UCL review: Goals, Records, And Snow Storm!

Eight of the 16 UEFA Champions League Group stage final games were played yesterday, Tuesday, December 10. Five teams involved were already qualified for the next round. The rest had to battle out their way in the last 16. 

The most interesting game was the duel between Galatasaray and Juventus as the Turkish side needed a win to qualify while the Italian simply needed to bring one point home from their trip to Istanbul. If fans and intensity were present at the Turk Telecom Arena, they were, unfortunately, not the only one as snow and hail join the party right from the start. After 30 minutes of an intense and entertaining game game under a dreadful snow storm, officials decided to stop the game and clear the snow off the field. But it was a lost cause and the game was finally postponed to a yet to determined date. Both teams will play this decisive game already knowing the result of the other game as Real Madrid defeated Copenhagen on the road, 2-0. 

Two goals for Madrid and two records! Real Madrid becomes the club which scored most goals in the history of the Champions League group stage (20) and Cristiano Ronaldo the best goal scorer in group stage history as well with nine goals.

Both Manchesters won today with a 1-0 win for United at home over Chaktior and an impressive 3-2 win for City over Bayern Munich in Germany! Both teams were already qualified. Let's hope for English fans that Arsenal and Chelsea will do the same tomorrow.  

Finally, Benfica defeated PSG, 2-1, but it was not enough to clutch the last ticket as Olympiakos dominated Anderlecht, 3-1, on the road. The Greeks join Paris in the round of 16. 

Results are as follows:

Group A

Manchester United 1-0 Donetsk / Real Sociedad 0-1 Bayer Leverkusen

1- Manchester; 2- Leverkusen; 3- Donetsk; 4- Real Sociedad

Group B

Copenhagen 0-2 Real Madrid / Galatasaray 0-0 Juventus (Postponed)

1-Real Madrid; 2- Juventus (-1); 3-Galatasaray(-1); 4- Copenhagen

Group C

Benfica 2-1 PSG / Olympiakos 3-1 Anderlecht

1- PSG; 2- Olympiakos; 3- Benfica; 4- Anderlecht

Group D

Bayern Munich 2-3 Manchester City / Victoria Plzen 2-1 CSKA Moscow 

1- Bayern; 2- City; 3- Plzen; 4- Moscow