According to Tasnim news agency, the file of the fifth week, the penultimate week of the group stage of the European Champions League was closed on Wednesday night with the holding of six matches in groups A to D and the determination of four other teams that will advance to the elimination stage of the competition.
From Group A, Bayern Munich, who were already promoted, settled for a goalless draw at home to Copenhagen, but their top spot was confirmed. In the table of this group, Bayern Munich is the leader with 13 points, Copenhagen and Galatasaray teams are both second and third with five points and according to the result of the head-to-head match, and Manchester United is at the bottom of the table with four points.
In group B, in a high-scoring game, Arsenal defeated the French team Lance with a result of 6-0 and celebrated promotion with this victory. Kai Havertz in the 13th minute, Gabriel Jesus in the 21st minute, Bocayo Saka in the 23rd minute, Gabriel Martinelli in the 27th minute, Martin Odegaard in the 45+1 minute and Jorginho in the 86th minute (from the penalty spot) scored the goals of this game.
With this result, Arsenal got 12 points and not only qualified for the next stage, but was also sure of their group leader. Arsenal’s victory also caused Eindhoven to maintain a three-point gap with Lance, and due to the better results of the Dutch representative against the French representative in head-to-head games, Eindhoven also qualified for promotion with eight points. Lance remained in third place with five points. Meanwhile, Soya is at the bottom of Group B table with two points.
From Group C, the important battle between Real Madrid and Napoli in Spain ended with the home team winning 4-2. First, Giovanni Simeone scored for Napoli in the 9th minute. Later, Real Madrid compensated for the lost goal with the goals of Rodrigo in the 11th minute and Jude Bellingham in the 22nd minute and took the lead, but at the beginning of the second half and in the 47th minute, Andre Angisa scored Napoli’s second goal so that the representative of Italy hopes to get points from this game. but Nicolas Pass, the substitute player of Real Madrid, scored the third goal for this team in the 84th minute to ruin the Italian guest’s night, and finally, Khoslo shot the equalizer in the 90+4th minute to the heart of the team led by Walter Mazzarri.
With this result, Real Madrid, whose ascension was already confirmed, got 15 points and confirmed their group leader. Napoli, however, still has a good chance of promotion. The team remained in second place with seven points and now only needs one more point to qualify. In the final week, Napoli hosts Braga, who drew 1-1 against Union Berlin in the same match and are now in third place in Group C with four points. Union Berlin is at the bottom of this group with two points.
Two games were also held in Group D, and in the more important game, the Inter football team, whose promotion was decided before, changed the 3-0 defeat to a 3-3 draw against its Portuguese host, Benfica. The start of the game was a nightmare for the Inters as their former player Joao Mario opened the scoring three times in 34 minutes. Simone Inzaghi’s students made up for the lost goals one after another with a spectacular comeback and finally got a point from this game. Marko Arnatovic in the 51st minute, Davide Fratsi in the 58th minute and Alexis Sanchez in the 72nd minute (penalty) scored three goals for Inter.
In the simultaneous match between Real Sociedad and Austria Salzburg in Spain, it ended without a goal. In this way, with the results of tonight’s group D, both Real Sociédad and Inter got 11 points and will be in the elimination stage together. Salzburg remained in third place in Group D table with four points and Benfica is at the bottom of the table with one point. In the final week of this group, Inter hosts Sociedad and with a victory against this team, it will advance to the next stage as the leader of the group. Salzburg, which will host Benfica, will be sure of going to the playoffs of the Europa League by gaining a point.