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Napoli remounted and eliminated, Inter, Juventus and Atalanta in playoffs

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Napoli out, Inter Milan, Juventus and Atalanta in the playoffs: these, in a nutshell, are the verdicts concerning the Italian sides involved in Champions League football after the matches on the last day of the single round of the first phase. The Azzurri, who knew they were taking a big risk, were defeated 3-2 by Chelsea after overturning the guest&#8217s initial lead. Pointless victory for the Nerazzurri in Dortmund, a deadlocked draw for the Bianconeri, and defeat in Belgium with the’Union St.Gilloise for the Orobici.

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Benfica accomplishes the'impossible: beats Real Madrid 4-2 at the Stadio da Luz and qualifies for the next round.
Anatoliy Trubin scores the decisive goal in the middle of the opponent’s box: the Ukrainian goalkeeper beats Courtois by header.
Kylian Mbappé unlocks the match in the 30th' minute putting Real Madrid ahead. Schjelderup responds for the 1-1.
Vangelis Pavlidis transforms the penalty at 50' and signs Benfica’s overtaking Real Madrid.
Schjelderup extends for the Portuguese at 56' bringing Benfica to 3-1.
Mbappé brings Real Madrid back into the game at 58' with the goal of the momentary 3-2.
Raúl Asencio is sent off in the dying minutes, leaving Real Madrid down to ten men.
Even Rodrygo receives a red card, aggravating Real Madrid’s situation.
José Mourinho pushes Benfica to throw its heart over the hurdle.
Trubin’s goal in full recovery finally ends the game at 4-2 for Benfica.
Mourinho on cloud nine in the post-match: "The giant went up and scored a spectacular goal"
"A prestigious and economically crucial win" added the Special One.

At the Maradona, Chelsea took the lead already after a quarter of an hour thanks to a penalty by Enzo Fernandez but Antonio Conte’s men did not give up and turned it all around within ten minutes, first with Vergara and then with Hojlund on an assist from Olivera: 2-1 just moments before halftime. In the second half, however, the result changed again, with a double from Joao Pedro on as many assists from substitute Palmer. The Brazilian at once dragged the Englishmen straight to the round of 16 and thus eliminated the champions d’Italia.

In Dortmund, Inter cradled the direct qualification to the round of 16 but in the end as predictable was mocked by the results arrived from the other fields and in particular from the one in Naples. A Dimarco’s free kick deceived the Nerazzurri who were not even satisfied with a 2-0 win by young Diouf in the final to move beyond tenth place in the standings. The potential playoff rivals will now be Benfica or Bodo/Glimt, in the round of 16 there will then be the risk of Manchester City.

In the other matches, Juventus did not go beyond a 0-0 draw at home to Monaco: of note in the first half was a goal disallowed to Balogun. The Bianconeri in the second half did not damn their souls and the result did not change: in the play-offs they will have to contend with Bruges or Galatasaray.

L’Atalanta finally lost 1-0 on the field of Union St. Gilloise: the entries of Scamacca, Sulemana and De Ketelaere, were not enough. At 70′, Khalaili beat an uncertain Sportiello and condemned the Nerazzurri to 15th place: they will challenge Borussia Dortmund or Olympiacos.

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