintain the lead, but they delighted the fans with a 2-0 win.

In this game, Carlo Ancelotti could not count on the help of his main striker Karim Benzema, who was injured in the last match of the Spanish Championship.

But even without him, Real Madrid had someone to score against Samir Handanovich.

In the 17th minute, Toni Kroos opened the scoring with a powerful blow from his left foot.

Inter also played well in the first half, but the Italians did not convert any of their chances.

Attempts to recoup stopped when Nicolo Barella was sent off the field.

In the middle of the second half, he was pushed into a billboard by Militao, after which the Italian punched the offender in the leg.

Although both players acted ugly, the referee removed only the Inter player.

After that, "Real" was able to carry another goal into the opponent's goal, which was scored by Marco Asensio.

Sensation in Leipzig

For Manchester City, the last round of the group stage was irrelevant, as Josep Guardiola's players not only made it to the playoffs, but also guaranteed themselves the first place.

But their rivals from Leipzig needed to score more points than Club Brugge in a parallel match with PSG in order to make their way to the Europa League.

The German club did their best and defeated the British at home.

Guardiola, as expected, did not take all of his leaders to Germany, which had an effect already in the middle of the first half. Konrad Laimer, with an excellent pass across half the field, brought Dominik Soboslai forward, who could only beat goalkeeper Zachary Steffen. The American made a lot of saves before the break, but in this moment he could not help out.

In "Leipzig" they did not slow down, despite the fact that during the match even a draw began to suit them.

André Silva doubled the lead and scored the fifth goal of his team in meetings with the British this season.

But Manchester did not remain without a goal of prestige.

After only five minutes, Riyad Marez closed the gap with a header from Alexander Zinchenko.

Kyle Walker's red card prevented the guests from thinking about catching a draw.

The defender rudely knocked down Silva, as a result of which he will miss the first leg of the playoffs due to suspension.

Defeat in Paris

Unlike Manchester, PSG took the game of the sixth round very seriously, although the Parisians did not care about the result of the meeting with Club Brugge either.

They played at home and could not disappoint their native audience, so the strongest team of Mauricio Pochettino entered the Parc des Princes field.

As a result, by the seventh minute, the guests were losing with a score of 0: 2.

Kilian Mbappé scored a double, scoring after the selection and transfer of Angel Di Maria.

The Frenchman has already scored 30 goals in the Champions League and at 22 became the youngest player to achieve this.

Mbappe broke the record of his own teammate Lionel Messi.

The Argentinian this evening did not lag behind the young striker.

Back in the first half, Mbappe helped Messi to score 3-0 with his jerk on the flank, and after the break, when Club Brugge slightly reduced the difference, the seven-time Golden Ball winner converted a penalty.

This goal was the 758th for the striker in his career.

In the list of the top scorers in football history, he overtook Pele, second only to Cristiano Ronaldo of the current footballers.

In the current Champions League, the Argentine has already scored five goals.

Massacre in Porto

The most confusing situation before the final round was in Group B, where all three teams competed for the second place in the playoffs.

As a result, after “Liverpool”, “Atletico” went further, occupying the last place by the results of five games with four points scored.

To reach the 1/8 finals, the Spaniards had to beat Porto away, which itself was on the second line in the quartet.

Already in the 13th minute, the task for the guests was complicated when Luis Suarez asked for a substitution due to injury.

The Portuguese had enough chances before and after the break to open the scoring, but Diego Simeone's charges did it.

Mehdi Taremi's mistake in the corner led to a goal from Antoine Griezmann.

In the middle of the second half, the situation escalated sharply on the field. Yannick Carrasco prevented Otavio from putting the ball into play and received a red card from Clement Turpin, after which the referee had to calm down the players and the bench with warnings for a couple of minutes. When the match resumed, the referee equalized the lineups again, sending Wendell to the locker room for another scuffle. Only five minutes passed, and Porto were already in the minority - Agustín Marquezín received the third red card.

Almost until the end of the meeting there were fewer goals than deletions, but this unpleasant statistic was corrected by the Atlético players.

Angel Correa converted a counterattack in the 90th minute, while Rodrigo De Paul finished off the ball in stoppage time after Griezmann's shot.

A small compensation to Porto for the unfortunate defeat was a penalty kick against Jan Oblak, which Sergio Oliveira managed to convert before the final whistle.

History in Milan and Amsterdam

The two teams were able to repeat a rare Champions League achievement - winning all six group stage victories.

Liverpool and Ajax also joined Milan, PSG, Spartak, Barcelona, ​​Real Madrid and Bayern.

In the final round, the Merseysides visited Milan and brought suboptimal squad to Italy.

However, the wards of Jurgen Klopp had enough skill to win a strong-willed victory over a super-motivated opponent even in such a state.

Fikayo Tomori's goal was answered by Mohamed Salah and Divok Origi, leaving Milan out of the European competition and Porto making their way to the Europa League.

Ajax became the second club after Spartak to win all the group stage matches without being a representative of the big five of European football.

In the sixth round, the Amsterdamites hosted Sporting, which has already secured a place in the playoffs.

In a friendly meeting in essence, the Dutch scored four goals, while conceding half as many.

The last goal of the home team, played by Steven Berguis, was their 20th in the current Champions League.