MU advances to knockout round, Barcelona suffers shocking defeat

While Manchester United officially entered the Champions League knockout round two rounds early, Barcelona suffered a 1-2 defeat to Celtic in the fourth match of the Champions League group stage on the morning of November 8.

Except for Barca's surprising loss, most of the strong teams won last night's matches to establish their advantage before the last two matches.

After 3 consecutive wins, Manchester United only needed 1 more point to qualify for the next round. However, coach Alex Ferguson and his team did more than that, defeating Braga 3-1 right on Portuguese soil.

A comeback win thanks to goals from Robin van Persie, Wayne Rooney and Chicharito helped Sir Alex's team secure the first ticket of Group H to the knockout round two rounds early.

As for Braga, the second consecutive defeat against the Red Devils is putting them in a difficult position. Because in the match at the same time, Galatasaray had a 3-1 victory over CFR Cluj, to rise to 2nd place with 4 points (equal to CFR Cluj and 1 point more than Braga). This means: the 2nd ticket of Group H will be divided equally among all three teams.

While Manchester United have already qualified for the next round, Barcelona have been a huge disappointment after losing 1-2 to Celtic. Lionel Messi even scored a consolation goal for the Catalan team in injury time. This is also the first defeat that coach Tito and his team have had to accept this season.

However, this defeat does not affect Barcelona's top position, because they only need to win at least 1 more point to qualify. Meanwhile, Celtic is becoming the team with a great chance to win the second ticket with 7 points, because in the match at the same time Benfica defeated Spartak Moscow 2-0. The Scottish team is currently 1 point and 2 points ahead of the two teams below, Benfica and Spartak Moscow, respectively.

Meanwhile, in Group E, Chelsea had to work hard to repay the debt they owed Shakhtar Donetsk 2 weeks ago, when they won 3-2 thanks to Moses' goal in the 90+4 minute.

This victory helps Chelsea return to the top of Group E with 7 points. However, this result cannot guarantee them anything because Shakhtar Donetsk also has 7 points, while Juventus is also putting a lot of pressure with 1 point less after defeating Nordsjælland 4-0.

In the next match, Chelsea will have to face a very big challenge named Juventus in Italy. If they win, The Blues will get a ticket to the next round but if they lose, they will most likely become the former champion of this tournament.

In Group G, after a shocking 1-3 loss to BATE Borisov, Bayern Munich had their second consecutive victory over Lille. This time, the Bavarians crushed the French representative 6-1, with Pizarro scoring a hat-trick. This victory helped Bayern to have 9 points after 4 matches and top the group.

However, in theory, Bayern is still at risk of being eliminated from this tournament, when Valencia also has 9 points after a 4-2 victory over BATE Borisov, and the Belarusian representative, despite losing, can still continue if they win the remaining 2 matches.

But that's just theory, in reality, after two dream victories, BATE Borisov is returning to reality, not "qualified" enough to be able to get a ticket to the knockout round./.

According to (Vietnam+) - DT