Champions League
Atletico 1-1 Manchester United: Elanga answered Felix and in the rematch everything is open
Manchester United drew 1-1 in the 80th minute against Atletico, who beat Felix in the 7th minute, and now the Old Trafford rematch will decide everything to qualify for the quarter-finals of the Champions League.
The game between Atlético and Manchester United ended in a 1-1 draw in the first game of their match for the last 16 of the Champions League. Joao Felix put the Colzoner in front in the 7th minute, but Anthony Elanga found an answer in the 80′, although his team looked lazy. Now everything is open for the rematch at Old Trafford.
Atletico was the one who went into the field stronger. In the 5th minute Felix stepped into the penalty area from the left, made the game, but the ball went wide. The Portuguese striker found his way to the net two minutes later. After a corner kick, Lindelof cleared, Lodi made the cross from the left, Felix moved into the penalty area and opened the goal with his head unprotected.
From then on, Atlético was the one in possession. Atletico defended 5-4-1 and pressed in midfield. The visitors had their first notable moment in the 15th minute. Fernandez made the shot, the ball found Savic in the back, changed direction and left the corner. The Kolotsoneros took advantage of wrong transfers on the axis and hit the counterattack.
In the 34th minute, Lodi scored into the penalty area on the left, after a long transfer. With Lindelof on him, he made the shot that landed on De Gea’s closed corner net. Manchester United tried to threaten from afar with no response. In the 45th minute, the hosts came close to making it 2-0. Lodi executed from the left after interfering with the United defence, Vrsaliko took the header, the ball found first in Lindelev’s face, then on the ground and then on the crossbar.
In the second half, the game went at the rhythm of Atletico. Manchester United had possession and the hosts were still able to hit the counterattack. In the 46th minute, Giorente caught the shot outside the penalty area and the ball went wide. Rangnik passed Wan-Bisaka, Matic, Teles on the field and was looking for something better.
However, Manchester United showed that they could no longer find this. He had false transfers which the hosts tried to capitalize on while attempting some shots from outside the box. In the 79th minute, Cristiano Ronaldo made a foul in a good place, but the ball went wide. A little earlier, Simeone took out Felix and Lodi, who were among the best on the pitch, and appeared to be paying for it.
In the 80th minute, the guests managed to find nets. Bruno Fernandez fed Elanga well, who made the move in the back of Atletico’s defence. Reinildo fell without being able to cut, Elanga left four and made it 1-1. In the 87th minute, the hosts narrowly took the lead again. Griezmann was on the right side of the box and took the shot, which landed on the crossbar. The last chance of the match belonged to the Red Devils with a shot from Lingard, which was blocked by Oblak on a second try.
SPORTY: Oblak, Vrsaliko, Jimenez, Savic, Reinildo, Giorente, Herrera, Kontogbia, Lodi (76′ Lemar), Korea, Felix (76′ Felix)
MANCHESTER UNITED: De Gea, Lindelof (66′ Wan-Bizaka), Varane, Maguire, Shaw (67′ End), Fred, Pogba (66′ Matic), Rasford (75′ Elanga), Fernandes, Sancho (82′ Lingard),
The results of the first games of the round of 16
The program of the second games of phase 16
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Champions League
The miner is after Olympiacos. Rebalance rating table for Champions League ticket
We continue to examine the future of Donetsk shakhtar To buy tickets directly to the main stage Champions League 2026/27.
This will be possible if the place reserved for the team that wins the Champions League trophy is redistributed.
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Donetsk Miner They are in fourth place with a coefficient of 50.250 among the clubs competing for a possible position at the heart of the Champions League.
In the last European week, the Donetsk club added +2.625 points. This increase was achieved with a 0-0 draw with Croatian Rijeka in the 6th round of the Conference League and a sixth place in the main round final table.
Main rival Greek Olympiacos – 56,500 points remaining. The Miners can regain the 6,250-point lead if they perform well in the spring part of the European Cups.
It is interesting that Shakhtar lost the first place in the UPL (Cherkasy has the same number of points as LNZ – 35 points each), and Olympiacos lost the lead in Greece to the AEK team (36 points against 37). Ukrainian striker Roman Yaremchuk plays for the team of the city of Piraeus.
Positions rangers (59,250), 4th in Scotland and Copenhagen (53.375), placed 5th in Denmark, looks less competitive in the rankings due to its position in the national championships. Leader only in championships Dinamo Zagreb And RB Salzburg (44,000 each) but there is no certainty that the turn will come.
Let us remind you that if the cup holder buys a ticket to the Champions League through the national championship, there will be a vacancy in the main squad in the 2026/27 Champions League. In this case, a balance will arise again and if Shakhtar wins the UPL and is ahead of Olympiacos in the UEFA club rankings (or the Greek club does not become the champion of Greece), it can get a direct ticket to the base of the Champions League.
If the Piraeus team is higher in the rankings and takes advantage of the available space, the Donetsk club will start from the 4th quarter of the Champions League, not the 2nd quarter, in case they win in the UPL.
Candidates for direct tickets to the Champions League 2026/27 main stage
(In case the quota reserved for the Champions League champion becomes vacant)
UEFA Club Rankings 2026
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Pedri commented on the new format of the Champions League: An unexpected look from a football player
Barcelona midfielder pedri He answered the question about his attitude towards the new format of the Champions League with the general group stage.
“Do I like the new format of the Champions League? I can’t say with 100% certainty which format I like more: this one or the previous one?”
If I have to choose, I will do something new: There were more matches between strong teams in the first stage,” said Pedri, as quoted by Esquire.
Before the 2024/2025 season, the group stage of the Champions League consisted of eight groups of four clubs each. All participants played six matches in their respective foursomes, home and away, against each of the three opponents.
From the 2024/2025 season, a new Champions League format comes into force with a common group stage of 36 clubs; each participant plays eight matches, four away and four at home; The opponents are determined by lot.”
Source: Sport UA
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Guardiola: In football you will be able to perform better in the future
Earlier, English Manchester City played a match against French Monaco in a new round of the UEFA Champions League.
After the match, the head coach of the “Locals” Pep Guardiola commented on the performance of the powerful team.
“In football you can always perform better – and this is the result. Our game today was very good in many ways. And step by step we will improve our results.”
Ale mi gave many speeches today in the right way. We created many scoring opportunities and found Phil Foden active in the first half. Most Gravians played at a fairly high level.
Previously, they did not let their opponents create anything, but created the chances themselves. We adapted very well to the superniks and played very well. This is my opinion.
If you get a good match on the right side, of course you have to… Today we got a great ball, that’s all I can tell you right away.
Holland? It’s really good. He plays to score goals. He struggled with three centre-backs and two supporting defenders in front of him, and it wasn’t easy for his partners to know that. Ale, we can work hard to score goals.
Tse bula spravdi garna gra. We created a lot of chances, but unfortunately in the end we didn’t defend perfectly against a free kick, which would have been quite a few, and we conceded a penalty, which was awarded when the ball hit the first one… well, that’s it.
Referee? “I have nothing to say to the Spanish referees,” said the Spanish footballer.
In the coming round, English Manchester City will visit Spanish Villarreal.
Source: Football UA
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