Bayern Munich reached the top eight in the football Champions League with a double win: they beat the visiting Paris Saint-Germain 2-0 in the second leg of the round of 16 on Wednesday. A goalless draw at Tottenham's home was enough for AC Milan to reach the quarter-finals.
The European Union (UEFA) announced before the meeting in Munich that it had punished both clubs for the violations that occurred in the first match. Bayern have to pay €44,750 (roughly HUF 17 million) after fans set off pyrotechnic devices and displayed offensive banners during a 1-0 away win, while PSG were fined €39,500 (roughly HUF 15 million) , because his pushers used fireworks and blocked the passageways.
The Argentinian world champion Lionel Messi, who supported the Parisians in the pouring rain, started for the 150th time in a Champions League match, making him third in the all-time list behind Cristiano Ronaldo (178) and Iker Casillas (176).
Both teams had opportunities in the first half hour, after which PSG first lost their team captain, Marquinhos, who suffered from a rib injury. He almost equalized in the duel, but Matthijs de Ligt cut the ball from the empty net in front of the goal line, making up for the mistake of the goalkeeper, Yann Sommer. No goals were scored in the high-intensity first half, but there were goals at the beginning of the second, but the goal of the Cameroon national team Eric Maxim Choupo-Moting was disallowed by the referee due to an offside situation. An hour into the game, however, the striker, who had previously played in the BL final with the Parisians, was able to celebrate a valid goal, so the advantage of the Bavarian team, which improved after the break, increased to two goals in total.
Due to the disadvantage, PSG had to attack more aggressively, but in the increasing rain, there were more and more opportunities to counter in front of Bayern. One of them was converted into a goal by the six-time CL winner Munich Serge Gnabry, and Sadio Mané, who came on as a substitute, also scored, but the goal of the Senegalese center forward, who was injured before the World Cup in Qatar, was not valid due to offside. Even without this, Bayern maintained their flawless BL record this season, won their eighth meeting and advanced with a double win.
In London, due to the delay of the team buses, the away appearance of the defending Italian champion started with a ten-minute delay, Milan preserved the one-goal advantage gained in the first leg with a scoreless draw. From the 77th minute, due to Romero's sending off, Tottenham, playing football with a man disadvantage, ended the match without scoring a goal. The seven-time BEK/BL-winners from Milan advanced for the ninth time in the back-and-forth duels - with seven losses - against rivals from the archipelago.
Champions League, round of 16, second legs:
Tottenham Hotspur (English)-AC Milan (Italian) 0-0
red card: Romero (77. - Tottenham)
Advanced: AC Milan, 1-0 on aggregate.
Bayern Munich (Germany) - Paris Saint-Germain (France) 2-0 (0-0)
goal: Choupo-Moting (61), Gnabry (89)
Tj.: Bayern with a double win, 3-0 on aggregate.
(Source: Source: sportrajongo.hu, mti/Photo: pixabay)