This Tuesday the group stage of the UEFA Champions League began to close. One of the big surprises came in Group A, where Copenhagen defeated Galatasaray and qualified for the round of 16, as did Bayern Munich, who defeated Manchester United and left them out of everything.

In Group B, Sevilla lost to Lens and was left without even the Europa League, while Arsenal and PSV were the leaders. In C, Real Madrid secured first place against Unión Berlin and Napoli came second. Finally, in D, Benfica scored an agonizing goal that snatched the Europa League from Salzburg, while Inter and Real Sociedad advanced to the round.

Copenhagen defeated Galatasaray and returns to the round of 16 after 12 years.

Galatasaray did not achieve a favorable result at the Parken Stadion stadium and was defeated 1-0 by Copenhagen during matchday 6 of group A of the UEFA Champions League - 2023-2024 tournament. The local team scored the only goal of the game 12 minutes into the second half, through Lukas Lerager. After receiving an assist from Elias Achouri, the midfielder shot at the goal and beat the rival goalkeeper to score his goal.

Galatasaray had the most shots, but could not win and the local team was the one who celebrated at home. Of the 20 shots he attempted, 14 went on target and 6 ended up wide.

The best player of the match was Lukas Lerager. The FC Copenhagen midfielder scored 1 goal, made 55 key passes and looked for the opponent's goal twice.

Kevin Diks was also key. The FC Copenhagen defender had a good performance by clearing 10 dangerous balls.

Galatasaray defender Angeliño humiliated his mark by throwing a wonderful shot at him in the 31st minute of the first stage.

It was a game with many frictions due to infractions committed in the open field. There were 3 reprimands: Elias Jelert, Wilfried Zaha, Lukas Lerager. Lukas Lerager was sent off after receiving his second yellow card, in the 89th minute of the second half.

Copenhagen coach Jacob Neestrup proposed a 4-3-3 formation with Kamil Grabara in goal; Peter Ankersen, Denis Vavro, Kevin Diks and Elias Jelert on the defensive line; Lukas Lerager, Rasmus Falk and Diogo Gonçalves in the middle; and Elias Achouri, Viktor Claesson and Mohamed Elyounoussi in attack.

For its part, Okan Buruk's team took the field with a 4-5-1 formation with Fernando Muslera between the three sticks; Sacha Boey, Dávinson Sánchez, Abdulkerim Bardakci and Angeliño in defense; Kaan Ayhan, Lucas Torreira, Tete, Kerem Aktürkoglu and Wilfried Zaha in the midfield; and Mauro Icardi up front.

Referee Daniele Orsato was in charge of supervising the game at the Parken Stadion stadium.

This result closed FC Copenhagen's qualification for the Round of 16 of the UEFA Champions League - 2023-2024 by finishing second in Group A with 8 points. Galatasaray finished its participation and was left out of the tournament with 5 points.

Sevilla couldn't during their visit to Lens and lost 2 to 1, leaving them with nothing (not even the Europa League).

At the Stade Bollaert-Delelis stadium, Lens achieved an important victory on matchday 6 of group B of the UEFA Champions League - 2023-2024. The goals of the match for the local team were scored by Przemyslaw Frankowski (17' 2T, penalty) and Angelo Fulgini (50' 2T). While the away goal was scored by Sergio Ramos (34' 2T, penalty).

Angelo Fulgini made the stadium vibrate with his definition, in the 50th minute of the second stage. A cross from Florian Sotoca left the forward to define from the big area and put the ball into the goal defended by Marko Dmitrovic.

Adriá Pedrosa took a tremendous shot at 56 minutes of the second half and the ball hit the post. It could not be.

Sevilla managed to have more possession of the ball (63%) than its rival, but it was not enough to defeat it.

Angelo Fulgini was the figure of the match. The Lens forward scored 1 goal.

Another important player in the match was Przemyslaw Frankowski. The Lens midfielder was the author of 1 goal and made 31 correct passes.

The match stood out for its intensity and the fouls committed during the match. There were a large number of reprimands: Neil El Aynaoui, Boubakary Soumaré, Kike Salas, Facundo Medina, Sergio Ramos, Angelo Fulgini, Kevin Danso and Rafael Mir.

Lens technical director Franck Haise proposed a 3-4-3 strategy with Brice Samba in goal; Jonathan Gradit, Kevin Danso and Facundo Medina on the defensive line; Ruben Aguilar, Nampalys Mendy, Salis Abdul Samed and Przemyslaw Frankowski in the middle; and Florian Sotoca, Sepe Wahi and David da Costa in attack.

For their part, those led by Diego Alonso stood with a 5-4-1 formation with Marko Dmitrovic between the three sticks; Juanlu, Nemanja Gudelj, Sergio Ramos, Kike Salas and Adriá Pedrosa in defense; Djibril Sow, Boubakary Soumaré, Ivan Rakitic and Oliver Torres in the midfield; and Youssef En Nesyri up front.

The judge selected for the match at the Stade Bollaert-Delelis stadium was Felix Zwayer.

There is no hope for either team and they say goodbye to the competition. While Lens is in third place (8 points), Sevilla is last with 2 units.

With a double from Joselu, Real Madrid defeated Unión Berlin.

On date 6 of group C of the UEFA Champions League - 2023-2024, the Merengues showed off their supremacy against Unión Berlin. The goals of the match for the local team were scored by Kevin Volland (45' 1T) and Alex Král (39' 2T). While the away goals were scored by Joselu (15' 2T and 26' 2T) and Dani Ceballos (43' 2T).

A highlight of the match was Alex Král's goal in the 39th minute of the second half. The midfielder beat the goalkeeper with a powerful shot from outside the area, after an assist from Aissa Laidouni. Great goal over the right post!

Real Madrid dominated its rival in control of the ball and in the number of shots. He had 74% possession and 24 shots. Of the total shots, 11 were on the rival goal, 1 on the post and 9 outside.

Real Madrid midfielder Luka Modric wasted the chance to open the scoring and take the lead by missing a penalty in the 44th minute of the first half.

The figure of the meeting was Dani Ceballos. The Real Madrid midfielder stood out against Unión Berlin since he scored 1 goal, made 86 correct passes and kicked the goal 3 times.

Another of the key footballers at the Olympiastadion stadium was Joselu. The Real Madrid forward scored 2 goals, kicked the goal 6 times against Unión Berlin and gave 12 correct passes.

At 45 minutes into the first half, Unión Berlin midfielder Kevin Volland made a fool of Kepa Arrizabalaga, Real Madrid goalkeeper, with a wonderful shot.

It was a closely contested match with fouls on both sides. There were several reprimands: Rani Khedira, Jude Bellingham, David Alaba and Aissa Laidouni.

Unión Berlin's coach, Nenad Bjelica, had a 4-5-1 formation on the field with Frederik Rönnow in goal; Paul Jaeckel, Robin Knoche, Diego Leite and Jérôme Roussillon on the defensive line; Janik Haberer, Rani Khedira, Josip Juranovic, Kevin Volland and Robin Gosens in the middle; and Kevin Behrens in attack.

For their part, those led by Carlo Ancelotti stood with a 4-4-2 strategy with Kepa Arrizabalaga between the three sticks; Lucas Vázquez, Nacho Fernández, David Alaba and Fran García in defense; Dani Ceballos, Federico Valverde, Luka Modric and Jude Bellingham in the midfield; and Rodrygo and Joselu up front.

The referee designated for the match was Rade Obrenovic.

Real Madrid finished as leader in Group C with 18 points and moves on to the next stage. While Unión Berlin says goodbye to the competition by finishing last in this round and adding only 2 points.

With much suspense, Benfica beat Salzburg and secured their place in the Europa League.

The Encarnados were left out because victory was not enough for them but Arthur rescued them in the end and they were in third place in Group D.

Benfica went out to play decisively in Austria against Salzburg knowing that it needed to win head-to-head to secure qualification for the Europa League after a poor performance in the group stage of Group D.

And so he did during the first half. He managed the actions and after the first half hour of play he broke the parity. Ángel Di María took a corner kick and ended up scoring an Olympic goal since no one deflected it. Fideo himself made a great filtered pass to Rafa that he scored for 2-0.

A defeat by a single goal qualified him for the home team, so he went in search of that and in the second half he found the discount with a shot by Luka Sucic that inflated the net after a rebound. Anyway, when the clock was consumed Arthur saved the Portuguese who remain in Europe.

Benfica achieved that lead of two and will continue to compete in international competitions next year. For Salzburg everything ended, they were in fourth place by just one goal difference.

Manchester United lost to Bayern and was eliminated from the Champions League.

Manchester United could not get the victory it needed, losing 1-0 to Bayern Munich on the final day of the group stage at Old Trafford and being eliminated from the UEFA Champions League.

The English team reached the final day needing to add three points to maintain their chances of qualifying. The defeat not only left them out of the Champions League round of 16 but also out of the UEFA Europa League.

Bayern arrived at Old Trafford already classified as the leader but was an invulnerable rival for the team led by Erik Ten-Hag.

It was an even and closely contested match in the center of the field that did not have great scoring opportunities. Man United had no ideas or creativity to go in search of victory.

At 25 minutes into the second half, Kingsley Coman scored the only goal of the match and finished burying the hopes of the Manchester team.

This season, United are far from the top of the Premier League (they occupy sixth position) and have already said goodbye to the League Cup.

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