Champions League matchweek 5
Champions League: Chelsea, Bayern Munchen, Real Madrid, PSG, Atletico Madrid, Juve, Barcelona win in Match Week 5
There were some dramatic battles in this weeks UEFA Champions League Group Stage matches as PSG, Manchester City, Real Madrid, etc ensured their spots in the upcoming Round of 16 knockout stage on the road to European glory and silverware.
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Group A Champions League Results
Malmo 0-5 PSG
Paris Saint Germain’s Angel Di Maria scored twice as PSG devastated Malmo 5-0 on and earned their place in the knockout stage of the Champions League. Adrien Rabiot opened the scoring early for PSG with a pass from Ibra as he headed in an early goal. Di Maria made it 2-0 off the post at 15 minutes in the Group A fixture.
Superstar striker Zlatan Ibrahimovic scored at the start of the second half against his former Sweden club surprising Malmo goalie Johan Wiland from the side – 3-0. Di Maria headed in his second goal, and the score was 4-0. Lucas then made it 5-0 from a free kick. Paris Saint Germain wore shirts with the slogan ''Je suis Paris'' to show solidarity with Paris after the Nov. 13 attacks.
Shakhtar Donetsk 3-4 Real Madrid
In another Group A match, Real Madrid defeated Mircea Lucescu’s side Shakhtar Donetsk 3-4 in the Ukraine as Rafael Benitiz’s side redeemed themselves by claiming the top spot with one round to spare after an frustrating and embarrassing loss to FC Barcelona in the recent El Clasico.
Madrid boss Benitez made 7 changes to his side moving Ronaldo into a center forward role in a restored 4-3-3 formation. Real dominated the match from the start when superstar striker Cristiano Ronaldo opened the scoring at 20 minutes, and secured his 450th goal, however Los Blancos nearly threw away a four-goal lead in the last 15 minutes.
Ronaldo supplied Luka Modric and Dani Carvajal for the second and third goals just after halftime to make it 3-0 against Shakhtar. Ronaldo supplied by Gareth Bale and the game was over at 4-0 - almost. In the last quarter, Shakhtar somehow made a powerful comeback to nearly defeat Madrid.
Alex Teixeira converted from the penalty spot after 77 minutes. Dentinho then scored with a header at the far post making the score 4-2. Teixeira scored his second in the final minutes at Arena Lviv and the score was 4-3. The Spanish giants let the clock run out to win 3-4 as Real Madrid held out to avoid a catastrophic loss. Shakhtar require a win against PSG to earn a Europa League spot in 2016.
UEFA CHAMPIONS LEAGUE GROUP STAGE MATCHWEEK 5 RESULTS
The following are all the results from UEFA Champions League MatchWeek 5.
GROUP A: REAL MADRID, PSG, SHAKTAR DONETSK, MALMO
Shakhtar Donetsk 3-4 Real Madrid
Malmo 0-5 PSG
GROUP B: MANCHESTER UNITED, PSV, WOLFSBURG, CSKA MOSKVA
Manchester United 0-0 PSV
CSKA Moskva 0-2 Wolfburg
GROUP C: BENFICA, ATLETICO MADRID, GALATASARAY, ASTANA
Astana 2-2 Benfica
Atletico Madrid 2-0 Galatasaray
GROUP D: MANCHESTER CITY, JUVENTUS, SEVILLA, BORUSSIA VFL MÖNCHENGLADBACH
Juventus 1-0 Manchester City
Borussia Monchengladbach 4-2 Sevilla
GROUP E: BARCELONA, BAYER LEVERKUSEN, ROMA, BATE
Barcelona 6-1 Roma
Bate 1-1 Bayer Leverkusen
GROUP F: BAYERN MUNCHEN, OLYMPIAKOS PIRAEUS, ARSENAL, DINAMO ZAGREB
Bayern Munchen 4-0 Olympiakos Piraeus
Arsenal 3-0 Binamo Zagreb
GROUP G: CHELSEA, PORTO, DYNAMO KYIV, MACCABI TEL AVIV
Porto 0-2 Dynamo Kyiv
Maccabi Tel Aviv 0-4 Chelsea
GROUP H: ZENIT; GENT; VALENCIA; OLYMPIQUE LYONNAIS
Zenit 2-0 Valencia
Olympique Lyonnais 1-2 Gent