OM believed in the 8th Champions League, they will have nothing at all: the last-second defeat against Tottenham (2-1) on Tuesday qualified the English, joined by Frankfurt, and eliminated the Marseillais from all European Cups.
The first half of the Marseillais, almost perfect, gave a glimpse of the hope of immense happiness. The second was a nightmare: the equalizer of Clément Lenglet (54th) could still send OM to the Europa League, but the goal in the 95th minute from Pierre-Emile Hojbjerg made the Phocaeans lose everything, fourth in group D.
The disappointment is total, because the men of Igor Tudor could have scored more than one goal in the first period.
First defeat for Napoli, at Liverpool
In Group A, in full confidence until then, Naples suffered its first defeat of the season on the lawn of Liverpool, winner thanks to goals from Mohamed Salah and Darwin Nunez.
After an invincibility of 17 matches in all competitions, Napoli ended up cracking, but their wide victory in the first leg (4-1) allows them to logically secure first place in the group ahead of the Reds, already qualified.
The latter will not be immune to the draw for the round of 16 on Monday.
In the other meeting, Ajax Amsterdam validated their third place by winning in Glasgow at Rangers (3-1).
Atlético humiliated
Sad European fall for Atlético Madrid in Group B. Completely overwhelmed at FC Porto (2-1), the people of Madrid suffered a third setback in C1 this season and said goodbye to all the European Cups, a first since the 2010-11 season.
With 5 points, the Colchoneros finish fourth, overtaken with the particular difference by Bayer Leverkusen, who held Brugge to a draw 0-0 and will play in the Europa League in February.
“We don’t deserve to go to the round of 16 or to the Europa League. If you only manage to win one match in the group stage, that’s what happens,” reacted Antoine Griezmann at the microphone of Movistar + after this counter -performance.
The evening results also allow Porto to take first place in the group, ahead of Club Brugge, a big surprise of this edition.
Six out of six for Bayern
In a group C without the slightest stake, Bayern Munich became the only team to achieve a clear round this season, with a sixth victory in six matches, against Inter Milan (2-0), also already qualified. The performance is all the more beautiful as the German club was in the toughest group, also with FC Barcelona.
It was Benjamin Pavard who unlocked the Bavarian counter by scoring with a header, after having already scored in Barcelona last week. Eric Maxim Choupo-Moting doubled the bet.
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