Champions League: Benfica keeper’s last-gasp header sends side into playoffs | Champions League

Goalkeeper Anatoliy Trubin scored a 98th-minute header as Benfica defeated Actual Madrid 4-2 to safe a Champions League knockout place on Wednesday and deny their opponents an automated spot within the final 16.

Benfica had been heading out regardless of main 3-2 with seconds of stoppage time remaining earlier than Trubin met a free-kick to attain the aim they wanted to get into the playoff spherical on aim distinction.

Madrid had hoped to complete within the high eight and go straight into the final 16, however their 15 factors from eight video games was not sufficient they usually completed the match with 9 males as Raúl Asencio and Rodrygo had been despatched off.

Andreas Schjelderup scored two targets for Benfica and Vangelis Pavlidis netted from the penalty spot, whereas Kylian Mbappé scored twice for Actual in a vastly entertaining, end-to-end contest.

Trubin’s late aim meant Marseille slipped out of Twenty fourth spot and exit the competitors after their 3-0 defeat in opposition to Membership Brugge, a end result that lifted the Belgian facet into the playoff positions.

Barcelona stormed again within the second half to assert a 4-1 victory over Copenhagen on the Camp Nou, sealing a top-eight end and direct qualification for the final 16.

Targets from Robert Lewandowski, Lamine Yamal, Raphinha and Marcus Rashford ensured the Catalans completed fifth within the standings on 16 factors.

Copenhagen shocked the hosts early when 17-year-old Viktor Dadason slotted the opener previous Joan García within the fourth minute however the second half started with a Barcelona fightback.

Lamine Yamal arrange Lewandowski to equalise within the forty eighth minute, earlier than scoring himself within the sixtieth with a deflected effort that left Copenhagen keeper Dominik Kotarski helpless. Raphinha made it 3-1 from the penalty spot after Lewandowski was fouled, and Rashford added a fourth with a free-kick within the eighty fifth minute.

Sporting Lisbon twice got here from behind earlier than Alisson Santos netted an added-time winner as they beat Athletic Bilbao 3-2 away to succeed in the final 16 after a frenetic remaining group sport.

Sporting wanted a win to provide themselves an opportunity of a top-eight spot, however Oihan Sancet obtained the house facet off to an ideal begin with a third-minute aim. The guests levelled 9 minutes later by Ousmane Diomande’s unstoppable header from Maximiliano Araújo’s nook.

Sporting went behind once more after 28 minutes when Gorka Guruzeta fired house however the Portuguese facet refused to lie down and equalised as soon as extra by a brilliantly labored transfer, Francisco Trincão slicing by the center and steering the ball previous Unai Simón.

Sporting regarded set for the playoffs till they broke deep into second-half stoppage time and although Luis Suárez had his shot blocked by Simon, Santos adopted up and rifled the ball house to see his facet safely by.

Norwegian facet Bodø/Glimt staged a outstanding comeback to defeat Atlético Madrid 2-1 away from house, securing their place within the competitors’s knockout stage.

Alexander Sørloth put the hosts forward within the fifteenth minute, assembly David Hancko’s pinpoint cross with a strong header however the guests responded within the thirty fourth minute when Fredrik Bjarko assisted Fredrik Sjøvold to stage.

The decisive second got here within the second half when Kasper Høgh latched on to a unfastened ball within the 59th minute, hanging from shut vary to silence the house crowd. Atlético pushed for an equaliser however they had been unable to pierce the Norwegian defence.

Intern scored twice late within the sport to earn a 2-0 victory over hosts Borussia Dortmund however it was not sufficient for a top-eight end, with each groups going into February’s playoffs for a spot within the knockout stage.

Federico Dimarco curled in a elegant free-kick within the 81st minute earlier than Andy Diouf added one other aim in stoppage time to snap Inter’s three-game dropping run within the competitors.

Harry Kane got here off the bench to attain an 84th-minute winner for Bayern Munich as they edged PSV Eindhoven 2-1 away to complete second within the group part and finish their hosts’ hopes of continuous within the competitors.

Olympiakos grabbed a playoff spot with a 2-1 win away at Ajax, Santiago Hezze’s 79th-minute aim proving the winner.

Monaco and Juventus performed out a low-key 0-0 draw within the Principality, a cautious sport that was nonetheless sufficient to ship each side by to the playoffs.

Atalanta needed to accept a playoff spot after a 1-0 defeat at Union Saint-Gilloise, Bayer Leverkusen completed sixteenth after thumping Villarreal 3-0 and Cypriot facet Pafos ended a creditable marketing campaign with their second victory, a 4-1 win over Slavia Prague.