Wednesday, March 06, 2019

UEFA Champions League: Red Devils, Dragons Advance To Quarterfinals

Two games were contested on Wednesday as the UEFA Champions League's Round of 16 is set to continue.

At Paris:

Romelu Lukaku scored twice in the first half-hour (2', 30) while Marcus Rashford (shown here celebrating) converted a penalty kick in the fourth minute of second-half stoppage time for the series-winning goal as Manchester United upended Paris Saint-Germain 3-1 on the road in game two and, with the aggregate score at 3-3, won their series on away goals.

Getty Images photo

At Porto, Portugal:

After taking game two of their series at home with AS Roma 2-1 in regulation to square their series at 3-3 on aggregate, Alex Telles won the series for FC Porto with his overtime goal in the 117th minute with his successful penalty kick as the Dragons finished off their Italian guests 4-3 on aggregate.

That's Alex here, celebrating the goal that sent the Dragons to the quarterfinal round for the first time since 2014-15.

Photo from UEFA website

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