Hat-trick Lewandowski, Ronaldo's double in the locker room and Lille's victory in Seville: how the 4th round of the Champions League started

Incredible rescue in Bergamo

Manchester United are showing themselves in the current Champions League as a team that does not give up under any circumstances. In the first round, she achieved strong-willed victories over Villarreal (2: 1) and Atalanta (3: 2). And on Tuesday, the English team showed character already in Bergamo. The guests were twice inferior in the score, but found the strength to recoup in the added time by the referee.

And the main character in their composition was again Cristiano Ronaldo. In the first three rounds of the group stage of the main European Cup, the Portuguese scored three times, and this time he scored a double. At the end of the first half, he put an end to the beautiful combination of the Mankunians, and shortly before the final whistle, he saved his partners from defeat with a neat shot under the far post from outside the penalty area - 2: 2. The hosts did not have enough minutes to succeed. At the same time, the team's Russian midfielder Alexei Miranchuk remained in reserve and did not appear on the field.

As for Ronaldo, he has traditionally noted several statistical achievements.

First, the Portuguese now shares the third place in the tournament scorers' race with Adam Traore, Antonio Mirko-Colak and Mohammed Salah, behind only Robert Lewandowski (8) and Sebastien Allaire (6).

Secondly, with 127 goals, he came to the seventh line in the list of the best snipers in the history of the club, ahead of his current mentor Ole Gunnar Solskjaer.

Finally, the 36-year-old striker has renewed his own record of goals in the Champions League (139).

Class win in Villarreal

Misfire "Atalanta" confused the position in group F to the limit.

Villarreal took advantage of the rival's failure and caught up with Manchester United in the standings.

Before the home game against Young Boys, it seemed that the current Europa League winner could be thwarted by talks about the possible departure of head coach Unai Emery to Newcastle.

However, the Spanish team ignored the rumors and won an ordinary victory in the class - 2: 0.

At the right moment, the one from whom this was not expected at all unexpectedly flashed - the defensive midfielder Etienne Capu responsible for the destruction.

The Frenchman, who was 33 years old in his debut season in the main European Cup, opened the scoring in the 36th minute after a corner.

And in the end he played in the selection so that he immediately made an assist to Arno Gruneveld.

The guests were frankly unlucky that evening.

So, in one of the episodes the experienced Raul Albiol took the ball out of the line.

After that, the defender had to help for a long time, as he hit his back on the bar.

And the referee canceled the goal of Christina Fassnacht due to an offside position with a partner.

Convincing rout in Munich

But the main character of the game day should be recognized not Ronaldo, but Robert Lewandowski.

The match against Benfica became the 100th anniversary for the Bayern striker in the Champions League.

He is the 42nd footballer to reach this mark and the first Pole.

In such a landmark meeting, the striker was obliged to shine, which he did.

An experienced athlete opened the scoring in the middle of the first half, and then assisted Serge Gnabry.

Moreover, shortly before the break, Lewandowski had the opportunity to take a penalty, but he failed to convert it, ingenuously breaking right through the center.

In the second half of the confrontation, Robert corrected himself and scored twice more, having issued a hat-trick.

He scored the last goal after a clearance from his half by Manuel Neuer.

Thus, the goalkeeper scored an assist.

And the Pole now has 81 goals in the main European Cup, and in the list of the top scorers of the tournament in history, he is second only to Ronaldo (139) and Lionel Messi (123).

But in some ways he even managed to surpass both.

If Lewandowski scored his 80th goal in the Champions League in the 100th game, then the Argentine - in the 102nd, and the Portuguese only in the 116th.

The Munich team achieved a crushing victory with a score of 5: 2, although they conceded twice from an inferior opponent in the class, and together with Juventus secured their participation in the playoffs.

Ruinous extravagance in Wolfsburg

Another German team, Wolfsburg, approached the next matchday of the Champions League with much more modest performance.

After the first round, Florian Kofeldt's wards had only two points to their credit and closed the group G standings together with Lille.

Salzburg, on the other hand, in the event of a victory at the Volkswagen Arena, could guarantee itself a hit in the 1/8 finals ahead of schedule.

However, at the right moment the hosts got together and took three points, having won the first victory in the main European Cup in more than five years.

Guests traditionally carried out a large number of attacks at speed, but did not convert too many chances.

And Cohen Castells, who made five saves, was good at the last line.

Wolfsburg took advantage of their chances and scored twice with only four shots on target.

Riedle Baku opened the scoring in the third minute.

This goal was the fastest that day of the tournament.

And after an hour of the meeting, Lucas Nmecha put an end to the confrontation.

The forward peeled off the defender and struck a powerful shot in the near nine.

Philip Keon did not have time to close his corner physically - 1: 2.

Stupid violation in Seville

For Sevilla, the current season turns out to be contradictory.

If in Example she shares the second place with Real Madrid, only one point behind Real Sociedad, then she does not perform so well in the Champions League.

The team finished the first round of the group stage of the tournament with three draws, and in two cases it had to recoup.

And in the home match against Lille, the team of Julen Lopetegui was left without points at all - 1: 2.

And everything started well for the owners.

Already in the 15th minute, Lucas Ocampos opened the scoring, finishing the ball into the net after the goalkeeper's mistake.

Andalusians would have retained a minimal advantage if not for the gross mistake of Thomas Delaney.

Trying to restrain Reinilda in his own penalty area in a harmless situation, for some reason he punched him in the face.

Thanks to a tip from colleagues at VAR, the referee committed a foul and awarded a penalty, which was converted by Jonathan David.

And at the beginning of the second half, the guests took the lead.

Nanitamo Ikone finished off a shell in the net after hitting the bar.

Thus, the reigning champion of France achieved his first victory in the current Champions League and now shares the second place in the quartet with Wolfsburg.

Sevilla dropped to the last line.