{"id":1896,"date":"2017-12-07T11:46:52","date_gmt":"2017-12-07T11:46:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.legitgambling.com\/news\/?p=1896"},"modified":"2017-12-14T18:13:20","modified_gmt":"2017-12-14T18:13:20","slug":"gameweek-6-champions-league-recap-part-two","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.legitgambling.com\/news\/gameweek-6-champions-league-recap-part-two\/","title":{"rendered":"Gameweek 6 Champions League recap part two"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-1573\" src=\"https:\/\/www.legitgambling.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/uefa-champions-league.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" \/>On Wednesday night, the last group games of the Champions League took place. The games decided the fates of many teams. Here is a rundown of how the drama unfolded:<\/p>\n<p><strong>Group E<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>In Group E, Liverpool produced a vibrant performance <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/football\/blog\/2017\/dec\/07\/jurgen-klopp-liverpool-baffles-spartak-boys-from-brazil\">to hammer Russian side Spartak Moscow 7-0 at Anfield<\/a>. The Reds highly-rated front four of Sadio Mane, Phillipe Coutinho, Roberto Firmino and Mohamed Salah all got on the scoresheet.<\/p>\n<p>In fact, Coutinho bagged himself a hat-trick, with Mane scoring a brace. Firmino and Salah had to settle for a goal apiece. The victory means that Jurgen Klopp\u2019s team finished top of the group. Spartak will have to settle for a place in the knockout stages of the Europa League.<\/p>\n<p>Spanish side Sevilla also advanced to the knockout stages, despite drawing 1-1 with Slovenian side Maribor in their final game.<\/p>\n<p><strong>BT Sport<\/strong><\/p>\n<div style=\"position:relative;height:0;padding-bottom:56.25%\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/2cBrFbR6W2c?rel=0&amp;showinfo=0?ecver=2\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" frameborder=\"0\" style=\"position:absolute;width:100%;height:100%;left:0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div>\n<p><strong>Group F<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Manchester City had already claimed top spot in this group, having won all five of their group games heading into their last game. However, the Premier League leaders suffered a 2-1 defeat against Shakhtar Donetsk on Wednesday night to ruin their perfect record.<\/p>\n<p>The Ukrainian champions scored first-half goals through Bernard and Ismaily. Striker Sergio Aguero scored a consolation for the Citizens in stoppage-time.<\/p>\n<p>Despite the defeat, <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.legitgambling.com\/reviews\/betfred\">Pep Guardiola\u2019s side are still one of the favourites to lift the trophy this season<\/a><\/strong>. Shakhtar\u2019s win means that they finished second in the group.<\/p>\n<p>Italian side Napoli took third spot after a 2-1 defeat at rock bottom Feyenoord. Napoli took an early lead through Piotr Zielinski, but the game went downhill for the visitors from there. Nicolai Jorgensen equalised before Tonny Vilhena saw red for the Dutch side. However, Jeremiah St. Juste scored in stoppage-time to end the Dutch sides five-game losing streak in the competition.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Group G<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Turkish side Besiktas had already clinched top spot before heading into their final group. However, they were not finished yet, as they recorded a 2-1 win at RB Leipzig, courtesy of goals from Alvaro Negredo and Anderson Talisca, while Liverpool-bound midfielder Naby Keita scored Leipzig\u2019s goal.<\/p>\n<p>The result coupled with <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.whoscored.com\/Matches\/1238361\/MatchReport\/Europe-UEFA-Champions-League-2017-2018-FC-Porto-Monaco\">Porto hammering Monaco 5-2<\/a><\/strong> in the other group game means that the Portuguese side qualified for the knockout stages.<\/p>\n<p>Porto striker Vincent Aboubakar scored a brace before Porto\u2019s Felipe and Monaco\u2019s Rachid Ghezzal saw red. Yacine Brahimi added a fourth for Porto, Kamil Glik scored for the visitors, only for Alex Telles to add a fourth for the home side.<\/p>\n<p>The goal fest was not yet complete, though, as Radamel Falcao gave the French champions a second and Porto\u2019s Tiquinho Soares added a late fifth goal.<\/p>\n<p>RB Leipzig will have to be content with a spot in the Europa League in their maiden European campaign.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Group H<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.skysports.com\/football\/tottenham-vs-apoel\/384339\">Tottenham sealed top spot in Group H by winning 3-0 against Cypriot outfit APOEL<\/a><\/strong>, with Fernando Llorente, Son Heung-Min and Georges-Kevin Nkoudou scoring the goals for the north London side.<\/p>\n<p>Real Madrid progressed in second place after beating Dortmund 3-2 at the Bernabeu Stadium. Borja Mayoral, Cristiano Ronaldo and Lucas Vasquez were on target for the European champions, while a brace from Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang was not enough to earn BVB anything from their trip to the Spanish capital. Dortmund clinched third-spot ahead of APOEL and a place in the Europa League knockout stages.<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>Who are your favourites to win the Champions League?<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On Wednesday night, the last group games of the Champions League took place. The games decided the fates of many teams. Here is a rundown of how the drama unfolded: Group E In Group E, Liverpool produced a vibrant performance to hammer Russian side Spartak Moscow 7-0 at Anfield. The Reds highly-rated front four of [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8,5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1896","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-sports","category-uk"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.0 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Gameweek 6 Champions League recap part two -<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.legitgambling.com\/news\/gameweek-6-champions-league-recap-part-two\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Gameweek 6 Champions League recap part two -\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"On Wednesday night, the last group games of the Champions League took place. 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My name is David Nugent and I am editor-in-chief of LegalGamblingAndTheLaw.com. I have always enjoyed various sports, primarily soccer, as I am a die-hard Everton fan. Over time, I learned more about sports betting and discovered the fascinating online gambling industry. Eventually, I decided to turn this passion of mine into a project, and that\u2019s how this platform came to be. I am excited to share my story with you and talk about this platform that\u2019s a result of over 20 years of experience I have in the industry. My Beginnings My love for sports has always been a big part of my life. It all started with my dad and me playing in the backyard, but I continued to play sports throughout both elementary and high school. At that time, I knew very little about sports betting since it wasn\u2019t legal in Pennsylvania, but I quickly learned that other states have different laws and that sports betting was legalized in some of them. When the time to pick a college came, everyone thought I was going to do something sports-related. However, that wasn\u2019t my plan. Since there are many lawyers in my family, I decided to follow in their footsteps. I studied law at the University of Pennsylvania, and during that time, my passion for sports only grew bigger. I would watch various sporting events with my friends and attend all matches and games that were happening in the area. On one occasion, I decided to go on a road trip to Vegas with my friends, and, needless to say, I fell in love with the bright lights, humongous buildings, and fantastic casinos. That\u2019s when I discovered the whole gambling scene I knew nothing about. Of course, I knew how to play some games, such as poker and blackjack, but I never realized how well-developed this industry actually was. That trip changed my perspective on what I wanted to do with my life. After I graduated, I took some time off and I traveled through the US, exploring various casinos and land-based sportsbooks. I also spent one year in the UK, where my dream of watching Everton play finally came true. There, I realized how advanced the whole gambling industry is and that the legal aspect of it was quite different than in the US. I spent that time writing for various online platforms where I had the opportunity to share my extensive knowledge about sports. When I came back to the US, I was given a chance to write for an international soccer magazine where I covered the Premier League \u2014 which I was crazy about \u2014 Bundesliga, and other international tournaments. After having written hundreds of sports-related articles, I knew what I wanted to do \u2014 create my own platform and share my knowledge with others. How LegalGamblingAndTheLaw.com Came to Life Once I set the goal, I started doing extensive research on the online gambling industry and the laws surrounding it. I wanted to combine my background in law and the passion I have for sports and create a high-quality online platform. While the online gambling industry was flourishing in Europe, the exact opposite was happening in the US. That is, until 2018 when PASPA (Professional and Amateur Sports Protection Act) was overturned. After that, every US state was allowed to introduce new laws and provide operators that wanted to offer various online gambling opportunities with licenses. That was the start of the online gambling industry in the US. Since I knew how online gambling worked thanks to the experience I gained when I was in the UK, I was extremely excited to have the opportunity to introduce US players to the best online gambling platforms and show them that online sportsbooks and casinos can offer an immersive gambling experience, just like their land-based counterparts. Why I Do This What attracted me to online gambling was the possibility of placing bets on my favorite teams from the comfort of my home. I wanted to be able to do that using safe platforms and secure payment options to fund my betting account. And that is exactly what I want for my fellow bettors, too. Naturally, I was a bit of a skeptic myself at first when it came to online gambling simply because I knew how unsafe some sites can be. But once I did some research and talked to fellow European experts, I realized that there is a way to find perfectly safe online gambling platforms. Every gambling site you find on this platform has gone through extensive and rigorous testing to ensure its safety and reliability. Additionally, I have studied the laws of each state in the US, as well as of other countries worldwide, to gain a deeper understanding of how online gambling works in different parts of the world. I\u2019d like to note that the online gambling industry has just begun its journey and we are yet to see its significant growth and improvement in the future. It will be my pleasure to witness all of that with you. I Couldn\u2019t Have Done This on My Own Of course, none of this would have been possible if it weren\u2019t for the amazing team of people I gathered for this project. Since I have only basic knowledge of web development, I started working with some experienced developers who have helped me build this platform. Today, they are here to make sure everything runs smoothly. 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My name is David Nugent and I am editor-in-chief of LegalGamblingAndTheLaw.com. I have always enjoyed various sports, primarily soccer, as I am a die-hard Everton fan. Over time, I learned more about sports betting and discovered the fascinating online gambling industry. Eventually, I decided to turn this passion of mine into a project, and that\u2019s how this platform came to be. I am excited to share my story with you and talk about this platform that\u2019s a result of over 20 years of experience I have in the industry. My Beginnings My love for sports has always been a big part of my life. It all started with my dad and me playing in the backyard, but I continued to play sports throughout both elementary and high school. At that time, I knew very little about sports betting since it wasn\u2019t legal in Pennsylvania, but I quickly learned that other states have different laws and that sports betting was legalized in some of them. When the time to pick a college came, everyone thought I was going to do something sports-related. However, that wasn\u2019t my plan. Since there are many lawyers in my family, I decided to follow in their footsteps. I studied law at the University of Pennsylvania, and during that time, my passion for sports only grew bigger. I would watch various sporting events with my friends and attend all matches and games that were happening in the area. On one occasion, I decided to go on a road trip to Vegas with my friends, and, needless to say, I fell in love with the bright lights, humongous buildings, and fantastic casinos. That\u2019s when I discovered the whole gambling scene I knew nothing about. Of course, I knew how to play some games, such as poker and blackjack, but I never realized how well-developed this industry actually was. That trip changed my perspective on what I wanted to do with my life. After I graduated, I took some time off and I traveled through the US, exploring various casinos and land-based sportsbooks. I also spent one year in the UK, where my dream of watching Everton play finally came true. There, I realized how advanced the whole gambling industry is and that the legal aspect of it was quite different than in the US. I spent that time writing for various online platforms where I had the opportunity to share my extensive knowledge about sports. When I came back to the US, I was given a chance to write for an international soccer magazine where I covered the Premier League \u2014 which I was crazy about \u2014 Bundesliga, and other international tournaments. After having written hundreds of sports-related articles, I knew what I wanted to do \u2014 create my own platform and share my knowledge with others. How LegalGamblingAndTheLaw.com Came to Life Once I set the goal, I started doing extensive research on the online gambling industry and the laws surrounding it. I wanted to combine my background in law and the passion I have for sports and create a high-quality online platform. While the online gambling industry was flourishing in Europe, the exact opposite was happening in the US. That is, until 2018 when PASPA (Professional and Amateur Sports Protection Act) was overturned. After that, every US state was allowed to introduce new laws and provide operators that wanted to offer various online gambling opportunities with licenses. That was the start of the online gambling industry in the US. Since I knew how online gambling worked thanks to the experience I gained when I was in the UK, I was extremely excited to have the opportunity to introduce US players to the best online gambling platforms and show them that online sportsbooks and casinos can offer an immersive gambling experience, just like their land-based counterparts. Why I Do This What attracted me to online gambling was the possibility of placing bets on my favorite teams from the comfort of my home. I wanted to be able to do that using safe platforms and secure payment options to fund my betting account. And that is exactly what I want for my fellow bettors, too. Naturally, I was a bit of a skeptic myself at first when it came to online gambling simply because I knew how unsafe some sites can be. But once I did some research and talked to fellow European experts, I realized that there is a way to find perfectly safe online gambling platforms. Every gambling site you find on this platform has gone through extensive and rigorous testing to ensure its safety and reliability. Additionally, I have studied the laws of each state in the US, as well as of other countries worldwide, to gain a deeper understanding of how online gambling works in different parts of the world. I\u2019d like to note that the online gambling industry has just begun its journey and we are yet to see its significant growth and improvement in the future. It will be my pleasure to witness all of that with you. I Couldn\u2019t Have Done This on My Own Of course, none of this would have been possible if it weren\u2019t for the amazing team of people I gathered for this project. Since I have only basic knowledge of web development, I started working with some experienced developers who have helped me build this platform. Today, they are here to make sure everything runs smoothly. Also, I knew from the beginning that I wouldn\u2019t be able to take care of all the content on my own, which is why LegalGamblingAndTheLaw.com has an incredible team of experienced gamblers, writers, and people with a background in law. They help me conduct in-depth research and find all the necessary information. Naturally, since this industry is still new in the US, we are all learning a lot, and we will continue to do so in order to improve our platform and make your experience better. 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