Three teams could claim second qualifying place for the round of 16 behind Liverpool (18 points, 1st). Finally, Atlético Madrid won the second ticket (7 points, 2nd) by winning 1-3 against FC Porto. Among the Colchoneros, Yannick Carrasco was excluded (67th). All the goals fell in the second half when the two teams had only ten players, Wendell having been excluded from the Dragons shortly after Carrasco (70th). Antoine Griezmann (56th), Angel Correa (90th) and Rodrigo De Paul (90th + 2) ensured the success of Atlético and Sergio Oliveira (90th + 5, 1-3) reduced the gap for the Dragons (5 points, 3rd). AC Milan got off to a good start against Liverpool thanks to Fikayo Tomori (29th, 1-0) but Mohamed Salah (36th, 1-1) and Divock Origi (56th, 1-2) signed the Reds’ sixth success . Among the Rossoneri (4 points, 4th), Alexis Saelemaekers got into the game (59th) while Origi came out pure Fabinho (80th).
There was no longer any suspense in Group C where Ajax recorded the maximum number of points (18) by beating Sporting Portugal 4-2 thanks to Sébastien Haller (8th, 1-0), Antony (42nd, 2 -1), David Neres (58th, 3-1) and Steven Berghuis (62nd, 4-1). Nuno Santos (22nd, 1-1) and Tabata (78th, 4-2) scored the goals for club Lisbon, who were assured of second place (9 points) even though they were joined in the standings by Borussia Dortmund (9 points, 3rd). With Axel Witsel for ninety minutes and Thomas Meunier replaced at half-time but without Thorgan Hazard, ill, the Borussen scored 5-0 against Besiktas and Michy Batshuayi. Donyell Malen (29th, 1-0) opened the scoring before Turkish defender Welinton was excluded (43rd). Marco Reus (45th + 2 pen, 53rd) and reservist Erling Haaland (68th, 81st) mistreated the Turkish formation, which did not take any points.
All decisions fell in Group D where Real Madrid (15 points, 1st) beat Inter Milan (10 points, 2nd) 2-0 thanks to goals from Toni Kroos (17th) and Marco Asensio (79th ), In the meantime, the Interists had found themselves at ten following the exclusion of Nicolo Barella (64th). At the Merengues, Thibaut Courtois was in the goal and Eden Hazard got into the game (80th). In the other match, Shakhtar Donetsk and Sheriff Tiraspol parted ways (1-1). Fernando opened the scoring for the Ukrainians (40th, 1-0) and Boban Nikolov equalized for the visitors (90th + 3, 1-1). The Sheriff (7 points, 3rd) will play in the Europa League and Shakhtar have finished their European campaign (2 points, 4th).
