Ryan Flamingo scored in extra time to give PSV Eindhoven a 3-1 home win on Wednesday in the second leg of their Champions League knockout phase playoff against Juventus, overturning a first-leg deficit and putting them into the last 16.
The tie was level at 3-3 on aggregate after 90 minutes and went into extra time before Flamingo poached a 98th-minute winner as Juventus became the third Italian side eliminated from the competition, after Milan and Atalanta on Tuesday.
Juventus had a 2-1 lead going into the second leg at the Philips Stadion but PSV cancelled that out when veteran Ivan Perisic opened the scoring in the 53rd minute. The visitors restored their advantage when Timothy Weah equalised 10 minutes later, only for Ismael Saibari to make it 2-1 and level the aggregate scoreline with his close-range effort in the 74th minute.
PSV had several chances to win the tie before it went into extra time, where Flamingo made no mistake as he took advantage of a defensive muddle to earn PSV a 4-3 aggregate triumph. It was a deserved success for the Dutch despite them struggling to get going and failing to get a shot on target in the first half.
Paris Saint-Germain cruised into the last 16 with a crushing 7-0 home victory over their fellow French side Brest to secure a 10-0 aggregate triumph.
Following PSG’s 3-0 away win in the first leg, both teams started slowly, showing little urgency or a clear gameplan with the hosts fully in control of the tie. Bradley Barcola broke the deadlock for PSG after 20 minutes and shortly before half-time Khvicha Kvaratskhelia doubled the lead with a tap-in from a tight angle.
Vitinha made it three just before the hour mark and Désiré Doué added the fourth. Nuno Mendes grabbed PSG’s fifth, Gonçalo Ramos added a sixth and Brest’s humiliation was complete four minutes from time when Senny Mayulu became the seventh PSG player to score and complete the rout and set up a last-16 tie against Liverpool or Barcelona.
Borussia Dortmund sailed into the last 16 after a 0-0 draw with Sporting in the second leg of their playoff, giving last year’s runners-up a 3-0 aggregate win.
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Sporting arrived in Germany with little hope after their heavy first-leg defeat at home, and the Portuguese side never looked like even attempting a comeback. Dortmund’s Serhou Guirassy, the Champions League’s top scorer this season, had a second-half penalty saved and Emre Can had a goal disallowed for offside as the hosts posed all the attacking threat without managing to find a breakthrough.
The German team will face Aston Villa or Lille in the last 16, with their opponents to be decided in Friday’s draw.
Source: theguardian.com
