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Paris Saint-Germain narrowly averted one other headline-grabbing setback within the Champions League on Wednesday, doing simply sufficient to advance to the knockout stage with a 1-1 draw at Borussia Dortmund.
Regardless of coming again to beat Newcastle United 2-1 at St. James’ Park, AC Milan had been eradicated on aim distinction.
Milan obtained the comfort prize of Europa League soccer, whereas Newcastle bowed out of Europe.
| W-D-L | GD | Pts | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Borussia Dortmund | 3-2-1 | 3 | 11 |
| 2 | Paris Saint-Germain | 2-2-2 | 1 | 8 |
| 3 | AC Milan | 2-2-2 | -3 | 8 |
| 4 | Newcastle United | 1-2-3 | -1 | 5 |
PSG had been enjoying not solely to progress however to win the group and missed a number of possibilities early on. Dortmund’s Niklas Sule denied Kylian Mbappe with an acrobatic goal-line clearance within the seventeenth minute, Bradley Barcola struck the upright shortly after, and Randal Kolo Muani steered an unimaginable probability inches vast of the far publish after barrelling down on aim.
PSG suffered an almighty scare when Karim Adeyemi gave Dortmund the lead within the 51st minute, a growth cheered by the followers in Newcastle because the Magpies cradled a 1-0 lead over Milan.
Newcastle wanted to win Wednesday and hope PSG did not, and Joelinton‘s first-half screamer had put the Premier League aspect on the proper path. Even when Warren Zaire-Emery scored the equalizer for PSG, Newcastle had been nonetheless able to advance.
However their hopes started to fade when Christian Pulisic tied issues up on Tyneside. Milan, who hit the publish twice within the second half, accomplished the comeback when substitute Samuel Chukwueze curled within the winner within the 84th minute. That a minimum of purchased the seven-time European champions a ticket to the second-tier Europa League, one of many solely competitions they’ve by no means received.
Considerably surprisingly, Dortmund completed atop the group of loss of life regardless of opening with a loss to PSG and a goalless draw with Milan.
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