Barca faces injury storm; Liverpool is about to buy Asensio for a record price

After Barcelona, ​​7 other teams also entered the Champions League knockout round after the matches that took place in the early morning of November 28 ended.

The 7 teams that have qualified for the next round include Bayern Munich, Ajax (Group E), Manchester City (Group F), Real Madrid, AS Roma (Group G), Juventus, Manchester United (Group H).

In this morning's match in Group E, Bayern Munich had a devastating 5-1 victory, in which Robert Lewandowski scored a double to make history as the 7th player to reach 50 goals in the Champions League.

This result helps the Gray Tigers advance with 12 points and together with Ajax (10 points) to win the ticket to continue. The final match of the group stage between the two teams is only to determine the top position.

This group has also ended when Benfica was relegated to the Europa League, while AEK Athens was eliminated.

In Group F, Manchester City advanced with 10 points after a 2-2 draw with Lyon, while Shakhtar Donetsk took the tie in their own hands after a 3-2 win over Hoffenheim.

The remaining ticket of the group will be decided after the "life and death" match between Shakhtar Donetsk (5 points) and Lyon (7 points) on December 13.

Group G has also been decided early when the two teams that have qualified for the next round are Real Madrid and AS Roma. The defending champion has 12 points and is sure to win the top spot in the group as it has 3 points more than Roma and has a better head-to-head record.

In Group H, Juventus had a comfortable 1-0 victory over Valencia, while Manchester United had a similar result against Young Boys. This result helped Juventus (12 points) and Manchester United (10 points) advance straight to the round of 16.

According to statistics ofFIFA, the 1-0 victory over Valencia was the 100th time Ronaldo enjoyed victory in the UEFA Champions League. The Portuguese superstar is the first person in the history of Europe's most prestigious tournament to reach this milestone.

Ronaldo's 100 wins came in 157 games for Manchester United, Real Madrid and Juventus. Of these, 28 came for United, 69 for Real, and three for Juve. Ronaldo's win rate in the Champions League is 63.6%.

Ronaldo's number of wins in the Champions League is even more than former champions like Liverpool (won 97 out of 182 matches), Inter Milan (won 79 out of 160 matches), Chelsea (won 77 out of 152 matches), Ajax Amsterdam (won 84 out of 182 matches).

Also in 157 matches played in the Champions League, Ronaldo scored 121 goals and is the greatest scorer in the history of Europe's most prestigious tournament, 16 goals more than the next person, Lionel Messi.

Robert Lewandowski made history by becoming the seventh player to reach 50 goals in the UEFA Champions League after his header against Benfica in Bayern Munich's 5-1 thrashing in the penultimate group stage match.

Notably, Lewandowski is the third fastest striker in history to reach 50 goals. The Polish striker only needed 77 matches to score 50 goals in this prestigious arena, behind only Ruud van Niteslrooy (62 matches) and Lionel Messi (66 matches).

In addition to this 50th goal, Lewandowski also scored another goal in Bayern's devastating victory, to surpass Thierry Henry (50 goals/112 matches) in the list of top scorers in the Champions League.

Lewandowski scored his first Champions League goal for Dortmund in October 2011 against Olympiacos and added 16 more for the club before leaving. He joined Bayern in 2014 and has scored 34 times in the competition.

Injury storm spreads at Barca

Having lost striker Luis Suarez, midfielder Arthur and goalkeeper Jasper Cillessen due to various injuries, Barca is now no different from a "mini hospital".

Before that, coach Ernesto Valverde had lost many other important pillars such as Rafinha and Sergi Roberto, while the midfield duo Ivan Rakitic and Philippe Coutinho had just returned from injury. This was clearly a big loss for Barca in the away match against PSV in the 5th round of the group stage.

PSV may not be a threat in terms of class, but Barca's problem in this match is that they have to play with a patchwork squad because they are missing Luis Suarez, who is out for at least 2 weeks to recover from a knee injury, while Cillessen and Arthur cannot fly with Barca to Eindhoven because they also need time to recover from injuries.

Although Coutinho and Rakitic were on the list to travel to the Netherlands, they had just recovered from injuries. Perhaps because they realized the situation was not good, coach Valverde was forced to include 5 Barca B players including Miranda, Riqui Puig, Inaki Pena, Chumi and Jokin in the list to travel to the Netherlands.

Liverpool are about to buy Asensio for a record price

According to British newspapers, Liverpool will ask to buy Real Madrid striker Asensio again next summer. The Kop is said to have offered 180 million euros for this attacking talent but Real refused to negotiate because they lost Cristiano Ronaldo. However, Mr. Juergen Klopp is said to still want Asensio so at the end of this season Liverpool will once again raise the issue with the price still being 180 million euros. Asensio has a contract with Real until 2023.

Sol Campbell started his coaching career

Arsenal legend Sol Campbell has taken his first step into coaching after being appointed by Macclesfield Town on an 18-month contract. Sol Campbell will take charge of Macclesfield Town after manager Mark Yates was sacked on October 8 after the team failed to win any of their 12 matches. Macclesfield Town are currently playing in League Two, the fourth tier of English football. The club currently has 10 points from 19 matches, seven points above the relegation zone.