Wednesday, November 05, 2014

UEFA Champions League, Group F; PSG, Barca Clinch Knockout-Stage Berths

Group F play in the UEFA Champions League continued on Wednesday with two games.

At Paris:
Quick-fire Cavani sends Paris through, APOEL out
Edinson Cavani (shown here celebrating) scored the only goal of the match in the second minute as Paris Saint-Germain clinched a berth in the knockout stage with their 1-0 home win over APOEL FC, knocking the Cypriot club out of the tournament.

At Amsterdam, Netherlands:
Messi matches goal record as Barcelona advance
Lionel Messi scored twice (36, 76, that's him celebrating with teammates) as Barcelona locked up a knockout-stage berth with a 2-0 road win over Ajax Amsterdam, eliminating the Dutch giants from the tournament.  Leo the Lion now has scored 71 Champions League goals, tying the record set by Raul.

AFP/Getty Images photos

GROUP F STANDINGS:

1. x-Paris Saint Germain (GP: 4; GD: +3; PTS: 10)
2. x-FC Barcelona (GP: 4; GD: +4; PTS: 9)
3. z-Ajax Amsterdam (GP: 4; GD: -4; PTS: 2)
4. z-APOEL FC (GP: 4; GD: -3; PTS: 1)

x-Clinched berth in knockout stage

z-Eliminated from tournament but still alive for berth in Europa League knockout stage

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