The knockout phase of the UEFA Champions League witnessed fiery combative bouts, nail-biting scores, and astonishing eliminations.
Eliminated Clubs:
Celtic
Bayern Munich drew with Celtic 1-1 at Allianz Arena, with an aggregate score of 3-2, qualifying them for the next round. Nicolas Kühn had given Celtic hope at the 63rd minute, but Alphonso Davies’ stoppage-time equalizer sealed their fate.
AC Milan
AC Milan were knocked out after drawing 1-1 with Feyenoord at the Stadio Giuseppe Meazza. Milan had taken the lead through Santiago Giménez, before Carranza equalized for Feyenoord in the second half. Feyenoord moves on with a 2-1 aggregate advantage.
Atalanta
The elimination of Atalanta came by tallying in a 3-1 loss to Club Brugge at Gewiss Stadium, bntracting with a 5-2 advantage. Club Brugge enjoyed domination in the first half, scoring through Chemsdine Talbi and Ferran Jutglà, and this was followed by Ademola Lookman’s goal which came in consolation for the opponents.
AS Monaco
Benfica drew barnstorming 3-3 against AS Monaco at Estádio da Luz. Benfica proceeded on with a 4-3 aggregate victory and came from goals from Akturkoglu, Pavlidis, and Kokcu. Monaco’s three goals were through Minamino, Ben Seghir, and Ilenikhena, but there was hardly enough time to make up a 4-3 score.
Qualified Clubs:
Bayern Munich
Bayern Munich booked a place beyond Celtic with a last-minute goal from Alphonso Davies to complete the aggregate score of 3-2.
Feyenoord
Feyenoord eliminated AC Milan with a 2-1 aggregate victory after Carranza scored an important equalizer in the second leg.
Club Brugge
Club Brugge comfortably welcomed the next round after winning against Atalanta with a commanding penalty scoreline of 5-2.
Benfica
Benfica won a high-scoring aggregate match against AS Monaco narrowly at 4-3, thus watching the unrelenting effort of Monaco fail.
More drama awaits the Champions League in the continuing fights.