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Football: 8 teams advance in Champions League

Monaco edge out Man City, Atletico Madrid eliminate Leverkusen in Champions League Round of 16

Ersin Çelik
12:12 - 16/03/2017 Thursday
Update: 12:18 - 16/03/2017 Thursday
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Soccer Football - AS Monaco v Manchester City - UEFA Champions League Round of 16
Soccer Football - AS Monaco v Manchester City - UEFA Champions League Round of 16

Eight teams continued their UEFA Champions League journey after the Round of 16 wrapped up Thursday evening.



Monaco, following their 5-3 defeat in the first leg, managed to edge out Manchester City with a score of 3-1 at home.



The French team, needing at least a two-goal deficit to advance to the quarter-finals of Europe's biggest club competition, found the decisive goal with 13 minutes to go, thanks to a header by 22-year-old Tiemoué Bakayoko.



Monaco advanced on a 6-6 aggregate.



In the other match of the evening, Atletico Madrid avoided making mistakes to draw 0-0 with Leverkusen on their home turf, giving them the ticket to graduate with a 4-2 aggregate.



After the matches, the roster of this season's confirmed quarter-finalists is made up of Atletico Madrid, Barcelona, Bayern Munich, Dortmund, Juventus, Leicester City, Monaco, and Real Madrid.







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