Dennis's odd goals and PSG second victory
The main sensation of the game of the day almost took place in Madrid, where Real Madrid with great difficulty escaped defeat in the match against Brugge. After the defeat in Paris, Zinedine Zidane's wards needed a victory, but before the break they managed to concede two unanswered goals. Both recorded at his own expense, recently speaking for the Lugansk "Dawn" Emmanuel Dennis. Moreover, the Nigerian goals turned out to be funny. In the first case, closing the lumbar of his partner, he hit the supporting leg with his ball, which disoriented Thibaut Courtois, and in the second he tripped right in front of the Belgian, but managed to push the shell into the net.
Immediately after the break, the Belgian went to the bench, and the debutant Alfons Areola took the place at the last line of Real Madrid. The team said that the replacement was associated with malaise. Allegedly, Thibault was disturbed by an upset stomach and was dizzy.
One way or another, the owners managed to escape. At first, having held the record for the defender's 120th match in the Champions League, Sergio Ramos, having opened on the verge of an offside position, reduced the gap to a minimum. VAR showed that there was still no offside position. And five minutes before the final whistle, Casemiro restored the status quo on the scoreboard. At that point, Brugge was already playing in the minority after the removal of Ore Wormer, who received two yellow cards in less than ten minutes.
However, the draw was unlikely to greatly delight the fans of the “Royal Club”, the more PSG by the third round had already come off the Spanish team by five points. Champion of France defeated Galatasaray in Istanbul with a minimum score. The only goal in the beginning of the second half was scored by Mauro Icardi. The Argentinean leased from Inter managed to open a personal account in a new place.
Seven goals for Bayern and a hot match in Belgrade
But perhaps the most unexpected result was recorded in England. The current finalist of the Tottenham Champions League at home managed to concede to Bayern with a hockey score - 2: 7. Fans of the owners, of course, assumed that their team would have a hard time, but could not imagine that.
And the game for the wards of Mauricio Pochettino began more than successfully. Already in the 12th minute, Song Heung Min opened an account. True, the guests immediately recouped by the efforts of Josua Kimmich. And just before the break, Robert Lewandowski brought “Bavaria” forward. This was the beginning of the end for Tottenham Hotspur.
Immediately after the break, Serge Gnabry managed to take a double in three minutes. The hosts played one ball thanks to the exact shot of Harry Kane from the penalty spot, but in the end they fell apart completely and missed three more times. The first poker in his career was designed by Gnabry, and Lewandowski marked double. “Tottenham Hotspur” suffered the biggest defeat in the Champions League in club history.
No less interesting was the duel between the Red Star and Olympiacos in Belgrade. The hot Balkan confrontation ended with a strong-willed victory of the hosts. At the same time, after the first half, they conceded due to a productive mistake by goalkeeper Milan Boryan.
But the guests half-heartedly failed the second half of the game. At first they remained in the minority, and then missed the return ball. And in the end, “Crvena Zvezda” squeezed the offender of “Krasnodar” thanks to the exact blows of Nemanja Milunovic and Richmond Boakye. The Greek team may not have had enough of the former Dynamo midfielder Mathieu Valbuena remaining on the bench.
Shakhtar's strong-willed victory and Guardiola's successful replacements
If Lokomotiv was defeated on Tuesday, then Ukrainian fans got a reason to rejoice, as Shakhtar pulled out a victory over Atalanta on the road. But it all began for the Pitmen in a bad way. In the very opening of the meeting, the hosts earned a rather controversial penalty, but Andrei Pyatov repelled a hit by Josip Ilicich from the “point”. Unfortunately, after ten minutes, the experienced goalkeeper leveled his efforts, making a mistake at the exit and allowing Duvan Zapate to excel.
True, at the very end of the first half, Shakhtar managed to recoup due to an accurate shot by Junior Moraes. The ending of the second half of the meeting turned out to be happy for the Ukrainian team. At the 95th minute (the judge added only four), the guests fled to a counterattack, which was completed with an accurate blow by the replacement Manor Solomon.
So, Shakhtar won a major victory and caught up with Dynamo Zagreb on points scored. "Atalanta" is located in last place with zero points. It is unlikely that the fans of the team could imagine how difficult it would be for her to make a debut in the main European competition.
Meanwhile, Dynamo away expectedly lost to Manchester City. But the champion of Croatia managed to spoil the favorite blood. The team from Zagreb kept their gates untouched for more than an hour, however, in the second half, Josep Guardiola's replacements worked. Rahim Sterling and Philip Foden succeeded in distinguishing themselves, and the second entered the field already in the time added by the referee, but managed to hit someone else's goal.
Beautiful kick Higuain and the first goal of Ronaldo
And in group D, while Lokomotiv was losing Atlético, Juventus confidently smashed Bayer at home. The fight in this meeting did not work, and the score was already opened in the 17th minute by Gonzalo Higuain, who took the ball a little unsuccessfully, but immediately shot from outside the box.
In the second half, the Argentine also gave an assist to Federico Bernardeschi. The only footballer from the Turin team who was not given the match too well was Cristiano Ronaldo. The Portuguese could not score and did not realize several hundred percent moments. But at the very end of the meeting, Fortune nevertheless smiled at number seven, and he opened the scoring for goals in the current Champions League season.