Manchester United’s Champions League dreams have been dashed after an ‘absolutely disappointing’ 3-3 draw with Turkish giants Galatasaray. Today we will discuss about Champions League: Standings round of 16| Top scorers
Champions League: Standings round of 16| Top scorers
The UEFA Champions League (formerly known as the European Cup and abbreviated as UCL worldwide) is an annual club association football competition organized by the Union of European Football Associations (UEFA) and The competition is contested by top-division European clubs, deciding the winners of the competition. through the round robin group stage to qualify for the double-legged knockout format and single-legged final. It is the most watched club competition in the world and the third most watched football competition overall, behind the UEFA European Championship and the FIFA World Cup. It is one of the most prestigious football tournaments in the world and the most prestigious club competition in European football, played by the national league champions (and, for some countries, one or more runners-up) of their national associations.
| Organising body | UEFA |
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| Founded | 1955 (rebranded in 1992) |
| Region | Europe |
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| Current champions |  Manchester City (1st title) |
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| Television broadcasters | List of broadcasters |
Standings round of 16
The Champions League round of 16 draw featured the heavyweight matches everyone was expecting.
PSG will have to come from behind to overcome Bayern Munich if they are to maintain their dreams of winning their first Champions League title. Meanwhile, Real Madrid are set to oust Liverpool from their latest Champions League exit after beating the Reds in two of the last five finals.
Tottenham will face a familiar foe to manager Antonio Conte: reigning Serie A champions AC Milan. And Chelsea will try to save their season in the Champions League, but to do so they will need a win against Borussia Dortmund.
In a magical season, Napoli have a way to reach the quarter-finals as they look to beat Eintracht Frankfurt, while fellow Italian side Inter Milan will have to work hard against FC Porto.
In Tuesday night’s games, Atletico Madrid, Lazio, Borussia Dortmund and Barcelona won their respective matches to book their places in the round of 16 along with already qualified Bayern Munich, Real Madrid, Real Sociedad, Internazionale, Manchester City and RB Leipzig.
Who else can qualify?
Since Union Berlin, Red Bull Hamburg, Benfica, Feyenoord, Celtic, Young Boys, Red Star Belgrade and Royal Antwerp have all already been eliminated, it means there are 14 sides left to fight for the six precious spots available in the UEFA Champions League. Are left. Knockout stage.
Of course, this includes Arsenal as well as PSV Eindhoven, RC Lens, Sevilla, Copenhagen, Galatasaray, Manchester United, Napoli, Braga, Paris Saint-Germain, Newcastle United, AC Milan, Porto and Shakhtar Donetsk.
Top scorers
With 140 goals, Cristiano Ronaldo is currently the all-time top scorer in the Champions League, while his career rival Lionel Messi is the only other player to reach triple figures. Ronaldo has also become the top scorer in the most individual seasons in the competition’s history, having done so seven times.
The title of top goalscorer was previously held by Raul, who scored his 50th goal while at Real Madrid in 2005, surpassing Alfredo Di Stéfano. He held the record until November 2014, when his final tally of 71 was equaled and surpassed by Messi. Ronaldo has been the competition’s absolute top scorer since September 2015; Following the record exchange between him and Messi, the former’s hat-trick against Shakhtar Donetsk moved Ronaldo past 80 goals, and he would never relinquish the top spot again.
A losing finalist with Borussia Dortmund against Bayern in 2013, Robert Lewandowski finally won the competition with the Bavarian club in 2020, and although he did not score in the decisive 1-0 win against Paris, he finished the campaign top Finished as scorer. For the first time with 15 goals. Messi or Ronaldo had been the top scorer (or joint top scorer) in each of the last 12 UEFA Champions League campaigns.
The most prolific foreign goalscorer in Bundesliga history, ‘Levy’ took just 100 games to score 80 Champions League goals; It took 102 games for Messi to reach this figure and 116 games for Ronaldo.
141: Cristiano Ronaldo (POR, Manchester United, Real Madrid, Juventus)
129: Lionel Messi (ARG, Barcelona, Paris Saint-Germain)
92: Robert Lewandowski (POL, Borussia Dortmund, Bayern München, Barcelona)*
90: Karim Benzema (FRA, Lyon, Real Madrid)
71: Raul Gonzalez (ESP, Real Madrid, Schalke)
60: Ruud van Nistelrooy (NED, PSV Eindhoven, Manchester United, Real Madrid)
59: Andriy Shevchenko (UKR, Dynamo Kiev, AC Milan, Chelsea)
53: Thomas Muller (GER, Bayern München)*
51: Thierry Henry (FRA, Monaco, Arsenal, Barcelona)
50: Filippo Inzaghi (ITA, Juventus, AC Milan)
