In the final round of "Death Group", the fates of Naples, Dortmund and Arsenal were tried for 90 minutes. The two "black ten minutes" in the first half and the second half touched the heartstrings of every fan. Dortmund led Marseille in the 4th minute, which means that Naples must beat Arsenal by 3 goals to qualify, which is simply impossible. However, only after 10 minutes, Marseille, who has no desire, suddenly tied the score, which means that if the score is kept to the end, Naples can only advance by beating Arsenal. How good is it to survive? The Sao Paulo stadium in Naples, full of screams and roars, is completely boiling.
With the understanding of moths to the fire, Naples began to storm the Premier League leaders one after another. Similarly, in France, not far northwest of Naples, Dortmund also stormed Marseille. The anxious situation was finally broken in the 73rd minute, and Higuain's goal helped Naples lead Arsenal. If this score is maintained until the end of the game, Arsenal will join hands with Naples to qualify, while Dortmund, the runner-up in 20 12-20 13 season, will be out. At this moment, the fans at Sao Paulo Stadium are screaming and jumping like in heaven.
However, another "black ten minutes" appeared again: just before the laughter of Neapolitans lasted for a long time, Marseille tried its best to stick to the whole line of defense and was finally scored by Dortmund. So in the instant standings, Naples fell back to third place. Naples, which fell from the sky, did not lose heart. They still stormed Arsenal and scored the second goal in the third minute of stoppage time. Then they won't have time to chase the third target. Although he scored an extra goal, Naples can qualify without looking at anyone's face. It was a great achievement to beat the Premier League leaders 2-0, but Naples was still out of the game very tragically. They are only one goal away from qualifying.
After a night of ups and downs, Naples was eliminated by Paris Saint-Germain with a score of 12 in 2007, becoming the first team in the history of the Champions League to be eliminated with a score of 12. What makes Naples feel even more miserable is that Dzenit team in St. Petersburg won the qualifying right with 6 points, becoming the qualifying team with the lowest score of 1994 after AC Milan finished with 5 points. It should be noted that Naples got 12 points from great rivals such as Arsenal, Dortmund and Marseille. And opponents such as Deseni in St. Petersburg didn't get too many points against Porto and Vienna, Austria. In the end, Dzenit advanced and Naples was eliminated. Fate is undoubtedly too cruel for Naples.
It is worth mentioning that 1997-98 season, Paris Saint-Germain group match 12 points, was still eliminated, because the competition system of the Champions League at that time was different from now. At that time, the Champions League group stage was divided into six groups and the quarterfinals were decided. Only the two groups with the best results can advance. Paris Saint-Germain 12 points, ranked second in the group stage, but unfortunately was eliminated. But now Naples ranks third in the group with 12 points, which is undoubtedly ironic. In short, Naples became the first team to be eliminated with 12 points since the reform of the Champions League. The highest score of the team that failed to qualify in the Champions League group stage was 10.
Fortunately, there are many people in the same boat in Naples: after Manchester City defeated Bayern in the final round of the group stage, the score reached 15, but it was also because of the lack of the last goal that it missed the first place in the group. Therefore, Manchester City has become the group with the second highest score in the history of the Champions League, and it is very likely that it will meet such strong teams as Real Madrid and Barcelona in the final of 1/8 (Manchester City will avoid Manchester United, Chelsea and Bayern, and the five opponents it can draw are Real Madrid, Paris, Dortmund, Atletico Madrid and Barcelona).