Champions League: Real wins big, Man City, Milan and Arsenal lose miserably
After 90 minutes at the Santiago Bernabeu, Real Madrid defeated Ajax Amsterdam by 3 goals. Meanwhile, AC Milan, Arsenal and Man City all suffered defeats by the smallest margin against Zenit, Olympiacos and Dortmund.
With this victory, Real still only has the 2nd place in Group D. Man City will definitely have to pack their bags and go home to focus on the Premier League arena. Dynamo Kiev and Olympiacos are sure to qualify for the Europa League from the previous round. After last night's series of matches, Zenit also won the right to play in the "backyard" of the Champions League after a minimal victory at San Siro. Meanwhile, PSG excellently won the top spot in Group A after defeating Porto at the "Prince's Park" stadium.
Here are all the main developments of the series of matches in the early morning of December 5.
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2:45:The matches in the early morning series on December 5 officially began.
2:46:At Signai Iduna Park, Man City is playing with an overwhelming advantage over the home team Dortmund. Citizens have more possession of the ball and continuously attack goalkeeper Weidenfeller's goal.
2h48:At Maksimir Stadium where the match between Dinamo Zagreb and Dinamo Kiev was taking place, the snow was falling so heavily that the referee had to change the orange ball before the match could continue.
2:53:At Georgios Karaiskáki Stadium, Oxlade-Chamberlain and Chamakh combined very well to give Arsenal a clear chance to score against home team Olympiacos, but in the end, no goals were scored.
2:58:GOAL !!!At home at the Bernabeu, Cristiano Ronaldo just shone brightly, bringing the opening goal for Real Madrid. If Ajax does not win this match and Man City takes all 3 points against Dortmund, the English team will qualify for the Europa League.
Ronaldo and Benzema celebrate a goal - Photo: Getty
3:04:The news that Real had just scored the opening goal at Bernabeu spread very quickly to Signal Induna Park. Man City players were very excited with Ronaldo's goal and were much more determined in every attack to get a victory against the reigning German champions.
3:07:At the "Prince's Park" stadium, PSG is completely dominating Porto, but the number of real scoring opportunities has not been created much. Recently, Zlatan Ibrahimovic helped the French team create a stormy situation in front of the away team's goal, but goalkeeper Helton easily blocked it successfully.
3:12:At La Rosalleda, Malaga is still dominating the game against Anderlecht. The home team has been attacking a lot but has yet to score a goal. Just now, Seba Fernandez continued to miss a chance to put his name on the scoresheet for the Spanish team.
3:15: GOAL !!!At the Bernabeu, young talent Jose Callejon just scored a goal to double the gap for Real Madrid. An extremely favorable start for the white team. Meanwhile, despite great determination, Man City still could not score at Signal Iduna Park.
3:17: GOAL !!!At the "Prince's Park" stadium, Thiago Silva jumped high and made a dangerous header, bringing the opening goal for the home team.
3:17: GOAL !!!Less than 30 seconds later, Jackson Martinez scored against PSG, bringing the equalizer for the visiting team Porto. The 2 goals at the "Prince's Park" were scored in less than 1 minute.
3:21: GOAL !!!At San Siro, Milan conceded a goal to Zenit. Danny was the one who scored the opening goal for the Russian team.
3:25: GOAL !!!At Georgios Karaiskáki Stadium, Arsenal also just scored the opening goal against the home team Olympiacos. Tomas Rosicky was the one who shined to bring the advantage to the visitors.
3:30:Matija Nastasic just had a bad defensive move, allowing Marco Reus to get past and approach the Man City goal and then shoot very hard but goalkeeper Joe Hart still stood firm. Very lucky for Citizens in this situation when the English goalkeeper played extremely focused.
3:33: GOAL !!!At La Rosalleda Stadium, Duda just scored a beautiful goal, bringing the opening goal for the home team in the last minutes of extra time of the first half.
3:40: UPDATEFirst half results of matches in the early morning of December 5
Dinamo Zagreb 0-0 Dynamo Kiev
Paris Saint-Germain 1-1 Porto
Montpellier 0-0 Schalke
Olympiacos 0-1 Arsenal
Malaga 1-0 Anderlecht
AC Milan 0-1 Zenit St Petersburg
Borussia Dortmund 0-0 Manchester City
Real Madrid 2-0 Ajax
3:45:The final round of Champions League group stage matches continue after the break.
3h46:In Group C, Zenit has an advantage over Anderlecht in the battle for a ticket to play in the Europa League. Meanwhile, if Man City does not beat Dortmund, Ajax will still have a ticket to play in the Champions League backyard because they have a better head-to-head record than Citizens.
3:49: GOAL !!!At Bernabeu, Real increased the gap to 3 goals after Kaka scored against Ajax goalkeeper. Los Blancos are playing like they are walking around and are almost certain to get 3 absolute points after this match.
3:52: GOAL !!!At Maksimir Stadium, the away team Dynamo Kiev just took the lead thanks to Yarmolenko's goal.
3:56: GOAL !!!Milan Jovanovic just scored the equalizer for Anderlecht against Malaga. At La Rosalleda, the score is 1-1 while the remaining match in Group C between Milan and Zenit is leaning towards the Russian team.
4:00: GOAL !!!At Signal Iduna Park, the home team Dortmund scored the opening goal. Julian Schieber was the one who shot past goalkeeper Joe Hart. At the same time, at La Mosson, Schalke also scored the opening goal thanks to Benedikt Howedes.
4:03: GOAL !!!At the Bernabeu, Ajax scored to reduce the score to 1-3. The player who scored for the Dutch team was Boerigter.
4:06: GOALS RAIN !!!The goals were explosive. At La Mosson, home team Montpellier equalised against Schalke. Olympiacos equalised 1-1 against Arsenal and Malaga re-established their lead against Anderlecht.
4:09:GOAL !!! At the Parc des Princes, PSG once again took the lead over Porto thanks to Ezequiel Lavezzi.
4:15:After the explosive minutes just now, the progress of the matches in the final round of the Champions League group stage seems to have slowed down. More than 5 minutes have passed and there has still not been any exciting situation on the European football fields.
4:16: GOAL !!!At Georgios Karaiskáki Stadium, the home team Olympiacos just scored a goal to take the lead against Arsenal. The player who scored for the Greek team was Konstantinos Mitroglou.
4:25:Matches across Europe are entering their final minutes. Due to severe weather and heavy snowfall, the match at Maksimir Stadium between Dinamo Zagreb and Dynamo Kiev will end about 15 minutes later than the other matches at the same time due to a mid-game interruption.
4:28:At Signal Iduna Park, Man City are still stuck against Dortmund. The chance to play in the Europa League is also gradually slipping away from Roberto Mancini and his team. If they want to win the ticket from Ajax, they must score 2 goals and not concede any more.
4:33: GOAL !!!At the Bernabeu, Jose Callejon scored again, helping Real increase the gap to 4-1 against Ajax.
4:34: GOAL !!!At La Rosalleda, Anderlecht just scored an equalizer against Malaga. The scorer was D.Mbokani.
4:37:The final round of Champions League group stage matches took place in the early morning of December 5 and officially ended (except for the Dinamo Zagreb and Dynamo Kiev matches). Here are the final results of these matches.
Dinamo Zagreb 1-1 Dynamo Kiev
Paris Saint-Germain 2-1 Porto
Olympiacos 2-1 Arsenal
Montpellier 1-1 Schalke
Malaga 2-2 Anderlecht
AC Milan 0-1 Zenit St Petersburg
Real Madrid 4-1 Ajax
Borussia Dortmund 1-0 Manchester City
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Starting lineup
+ Dinamo Zagreb vs Dynamo Kiev
DINAMO ZAGREB: Kelava, Ibanez, Simunic, Vrsaljko, Vida, Ademi, Mateo Kovacic, Sammir, Brozovic, Beqiraj, Cop.
DYNAMO KIEV: Koval, Betao, Mikhalik, Taiwo, Miguel Veloso, Vukojevic, Yarmolenko, Garmash, Haruna, Dudu, Ideye.
+ Malaga vs Anderlecht
MALAGA: Kameni, Weligton, Sergio Sanchez, onyewu, Toulalan, Iturra, Duda, Eliseu, Buonanotte, Seba, Santa Cruz.
ANDERLECHT: Proto, Deschacht, Kouyate, Safari, Biglia, Kljestan, Praet, Gillet, Jovanovic, Mbokani, Bruno.
+ Montpellier vs Schalke
MONTPELLIER: Ligali, Yanga-Mbiwa, Hilton, Bedimo, Congre, Stambouli, Estrada, Cabella, Mounier, Herrera, Camara
SCHALKE: Hildebrand, Howedes, Metzelder, Uchida, Kolasinac, Holtby, Barnetta, Draxler, Neustadter, Marica, Pukki.
+ PSG vs Porto
PARIS SAINT-GERMAIN: Sirigu; Thiago Silva, Alex, Maxwell, Van der Wiel; Matuidi, Chantome; Pastore, Menez, Lavezzi; Ibrahimovic.
PORTO: Helton; Danilo, Mangala, Alex Sandro, Otamendi; Lucho Gonzalez, Joao Moutinho, Fernando; James Rodriguez, Varela; Jackson Martinez.
+ Milan vs Zenit
AC MILAN: Abbiati, De Sciglio, Acerbi, Mesbah, Zapata, Boateng, Flamini, Ambrosini, Emanuelson, Pazzini, Bojan Krkic.
ZENIT: Malafeev, Anyukov, Bruno Alves, Lombaerts, Hubočan, Shirokov, Semak, Denisov, Witsel, Danny, Hulk.
+ Real vs Ajax
REAL MADRID: Adan; Nacho, Varane, Carvalho, Coentrao; Khedira, Modric; Callejon, Kaka, Cristiano Ronaldo; Benzema.
AJAX: Vermeer, Alderweireld, Moisander, Blind, Van Rhijn, Poulsen, Eriksen, De Jong, Boerrigter, Hoesen, Fischer.
+ Dortmund vs Man City
BORUSSIA DORTMUND: Weidenfeller; Kirch, Hummels, Felipe Santana, Schmelzer; Leitner, Gundogan; Reus, Grosskreutz, Perisic; Schieber.
MANCHESTER CITY: Hart; Maicon, Kompany, Lescott, Nastasic; Nasri, Garcia, Barry, Sinclair; Tevez, Dzeko.
+ Olympiacos vs Arsenal
OLYMPIAKOS: Carroll, Torossidis, Maniatis, Conteras, Machado, Manolas, Fejsa, Diakite, Greco, Abdoun, Djebbour.
ARSENAL: Szczesny, Jenkinson, Squillaci, Vermaelen, Meade; Rosicky, Coquelin; Oxlade-Chamberlain, Ramsey, Gervinho; Chamakh.
According to Thethaovanhoa - DT
