German teams make Euro history
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Bundesliga teams have once again kept the German flag flying in Europe with all four sides progressing to the last 16 of the Champions League for the first time.
After May’s first all-German Champions League final in Wembley, holder Bayern Munich and Borussia Dortmund have joined Bayer Leverkusen and Schalke in the knockout phase of this season’s competition.
“All four German clubs in the last 16, that has never happened before. Our league can celebrate a historic triumph!” wrote German daily Bild.
On three occasions three German teams, Dortmund, Schalke and Bayern, have reached the last 16 in 1997-98, 2004-05 and 2012-13, but this is the first time since the Champions League started in 1992 that four German teams have reached the knockout phase.
The Germans have the joint biggest contingent in the knockout stages alongside English quartet Manchester City, Manchester United, Chelsea and Arsenal, while three Spanish teams, Real Madrid, Barcelona and Atletico Madrid are also through.
On Wednesday, Dortmund needed a dramatic late goal from Kevin Grosskreutz to seal a 2-1 win at Marseille to finish as winner of Group F and had been just three minutes from going out of the competition after Napoli’s 2-0 win at home to Arsenal.
Pep Guardiola’s Bayern also went through as group winner, despite losing 2-3 at home to Manchester City on Tuesday.
Schalke finished second in Group E after a 2-0 win at home to Swiss champion FC Basel, while Bayer Leverkusen was second in Group A behind Manchester United.
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