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Paris Saint-Germain (PSG) were handed a 1-1 draw in a Wednesday UEFA Champions League group match against already-qualified Borussia Dortmund to bag a Round of 16 ticket.
Home team Dortmund drew first blood in the Group F match at Signal Iduna Park.
German forward Karim Adeyemi gave a 1-0 lead to Dortmund in the 51st minute as the 21-year-old performed a clean finish in the box after his teammate Niclas Fullkrug found him.
PSG leveled the showdown five minutes later as the visitors’ teen forward Warren Zaire-Emery sent a vicious low strike to beat Dortmund goalkeeper Gregor Kobel.
French superstar Kylian Mbappe had a through ball to score for PSG in the 75th minute, but after a VAR review, he was flagged for offside.
Thanks to the draw, Dortmund won the ‘Group of Death’ with 11 points in six matches. Paris have eight points to finish second on goal difference, which meant that the French powerhouse also joined the last 16.
AC Milan beat Newcastle United 2-1 in England to finish third with eight points. The Italians will continue in the second-tier UEFA Europa League playoffs.
Following the home loss, Newcastle were at the bottom of the group, which was full of strong competitors, with five points to be out of Europe completely.
The Champions League’s last 16 was shaped after Wednesday’s fixtures.
Bayern Munich, Copenhagen, Arsenal, PSV Eindhoven, Real Madrid, Napoli, Real Sociedad, Inter Milan, Atletico Madrid, Lazio, Borussia Dortmund, PSG, Manchester City, RB Leipzig, Barcelona and Porto qualified for the last 16 stage.
The Round of 16 draw will be held on Monday in Nyon, Switzerland.
Galatasaray, Lens, Braga, Benfica, Feyenoord, AC Milan, Young Boys and Shakhtar Donetsk finished third in their groups each to go to the Europa League playoffs.
Manchester United, Sevilla, Union Berlin, Salzburg, Celtic, Newcastle United, Crvena zvezda and Royal Antwerp were in last place in the group stage to be out of the European campaign this season.
Wednesday’s results:
RB Leipzig – Young Boys: 2-1
Crvena zvezda – Manchester City: 2-3
Atletico Madrid – Lazio: 2-0
Celtic – Feyenoord: 2-1
Borussia Dortmund – Paris Saint-Germain: 1-1
Newcastle United – AC Milan: 1-2
Porto – Shakhtar Donetsk: 5-3
Royal Antwerp – Barcelona: 3-2
