Strakoshi's curious own goal

The matches of the rivals of Spartak and Lokomotiv in the group turned out to be eventful.

So, the fate of the confrontation between "Galatasaray" and "Lazio" in Istanbul was decided by the curious own goal of the guests' goalkeeper Thomas Strakoshi in the 66th minute.

After Olimpiu Morutsana served from the right flank, Manuel Lazzari, trying to interrupt the transmission, launched a "candle" over his own penalty area.

The Albanian goalkeeper, it seemed, should have easily picked up the ball, but in an incredible way he released it into the net.

The fans did not wait for more goals.

Moreover, this shot on target, if you can call it that, remained the only one for the hosts that evening.

And this did not prevent them from becoming the authors of the main sensation of the game day.

However, everything could have gone completely differently if the referee Matei Yug at the very beginning of the game removed Strakoshi's counterpart Fernando Musler for a last resort foul.

An experienced Uruguayan footballer ran outside the penalty area in an attempt to tackle the ball from the same Lazzari, but only knocked the Italian off his feet.

However, the referee considered that the defender had time to insure the South American, and he got away with a yellow card.

Osimhen's Saving Double

But the meeting of the opponents of the red and white Leicester and Napoli turned out to be much more productive.

The teams scored four goals for two.

Moreover, the Neapolitans managed to make an incredible comeback.

They had a tangible advantage throughout the match and delivered more than two dozen hits, but barely escaped defeat.

The hosts were helped by the quick goal of Ayose Perez, who had never scored in European competition before. Then Kasper Schmeichel came to the fore, saving the English team from time to time. And after the break, Brendan Rogers' wards managed to double the lead at all thanks to an accurate shot from Harvey Barnes. A few minutes before that, Patson Duck also managed to distinguish himself, but the referee, after a meeting with his colleagues at VAR, canceled the goal due to an offside position.

Only finding themselves in a desperate situation, the Neapolitans finally gathered.

And the main character in their composition was Victor Osimkhen, who until then only missed one hundred percent chances.

For the time remaining before the final whistle, the forward scored his debut double in European competition.

First, he beautifully threw Schmeichel, and then, after serving from the flank, he sent a shell into the near corner with his head - 2: 2.

Moreover, in the end, the judge showed a second yellow card for disrupting the attack of Oninye Ndidi, but the guests did not have time to snatch the victory.

Joaquin's amazing achievement

However, the brightest match of the game day took place in Spain, where Betis and Celtic staged a real goal shootout. The beginning of the match was completely left to the Scottish team, which by the 27th minute was confidently leading - 2: 0. The opponent made gross mistakes in defense. Judge Fran Jovic also made the controversial decisions. First, after two minutes of watching a replay of the episode, he counted Albian Aeti's goal, and then awarded a rather dubious penalty, which was converted by Josip Juranovich.

But the hosts immediately returned to the game.

Only three minutes were enough for them to level the score.

Someone else's gate hit Juan Gonzalez and Juanmi.

And right after the break, Manuel Pellegrini's team dealt another powerful blow to the opponent, this time scoring twice in four minutes.

Borja Iglesias brought Betis ahead, while Juanmi scored a double.

Celtic in the end reduced the gap to a minimum, but failed to make a comeback following the example of the Sevillians.

Also in the camp of the winners it is worth noting the most experienced midfielder Joaquin.

Entering the field at the age of 40 years and 57 days, he ranked seventh on the list of the oldest outfield players in tournament history.

It is curious that the ex-midfielder of Krasnodar Ruslan Ajinjal is just a few months ahead of him.

Outstanding Play Goetze

But another Spanish team - Real Sociedad - on the road failed to beat PSV - 2: 2.

Moreover, for half an hour of the meeting, the teams could not print each other's gates, although they had dangerous approaches.

But then the goals went literally one after another.

In nine minutes, the rivals scored three times.

The scoring was opened by the scorer of the winning goal in the 2014 World Cup final, Mario Götze.

The German took advantage of the gross mistake of goalkeeper Alex Remiro, who knocked out the shell exactly on his leg.

But the San Sebastians fired a doublet in response.

Before the owners had time to rejoice, Adnan Januzaj restored the status quo.

Almost immediately, Alexander Isak opened his "personal account" this season.

But the last word still remained with Goetze.

At the beginning of the second half, he threw the ball between the legs of two opponents at once and assisted Cody Gakpo.

The audience did not see more heads, although the degree of tension only grew.

Both teams could well have snatched three points in extra time, but first the hosts hit the post, and then Mikel Oyarzabal did not convert one-on-one.

Golovin's hopeful return

Russian fans had the opportunity to rejoice for Alexander Golovin.

The midfielder was injured in the match against Cyprus and missed the meeting with Malta.

Also, he was not included in the application of "Monaco" for the confrontation of the last round of the French championship with "Marseille".

The thoughts crept in that the athlete would again be on sick leave for a long time.

Fortunately, the footballer returned to the bench already in the duel with Sturm.

And after the break, Niko Kovacs even threw him, Caia Enrique and Cesc Fabregas into battle.

A little later, Wissam Ben Yedder joined them.

Only with the appearance of the leaders on the field, the Monegasques opened the gates of the second team of Austria.

Crepin Dyatta scored the only goal after an excellent assist from Golovin.

The midfielder in the right corner of someone else's free kick on the backswing removed two opponents at once and gave a perfect cross to his partner, who could only substitute his head.

Moreover, after just a few minutes, Alexander found Guillermo Maripan on the far post with another high-quality cross, but he miraculously missed the target.

Thus, AS Monaco began their performance in the UEL group stage with a victory. The Russian scored the third point for performance in the current season, and all in European competitions.