Inter Milan, Liverpool and Porto join the ranks of the Champions League qualifiers

Yesterday, the Italian clubs, Inter Milan, Liverpool, the English runner-up, and Porto, joined the ranks of the qualifiers for the Champions League final price, while Barcelona bid farewell to the ancient Spanish club early, and his compatriot Atlético Madrid joined him.

Inter Milan achieved the most important by defeating its guest, Viktoria Plzen, the Czech Republic, by four clean, putting Barcelona out of the prestigious continental competition before facing the Bavarian club and falling to it by three clean goals at the “Spotify Camp Nou”, while Liverpool continued its continental awakening by winning the same result over its host Ajax Amsterdam, the Dutch. He only needed a draw to get past the group stage.

On the other hand, Porto avenged its Belgian host Club Brugge when it defeated it 4-0, and joined the qualifiers for the final price, benefiting from the service of German Bayer Leverkusen led by its coach, Real Madrid midfielder Xabi Alonso, who imposed a 2-2 draw at Atletico Madrid.

The number of clubs qualified for the final price has risen to 12 after Napoli (Group I), Club Brugge (second), Bayern Munich (third), Chelsea (fifth), Real Madrid (sixth), Manchester City, Borussia Dortmund (seventh), and Paris Saint-Germain. French Germain and Portuguese Benfica (eighth).

In the first match, Armenian Henrikh Mkhitaryan (35), Bosnian Edin Dzeko (42 and 66) and Belgian substitute Romelu Lukaku (87) scored the goals.

And Inter achieved the most important thing because he needed to win to settle the second card in the group and describe it after Bayern Munich and the exclusion of Barcelona, ​​which will continue its continental campaign in the European League "Europa League" by guaranteeing third place as it has four points compared to nothing for the last Czech team.

It is the third win for Inter Milan, which strengthened its position in second place with 10 points, two points behind Bayern Munich, which confirmed its contract to Barcelona when it beat it 3-0 at the "Spotify Camp Nou".

In the same group, Bayern Munich renewed its superiority over Barcelona and defeated it for the sixth time in a row when it beat it 3-0 made by Serge Gnabry and scored by Senegalese internationals Sadio Mane (10), Cameroonian Arik-Maxime Choupo-Moting (31) and Frenchman Benjamin Bavar (90 + 5).

It is the fifth win in a row for Bayern Munich, achieving Napoli's achievement in the first group, raising its score to 15 points, ensuring the top of the group.

Liverpool reached the price of the final by defeating its Dutch host Ajax Amsterdam 3-0, alternating with the Egyptian Mohamed Salah (42), raising his yield in the competition to 45 goals, and Uruguayan Darwin Nunes (49) and Harvey Elliott (52) goals.

Liverpool only needed a draw to book his ticket to the final price, but he achieved the fourth victory in a row, enhancing his position in the group with 12 points, before the upcoming summit next Tuesday at “Anfield” on the lead with Napoli, Italy, who achieved his fifth victory in a row when he beat his Scottish guest Rangers 3- zero.

Xavi overthrows Atletico Madrid

Porto won the qualification ticket by defeating Belgian Club Brugge 4-0 and benefited from Atletico Madrid's 2-2 draw with its guest Bayer Leverkusen in the second group competitions.

He alternately scored the Iranian quartet, Mehdi Taremi (33 and 70), Brazilian Evanelson (57), and Canadian Stephen Ostakio (60).

"The victory was very important and we were required to achieve it," Tarmi said. "We played a perfect match and succeeded in repaying Club Brugge, after we were defeated in the first leg at home with the same result."

Porto secured the group runner-up with nine points, four points ahead of Atletico Madrid, who needed to win to maintain their chances, but fell into a draw against Bayer Leverkusen, led by their coach, former Real Madrid midfielder Xabi Alonso 2-2, with his Belgian international striker wasted. Yannick Carrasco for a penalty kick in the last minute of stoppage time, which was blocked by Finnish goalkeeper Lukasz Hradetsky, followed by substitute Saul Neges, hitting the crossbar and preparing for the Brazilian Konya, who shot it, collided with Carrasco and left the field (90 + 10).

The decisiveness in the last round

and Atletico turned their backs twice through Carrasco (22) and Argentine Rodrigo de Paul, after Leverkusen advanced by French Moussa Dialbe (9) and Englishman Callum Hudson-Odoi (29).

"It's a very difficult and complicated evening for all the players and the fans. It's a huge disappointment," said Atletico Madrid's Slovenian international goalkeeper Jan Oblak. "Exclusion from the Champions League is not an easy thing and we did not achieve the first goal, which is to win, and it is difficult to find an explanation for that."

"This is football, sometimes it gives you happiness and other times it doesn't," he added.

English Tottenham maintained the top spot in Group D with a 1-1 draw with Sporting, and the French Marseille lost 1-2 to Eintracht Frankfurt, Germany, to postpone the decision to the last sixth round.

Tottenham, who failed to qualify despite the loss of their direct chaser Marseille, raised their lead to 8 points, one point ahead of Sporting, who in turn tied with Frankfurt, while the Mediterranean club fell to last place with 6 points.

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