In Group F - the only group where all four teams come from one of the top five European football powers (England, Spain, Germany, France, Italy), Newcastle were denied one of their most glorious victories in the history of the Champions League by the referee. After winning 4-1 at home, Newcastle led until the 7th minute of injury time in the second leg at PSG. Alexander Isak scored for the visitors at the Parc des Princes, but at the end of the match, a familiar controversy broke out, about whether the ball had touched the hand and led to a penalty or not. That was the situation where the ball bounced from the chest to the hand of player Tino Livramento (Newcastle). If this is a controversial situation, it is not necessary to cite the penalty law. In the Premier League, referees will not award such a penalty. But this is the Champions League. And Kylian Mbappe equalised from the penalty spot, and PSG maintained their two-point lead over Newcastle, taking second place. If it weren't for that penalty, Newcastle would be above PSG. Top team Borussia Dortmund went through after a 3-1 win at AC Milan.
Erling Haaland (9) becomes the youngest player to reach the 40-goal milestone in the Champions League
Group G is completely settled: Manchester City advance as group leaders after their fifth absolute win (3-2 against RB Leipzig). Leipzig also has a ticket while Young Boys move to the Europa League, and Crvena Zvezda is eliminated. The only notable detail is Erling Haaland's scoring record. He surpassed Mbappe, becoming the youngest player to reach the milestone of scoring 40 goals in the Champions League (23 years old, only 35 matches). A few days earlier, Haaland also became the youngest player to score 50 goals in the Premier League. Coach Pep Guardiola seemed tired of... having to praise Haaland again, according to questions from the press!
Similarly, in Group E, Atletico Madrid and Lazio advanced, Feyenoord moved on to the Europa League while Celtic were eliminated. Group D was even decided before the early morning matches (November 30). Real Sociedad and Inter were certain to advance regardless of the results of the last two matches. The remaining teams that had secured tickets regardless of the early morning results were Real Madrid (Group C) and Bayern Munich (Group A).
It was not until his third season in charge of Barcelona that Xavi had the honour of making it past the Champions League group stage. After bouncing back from a loss to Shakhtar Donetsk, Barcelona beat Porto 2-1 to secure their place in the next round. Xavi called this "a big step forward, especially important in terms of spirit". Porto and Shakhtar will compete directly for the remaining spot, with the advantage leaning towards Porto (a draw at home is enough points). The losing team in this match will move on to the Europa League.
If they fail to beat AC Milan in the final match, Newcastle will stop their adventure in the Champions League this season. If they win, they will have to wait anxiously to see if PSG can beat Borussia Dortmund. Even before MU has played (away at Galatasaray), the Premier League has at least one representative at risk of being eliminated right after the group stage. The same goes for Serie A with Milan, La Liga with Sevilla, Bundesliga with Union Berlin, Ligue 1 with Lens, it can be considered that all the major tournaments are at risk or have really lost their strength before the Champions League group stage ends. On the one hand, no tournament has really dominated the Champions League this season.
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