Barcelona strengthened its lead in the Group G ranking in the group stage of the UEFA Champions League, after its difficult 2-1 victory over Dynamo Kiev, Ukraine, in the third round of the group, which witnessed an easy victory for Juventus 4-1 at host Frenkvaros of Hungary.
Barca's score rose to 9 points to remain square at the top of the group, achieving the full score so far, 3 points ahead of their closest chasers Juventus, while Dynamo Kiev and Frenkvaruch occupied the third and fourth places with a point.
At the Camp Nou stadium, Lionel Messi scored a goal (5 from a penalty kick) and Gerard Pique (65), while the visitors' only goal was scored by Victor Tsegankov (75).
Juventus crush Frenkforsch 4-1 (Reuters)
In the Hungarian capital, Budapest, Juventus won a big victory 4-1 at its host Frikvaros, to reconcile with its fans after a painful loss with two clean goals to Barça in the last round.
The Spanish "Juventus" quadruple Alvaro Morata (7 and 60), Paulo Dybala (73) and Lasha Dvali, the Hungarian team player, scored a goal by mistake in his team's goal (81), while Frank Poli scored the home team goal (90).
In Group F, Borussia Dortmund snatched top spot in the group, after
defeating Belgium's Club Brugge by 3 goals.
Dortmund scored a hat-trick, Thorgan Hazard (14), and Erling Haaland (18 and 32).
Dortmund top Group F (Reuters)
To account for the same group, Lazio, the Italian team, drew 1-1 with Zenit, Russia.
Dortmund raised his score to six points in first place in the group, one point behind Lazio by five points, Club Brugge occupies third place with four points, while Zenit scored his first point in the group, occupying the fourth and last place.
In Group E, Chelsea defeated its guest Stade Rennes, France, with 3 goals scored by Timo Werner (10 and 41 from two penalties) and Tammy Abraham (50).
Al-Nusayri was the match hero (Getty Images)
In the same group, Sevilla beat Russia's Krasnodar 3-2.
Krasnodar advanced with two goals, scored by Majmud Silmanov (10) and Marcus Berg (21 from a penalty kick), but the Andalusian team turned the tables by scoring a hat-trick by Ivan Rakitic (42) and substitute Yusef Al-Nusiri (69 and 72).
Easy win for Chelsea over Rennes (Getty Images)
Chelsea raised its score to seven points at the top of the group, followed by Sevilla with the same number of points but with a goal difference, while Krasnodar's balance stuck at a point in third place, and Rennes ranks last with one point.
In Group H, Leipzig turned the table at home to Paris Saint-Germain and won it 2-1, and the group witnessed a surprise victory for Turkish Basaksehir over its perfect guest Manchester United in the 2-1 Champions League.
Leipzig recovered from the shock of losing 5-0 to Manchester United in the last round.
The French team was the first to score through its veteran Argentine player Angel Di Maria (6), before the same player wasted a penalty kick in the 16th minute.
Leipzig recovered from his heavy defeat to Man United (Reuters)
Leipzig tied through Christopher Nkunku (42), then his colleague Emil Forsberg added the second goal for the German team (57 from a penalty kick).
Saint Germain's suffering doubled in the match, after he was forced to play with nine players after Idrissa Gay and Brisnal Kimbembe were sent off in the 69th and 90th minutes.