Rashford's hat-trick, Barcelona's victory in Turin and the rescue of Ferencvaros: how the 2nd round of the Champions League ended

23 hits of Sevilla

Within the framework of Group E, in addition to the confrontation between Krasnodar and Chelsea, the match between Sevilla and Rennes took place.

The Spanish team, which in the first round lost the world with the Londoners (0: 0), won at home with a minimum score.

The only goal at the beginning of the second half was scored by Luc de Jong. 

In this case, the advantage of the owners could be much greater.

Julen Lopetegui's wards struck 23 shots with only two of the opponent and hit the goal posts twice.

The guests' goalkeeper Alfred Gomis also acted reliably on the last line, making six saves.

Sevilla not only scored three points, but also played their second match to zero in the group stage.   

Lazio's loss of 13 players

But Zenit's rival in the F quartet, Lazio, on the eve of the match with Club Brugge, faced serious staffing problems.

Due to the outbreak of coronavirus, which the club has never officially confirmed, and various injuries, the Romans lost 13 people at once.

Among them are the main strikers Ciro Immobile and Luis Alberto. 

But even such massive losses did not prevent Lazio from actively starting the meeting and opening an account already in the 14th minute thanks to Joaquin Correa's accurate shot from the semicircle of the penalty area.

The Belgian team played at the end of the first half from a penalty spot, which the referee appointed after watching the replay. 

After the break, Club Brugge was close to scoring again and winning a second win in a row in the Champions League, but the bloodied Lazio managed to keep the draw. 

Two points to Messi for performance

The coronavirus also affected the central match of the match day between Juventus and Barcelona.

Fans waited with great interest for the confrontation between Cristiano Ronaldo and Lionel Messi, but it did not take place, since the Portuguese was diagnosed with COVID-19.

But the Argentine entered the field and did everything to ensure that the Catalans won an important victory on the road.

At the 14th minute, the tenth number gave an assist to Usman Dembele, who opened the scoring with the help of a ricochet, and in the added time by the referee realized a penalty.

This goal marked Messi's 70th anniversary in the Champions League group stage, and he updated his own tournament record.

In total, Lionel has four points for performance (two goals + two assists) in two matches in the current UEFA Eurocup.

As part of Juve, ex-Real Madrid striker Alvaro Morata could have scored a hat-trick, but all three of his goals were canceled by referee Danny McKeley due to offside positions.

However, in none of the episodes did the referee's decision raise any questions, especially since he had the opportunity to watch the replay. 

In a parallel match of Group G, Ferencvaros and Dynamo Kiev went their separate ways - 2: 2.

At the same time, on the eve of the meeting, COVID-19 was detected in two main football players of Kiev at once: goalkeeper Georgy Buschan and defender Vitaliy Mykolenko.

This did not prevent the blue and white from scoring two unanswered goals on the road in the first half.

However, after the break, the owners managed to recoup, and they evened the score already in the 90th minute. 

The impressive comeback, for sure, especially pleased the Ukrainian coach of Ferencvaros Serhiy Rebrov, because he gave Dynamo a total of 13 years: 10 as a football player and three as a head coach.

Rashford records after coming off as a substitute

And the biggest score of the day was recorded in England, where Manchester United unexpectedly easily defeated the Bundesliga leader Leipzig, who also reached the Champions League semifinals in the summer - 5: 0. 

Young Mason Greenwood managed to open the score in the middle of the first half.

He scored a goal in a major European competition at the age of 19 years and 27 days and became the youngest Manchester United goalscorer in history since Wayne Rooney (18 years and 340 days). 

However, the main character of the meeting was not him at all, but Marcus Rashford.

The author of the winning goal in the first round match against PSG remained in reserve this time and entered the field only closer to the final whistle.

However, only 19 minutes was enough for the striker to issue his first hat-trick at the club level.

In addition, the Englishman is the second player of Manchester United after the current head coach of the team, Ole Gunnar Solskjaer, who managed to score three times after coming on as a substitute.

In the Champions League, only four players managed to do this before him. 

This puts Manchester in the lead in Group H after two matches with six points, while Rashford shares the top spot in the tournament's top scorers race with Tokmak Nguyen (Ferencváros) and Dominik Soboslai (Ferencváros).

In turn, PSG won a difficult away victory over the Turkish champion “Istanbul Basaksehir” - 2: 0.

The first half of the meeting ended without goals scored.

In addition, the Parisians lost the main star of Neymar due to injury. 

In the middle of the first half, the Brazilian suffered a leg injury, but tried to return to the field, wrapping a bandage around his thigh.

However, the striker could not continue the meeting and was forced to ask for a replacement with tears in his eyes. 

In his absence, the result after the break was made by Moise Ken, who was loaned from Everton.

The forward scored a double, and Kilian Mbappe gave him two assists.

Now the Italian has four goals in four games for PSG.

Just a few days ago, he scored twice in the Ligue 1 meeting with Dijon (4: 0).