Paris ¨C Vinicius Junior sealed Real Madrid¡¯s progress to the Champions League last 16 on Wednesday with the clincher against Benfica as defending champion Paris Saint-Germain edged out 10-man Ligue 1 rival Monaco.
Italian giant Juventus almost pulled off a stunning comeback from its 5-2 first leg deficit against Galatasaray, but extra-time goals from Victor Osimhen and Baris Yilmaz gave the Turks a 7-5 aggregate victory, while Lazar Samardzic¡¯s injury-time penalty put Atalanta through 4-3 on aggregate against Borussia Dortmund.
Vinicius scored the winning goal in a 2-1 victory on the night to secure a 3-1 aggregate success for Real in the playoff tie in Madrid.
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