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This Wednesday the first phase of the Champions League ended and most of the attention of the football world was focused on the game that Real Madrid played against Borussia Monchengladbach. In case the team led by Zinedine Zidane did not win, it would be eliminated in this instance for the first time in all history.
But nevertheless, the Spanish won 2-0 with two header goals scored by Frenchman Karim Benzema in the first half. Madrid came to this last day in third place in their group, but the victory they achieved in their stadium left them as the leader of the area, thus avoiding the most complicated rivals for the next round.
Other teams that are regular in the knockout rounds of the Champions League also made their qualification to the round of 16 on the last date, like Atlético de Madrid, Paris Saint Germain and Atalanta, which he won with a goal from Luis Fernando Muriel against Ajax and took second place in his group.
In the round of 16, the teams that were first in their zone will face one of the second. In this instance, teams that have shared a group or clubs from the same country cannot be crossed.
Juventus was the team with the most points in this first round (15), curiously, the same as Barcelona, which, when they fell 3-0 against Cristiano Ronaldo’s team, finished in second place in their group.
Undoubtedly, Lionel Messi’s club and Atlético de Madrid will be the rivals that the group leaders will want to avoid in the raffle that will take place next Monday, December 14.
Qualified for the round of 16 of the Champions League 2020-2021
This is the list of 16 teams that won a place in the second phase of the most important club tournament in the world:
- First: Bayern Munich, Real Madrid, Manchester City, Liverpool, Chelsea, Borussia Dortmund, Juventus and Paris Saint Germain.
- Seconds: Barcelona, Atlético de Madrid, Atalanta, Porto, Seville, Lazio, Leipzig and Borussia Monchengladbach.
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