The defeat of Real Madrid in Paris, the Atletico comeback and the Tottenham misfire: a review of the Champions League game day

Canceled goals of Real Madrid and the double of Di Maria

In the central match of the gaming day, PSG, perhaps too easily figured out at home with the formidable Real. The Madrid team had an absolutely unintelligible match and for the first time since the 2003/2004 season they failed to strike a single shot on target in the Champions League match. In fairness, the guests still had moments, and the two goals of the team were even canceled. In the first case, the judge did not score the goal of Gareth Bale because of a hand game. Initially, the referee did not notice a violation of the rules, but after watching the replay, he appointed a penalty in favor of PSG. And at the end of the meeting, Karim Benzema's ball was canceled due to an offside position.

The owners of the implementation of things were much better. Already in the first half, the double was designed by Angel Di Maria. First, in the 13th minute, he closed a cross from the left flank, and then he scored a great shot from outside the box.

Already in the compensated time of the match, the Parisians fled to a counterattack and brought the score to a major one. Defender Tom Menieu managed to excel. The Madrid team failed to hit the gates of their recent teammate Keylor Navas.

It is worth adding that the captain of Real Madrid Sergio Ramos missed the meeting due to disqualification. In Spain, it was estimated that without a star defender, the Madrid club lost five matches in a row to the Champions League, including twice to CSKA Moscow.

The sensational misfire of “Tottenham Hotspur” and the defeat of the “Bavaria”

The previous Champions League game day set a trend for unexpected results, and on Wednesday a couple of sensations also took place in the main European competition. Firstly, after the current trophy holder Liverpool, the finalist of the 2018/19 Tottenham tournament lost points.

Londoners played away with the offender of Krasnodar - the Piraeus Olympiacos - and at first did not experience any problems. In the middle of the first half, eminent guests managed to hit the opponent’s goal twice within five minutes. First, Gary Kane scored a penalty and scored his 15th goal in the Champions League, and then the hero of the confrontation with Ajax, Lucas Moura, was noted for a magnificent long-range shot.

But the owners did not think to give up and managed to escape from defeat. Moreover, the main character in their composition was the former midfielder of the Moscow Dynamo, Mathieu Valbuena, who is experiencing a second youth. To begin with, the Frenchman, who will soon turn 35 years old, gave an assist to Daniel Castelo, and at the start of the second half he earned a penalty, which he himself realized.

In another match of Group B, there was no sensation, but Bayern still had to make an effort at home to beat the Red Star. The champion of Serbia kept his goal intact for most of the first half, but then he still missed Coman from Kingsley, who confidently closed the delivery of the partner on the far post.

And in the end, Robert Lewandowski and Thomas Müller were noted for accurate shots, and for the Pole this goal was 54th in the Champions League. “Crvena Zvezda”, in the end, managed to strike only one shot on target from Munich, and Manuel Neuer had to be frankly bored.

Hat-trick in 38 minutes and a major defeat for Shakhtar

The defeat caused by the Atalante Dynamo Zagreb Dynamo is also quite unexpected, since before the start of the match, few expected the fourth Italian team to concede four unanswered goals in Croatia.

Moreover, the guests owned the ball a little more, but the opponent answered with competent quick counterattacks, which Atalanta openly could not cope with. The far from sinless defense of the team from Bergamo in Zagreb simply crumbled. After the first half, the hosts defeated the opponent - 3: 0, with the double scored by Mislav Orshich.

And after the break, the 26-year-old striker scored a third goal. It took the player only 38 minutes to complete the third hat-trick of his career. This season, Mislav already has six goals in the Champions League taking into account qualifications, and with this indicator he shares the first place in the tournament scorers with Bijel Omrani, whose “Cluj” did not reach the group stage.

It is also worth noting that for Dynamo this victory was the largest in history, obtained at the group stages of European competitions and the largest in general, along with the defeat of Ferencvaros in the third qualifying round of the Champions League in the 2019/20 season.

The defeat ended and the meeting of Shakhtar with Manchester City. On the eve, Josep Guardiola was gracious with his rival and even joked that he intends to acquire an apartment in Ukraine, since his team regularly falls into the same group as the Pitmen.

But on the field, the champion of England, as expected, did not leave any opponent behind the class, despite the sensational defeat from Norwich on Saturday. Famous guests managed to open an account in the middle of the first half, when Riyad Marez was the first to finish after a rebound from the bar, and soon Ilkay Gundogan doubled the advantage of Manchester. Finally, shortly before the final whistle, Gabriel Jesus escaped to a rendezvous with Andrei Pyatov and brought the matter to a rout. Once again, the townspeople managed to beat Shakhtar large-scale. The Pitmen lost their last three matches to Guardiola's wards with a total score of 0:12.

Four goals in the second half and a miss to Ronaldo in the end

In Group D, Lokomotiv managed to seize the lead thanks to a productive draw in the match between Atletico and Juventus. Madrid at home were eager to take revenge on an opponent for the offensive departure from the Champions League last season, but in the end they barely escaped defeat.

The first half ended without goals scored, although the hosts started the meeting very actively, and their star rookie João Felisch delivered several dangerous blows in the first minutes. But the second half of the game didn’t start, as Juve carried out a quick counterattack, which Juan Cuadrado crowned with a beautiful blow to the far nine. In the 65th minute, Blaise Matuidi doubled the advantage of the Turin and seemed to put an end to this match.

But Atlético did not intend to give up, and standard provisions traditionally brought success to the team. Madrid managed to quickly play one goal after a penalty, and in the 90th minute the hosts equalized. Substitute Ector Herrera jumped above everyone on the corner and restored equality on the scoreboard. It is worth adding that in the end the victory “Juventus” almost brought Cristiano Ronaldo. The Portuguese burst into the penalty area, beating several people along the way, but missed the target a bit.