This week saw the matches of Matchday 8 of the Champions League group stage, including Paris Saint-Germain’s victory at the Parc des Princes against Newcastle on Wednesday (SCORE, match summary). Here are the match results and standings.
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Wednesday, January 28 –
Standings:
As a reminder, here’s how this league stage works:
UEFA website –
“With the format, teams will play eight matches in the new group stage (formerly the group stage). They will no longer face three opponents twice – once at home and once away – but eight different teams, playing half of these matches at home and the other half away.”
Qualifications based on standings:
1st to 8th: qualification for the Round of 16.
9th to 24th: qualification for a two-legged play-off round.
25th to 36th: elimination from all European competitions.
