Napoli remained the leader in their sector, Bayern Munich won their six games and Group D was defined to the end
Groups A, B, C and D Champions League and he gave the news Atletico Madrid being left out of any European competition for the rest of the campaign after finishing last in their sector.
The ‘Madraci’ arrived at the Estadio do Dragão with the illusion of qualifying for the Europa League, relying on themselves to play in the second most important UEFA club competition. However, in the first 25 minutes of the game, Los Dragones extinguished the hopes of Atletico fans with goals from Mehdi Taremi and Stephen Eustáqui, a former Cruz Azul player.
In the last moments of the match, Iván Marcano scored an own goal, but it was too late and Atletico Madrid ended his participation in Champions League in the last place of group B. The ticket to the Europa League in this sector went to Bayer Leverkusen, who tied on zero goals with Bruges and advanced with a better result in the matches against the capital of Spain.
In group A, Naples and Liverpool advanced to the next round of the competition Champions League while the Ajax of Mexicans Edson Álvarez and Jorge Sánchez qualified for European league finishing the group stage with a win over Rangers.
In sector C, everything was defined since the previous day when Inter beat Viktoria and confirmed their place in the round of 16 Champions League. The victory for the Italian side left Barcelona with no chance of qualification, who ended their participation with a win against Pilsen and will now look to win European league. for his part, Bayern Munich finished as the best team in the group with 18 units.
In the end, the activity in Group D was a real frenzy as nothing was defined and all four clubs – Eintracht Frankfurt, Sporting Lisboa, Marseille and Tottenham Hotspur – had a chance to progress to the next round. In the end, the Germans and the English will be the representatives of the sector in the round of 16, Sporting Lisboa will play European league and Marseille said goodbye to European competitions this campaign.