Monaco & Dortmund Out of Champions League & Liverpool Suffer Second-half Meltdown

England

Daily Mirror 

“Firm, then wobbly”

“Firmino and Mane put Reds 3-0 up before they collapse in truly dreadful second half”

David Maddock writes:

“Liverpool suffered a second-half meltdown as they threw away a guarantee of progress to the knock-out stage.”

“Tottenham put derby daze behind them to win their group”

“Dutch prove City are only human… until late strike from Sterling”

 

The Daily Telegraph

“Shell-shocked”

“Klopp’s men throw away three-goal lead in Spain”

 

 

 

 

 

The Sun

“Kops Sevilla punishment”

“Jurgen Klopp blasted his Kop flops after this humiliating turnaround and admitted “It feels like we lost”

 

 

 

 

Daily Mail

“A Sterling job”

“City win group (and unleash England superkid Foden)”

Citys late goal sealed their top spot in Champions League Group F. Sterling scored and keeps going strong and the young English super talent Phil Foden made his Debut.

 

 

 

 

Italy

Corriere Dello Sport

“Fabulous”

“Insigne lights up the Napoli orchestra”

“Shakhtar beaten 3-0, now to win in Holland and cheer on City”

In order for Napoli to get in front of Shakhtar, they need to win the next game in Feyernoord and Man City needs to win against Shakhtar at home.

“Juve and Roma, take down Spain”

“Allegri: Barça we’ll beat you Di Francesco: Atletico don’t frighten us”

 

Tuttosport

“We want you like this again!”

“Tonight Juve-Barcelona: Bianconeri seeks a place in the round of 16, Higuain and teammates know how to beat the Catalans, who seven months ago destroyed them in that Stadium. Roma: a point will do in Madrid”

 

 

 

 

 

La Gazzetta Dello Sport

“Dybala, wake up, Messi’s here”

“The Bianconeri No 10 has not scored in the CL for seven months
Tonight, he must drive Juve to qualification
But he is faced by ‘La Pulga’ again, in an all-Argentine clash”

and up top we have:
“Insigne better and better”
“The magnificent Lorenzo starts the party
And Napoli can still hope.”

 

 

Spain

Marca

“YES”

“Madrid recovers the hit with a win and doubles from Cristiano and Benzema, goes to the round of 16 and getting second in the group. Remarkable improvements against a weak Apoel to get their biggest victory at home in the Champions League.”

“They cling to their 3.4% possibility. Atletico needs a victory today for this miracle.”

 

 

 

Sport

“Fireproof”

“Barça measures their triumphant streak against Juventus in a match in which they can seal the first place”

“Seeks to gain prestige and make up for the elimination in the Champions League”

Meaning that Barça wants revenge on Juventus for last years knock-out

 

 

 

Mundo Deportivo

“Leading objective”

“At Barça, a tie at Allianz’s fort is enough to get through to the next round”

You may think they are referring to Allianz Arena in Munich, right? But no, the Juventus Stadium is actually called the Allianz Stadium since July this year.

“Messi and Luis Suarez have the challenge of scoring out in Europe against the mythical Buffon”

 

 

AS

“Cypriotic vitamin”
“Madrid progress to the round of 16 after Tottenham’s win, doubles from Benzema and Ronaldo”

At the very top we have this:
“Torres for a miracle”
“Atleti needs to win against Roma, hopes that Qarabag gives them a helping hand against Chelsea”

 

 

 

France

L’Equipe

“The new monsters”

“With 3.5 goals per game since the start of the season, The Paris-Saint-Germain attack is the most prolific of the major European leagues. The trio of Neymar, Mbappe, and Cavani wants a new ambitious demonstration tonight against Celtic Glasgow, beaten 5-0 in the first leg”

“Monaco, the incredible fiasco”

“Humiliated at home, the French champions are eliminated from all European competitions even before the last fixture.

 

RMC

“But how could Monaco, now eliminated from the European scene, have fallen so low?”

“While they had some hope of reaching the knockout stages of the Champions League without having won in four games, Monaco lost everything on Tuesday, crushed by Leipzig at Louis-II (their home stadium). The Monegasques will not even go to the Europa League.”

 

Germany

Sport Bild

“New contract for Super Kimmich”

“Bayern wants to extend to 2023”

According to Sport Bild: “Kimmich, who also was on Manchester Citys and FC Barcelona’s top wish list, could soon sign a new contract. The current contract is still running until 2020, but the Bayern bosses wanted to bind their hottest stock on the international transfer market for long-term. Kimmich’s basic salary (estimated at three million euros) will be raised sharply.”

 

 

Fussball Bild

“1-2. BVB always frosty”

Next failure for the BVB crisis: A new Champions League loss at home, 1-2 against Tottenham. Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang took the lead after his suspension. But he didn’t cheer, he pointed with his finger towards the coaching bench”

 

 

 

 

Kicker

“Leipzig still hopes – BVB loses and is out”

“Borussia Dortmund have also lost their second game against Tottenham and says goodbye to the Champions League, while Real Madrid did their homework. In contrast, Leipzig may have some hope left after a spectacular appearance in Monaco, but they need help from Porto now. Besiktas is already through.”

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