JAKARTA - Four teams have ensured their qualification to the 2025/26 Champions League quarter-finals after completing the second leg of the 16th round on Wednesday morning WIB.
Real Madrid, Paris Saint-Germain (PSG), and Arsenal dominated, while Sporting CP made a dramatic comeback against Bodo/Glimt.
Real Madrid sailed smoothly after defeating Manchester City 2-1 at the Etihad Stadium. With an aggregate lead of 3-0 from the first leg, the situation is more favorable for Los Blancos after Bernardo Silva received a red card. Madrid finally closed the match with an aggregate victory of 5-1.
PSG also performed mightily when destroying Chelsea 3-0 at Stamford Bridge. Two quick goals at the start of the match immediately extinguished the hosts' hopes. The defending champion also passed with a landslide aggregate of 8-2.
In another match, Arsenal secured a ticket to the quarter-finals after defeating Bayer Leverkusen 2-0 at the Emirates Stadium.
After a 1-1 draw in the first leg, the Gunners ensured their qualification with an aggregate score of 3-1 thanks to goals from Eberechi Eze and Declan Rice.
Meanwhile, as reported by Antara, the biggest drama happened in Portugal. Sporting CP managed to turn things around with a 5-0 victory over Bodo/Glimt.
Having fallen behind 0-3 on aggregate, Sporting scored three goals to force extra time before Maxi Araujo and Rafael Nel's goals secured a 5-3 aggregate victory and halted the Norwegian dark horse's progress.
There are still four other second leg matches that will be held on Thursday (19/3) early morning WIB, including the Barcelona vs Newcastle and Liverpool vs Galatasaray duels.
Based on UEFA, the following are the results of the second leg of the 2025/26 Champions League 16-team round:
Wednesday, March 1800:45 WIB - Sporting Lisbon 5-0 Bodo/Glimt (Agg. 5-3) 03:00 WIB - Arsenal 2-0 Bayer Leverkusen (Agg. 3-1) 03:00 WIB - Chelsea 0-3 PSG (Agg. 2-8) 03:00 WIB - Manchester City 1-2 Real Madrid (Agg. 1-5)
Thursday, March 1900:45 WIB - Barcelona vs Newcastle United03:00 WIB - Bayern Muenchen vs Atalanta03:00 WIB - Liverpool vs Galatasaray03:00 WIB - Tottenham vs Atletico Madrid
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