Paris Saint-Germain go into their Champions League match against Juventus knowing a win is needed to ensure they win Group H. Christophe Galtier's side are ...
RB Leipzig: Will be through to the round of 16 with a win or a draw. Dinamo Zagreb: Cannot reach the round of 16. Despite their elimination from the Champions League, Juventus won't simply roll over today, as they're at risk of being overtaken by Maccabi Haifa for third place and a spot in the Europa League. AC Milan: Will be through to the round of 16 with a win or a draw. Chelsea: Through to the round of 16 as group winners. Shakhtar Donetsk: Need a win to advance to the round of 16.
Juventus aim to end their UCL campaign on a high when they host table toppers PSG in Turin.
The team's last match of the year is against Lazio on the 14th of November in Turin. After the international break, Galtier's men face Strasbourg at the Parc Des Princess on the 28th of December. Juventus almost pulled off the impossible when in their previous encounter against Benfica, but a disastrous loss meant that the Italian giants were knocked out of Europe this summer.
We are Paris Saint-Germain and we have this sporting ambition. We've talked about it with the players, we're all focused on that," said Galtier before ...
"We know that Juventus can't qualify for the knockout rounds, but they will do everything to qualify for the Europa League. They are a very big club who will obviously want to play a good game." We are Paris Saint-Germain and we have this sporting ambition.
PSG won at Juventus 2-1 but Benfica topped Group H after cruising past Maccabi Haifa 6-1 in the Champions League's final round of group games.
The holders, Real Madrid, retained top spot with 13 points after their 5-1 home win against the bottom side Celtic. Juventus levelled shortly before half time after Juan Cuadrado sent the ball into the six-yard box with a diving header and the defender Leonardo Bonucci tapped the ball in for an equaliser. Maccabi finished bottom of the standings with three points after their defeat by Benfica.
Lorenzo Bettoni takes you behind the scenes of Juventus' last Champions League game against PSG, including a furious Massimiliano Allegri and how Chiesa.
[Marco Verratti](https://football-italia.net/player/marco-verratti/) was subbed off in the second half but was still very much involved from the touchline. [Nuno Mendes](https://football-italia.net/player/nuno-mendes/) in the second half. The [Portu](https://football-italia.net/player/portu/)guese full-back found space down the left flank and beat Szczesny at the far post. He was welcomed by the Allianz Stadium’s ovation, which was way louder when he made his official return to the pitch at minute 74. He was the last one to enter the pitch for the brief training session before kick-off but didn’t join his teammates for the shooting practice. [returned to the pitch for the first time in nearly ten months.
Benfica put six goals past Maccabi Haifa to claim the top spot in Group H ahead of PSG, as Real Madrid thrash Celtic.
Sterling curled the ball past two players in the box after latching onto a pass from Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang. In Group F’s other game, RB Leipzig saw off Shakhtar Donetsk with a convincing 0-4 win. Later in the first half, Hákon Haraldsson equalised, heading home from close range. Kylian Mbappé opened the scoring in the 13th minute with an exquisite strike. Aged 17 and 346 days, he beat the previous record set by Karim Benzema, who scored for Lyon at age 17 and 352 days in 2005. Locatelli would have a goal disallowed goal a few minutes later, ending what has been a lacklustre Champions League campaign for the Italian side.
Paris Saint-Germain took on Juventus in an away fixture in their final game of the Champions League group-stage matches this season.
While Benfica scored nine goals away from home, PSG netted only six in three Champions League away fixtures, averaging two goals per game on the opposing turf. [L’Équipe](https://www.lequipe.fr/Football/Actualites/Ligue-des-champions-pourquoi-le-psg-a-fini-2e-du-groupe-h/1362691) report that the primary criteria, such as the number of points and number of goals, were not enough to decide the final positions of Benfica and PSG. There was also equality in overall goal difference (+9) and the number of goals scored (16) by both teams throughout the group stage.
Christophe Galtier's side headed into their final game in Group H in top spot. They were level on points with Benfica but had a superior goal difference by ...
'But that was the end, it doesn't matter, we qualified. [Christophe Galtier](/sport/christophe-galtier/index.html)'s side headed into their final game in Group H in top spot. [Kylian Mbappe](/sport/kylian-mbappe/index.html) bemoaned the fact that [PSG](/sport/teampages/psg.html) finished second in their Champions League group despite beating [Juventus](/sport/teampages/juventus.html) 2-1, claiming they weren't aware of what was going on elsewhere during the game.