On Tuesday, February 24, in the Champions League, where Ukrainian goalkeeper Anatoly Trubin's goal in the 90+8th minute upset Real Madrid, four more participants in the round of 16 were determined by the results of the second leg matches. Newcastle, Atletico, Bayer Leverkusen and the sensational Bude-Glimt, which knocked out last year's finalist Inter, will continue the fight for the trophy.
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Champions League. Round of 16. Second leg
February 24 (Tuesday)
Inter (Italy) – Bode-Glimt (Norway) – 1:2 (Bastoni, 76 – Hauge, 58, Evjen, 72). First match – 1:3.
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The guys from beyond the Arctic Circle were not enough to win in the last two rounds of the main round over Manchester City and Atletico and make an “emergency” exit to the playoffs, but they still took on and beat the leader of the Italian championship both at home and away. Just beautiful!
Newcastle (England) – Qarabag (Azerbaijan) – 3:2 (Tonali, 4, Joelinton, 6, Bothman, 52 – Turan, 51, Jafarkuliev, 57). In the 57th minute, Jankovic (Qarabag) missed a penalty. First match – 6:1.
Qarabag, whose Ukrainian forward Oleksiy Kashchuk came on as a 69th-minute substitute, have conceded 30 goals in the current Champions League campaign, setting a new record for the tournament. The previous record for the most goals conceded in a single season belonged to Bayer Leverkusen, who scored 28 goals in the 2001/02 season.
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Atletico (Spain) – Club Brugge (Belgium) – 4:1 (Serlot, 23, 76, 87, Johnny, 48 – Ordoñez, 36). First match – 3:3 .
A hat-trick by 195-centimeter Norwegian Grenadier forward Alexander Serlot finally broke the resistance of the Belgians, who managed to hit the Madrid giants' goal four times in two matches, but were left with nothing.
Bayer Leverkusen (Germany) – Olympiacos (Greece) – 0:0 . First match – 2:0.
On Wednesday, February 25, the following Champions League play-off matches will be played: Real Madrid – Benfica (first leg – 1:0), PSG – Monaco (3:2), Atalanta – Borussia Dortmund (0:2), Juventus – Galatasaray (2:5).
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We would like to remind you that according to the results of the overall tournament with the participation of 36 teams, the top eight clubs — Arsenal (England), Bayern (Germany), Liverpool (England), Tottenham (England), Barcelona (Spain), Chelsea (England), Sporting (Portugal) and Manchester City (England) — made it to the 1/8 finals immediately. The draw for the 1/8 finals will take place on February 27, and the matches themselves — on March 10/11 and 17/18.
Previously, “FACTS” reported that the Ukrainian national team has learned its opponents in the Nations League group.
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