Shootout in Bern
Young Boys and Atalanta played the brightest and most productive match of the day of the Champions League. The opponents entered the field of the stadium in Bern after the defeat of Villarreal by Manchester United and understood that it was necessary to score points. As a result, no one won the victory. The teams parted ways, which turned out to be in the hands of the current owner of the Europa League - 3: 3.
Bergamoski took the lead twice and came close to moving up to second place in Group F. But the hosts showed incredible character. Having conceded already in the tenth minute from Duvan Zapata, they did not break down and in the end of the first half they won back thanks to the accurate blow of Theozon-Jordan Sibacho. Immediately after the break, Jose Palomino again brought the guests forward, but the opponent responded with an incredible five-minute end. First, Vincent Sierro restored the status quo, and then Silvan Hefti scored a beautiful shot from his left foot in the nine.
In order to perform a miracle, the wards of David Wagner did not have enough.
Atalanta was saved by the substitute Luis Muriel.
With the first touch, he converted the penalty, sending the ball into the lower near corner.
Unfortunately, Oleksiy Miranchuk watched the exciting confrontation from the sidelines.
Gian-Piero Gasperini left the Russian in the reserve for the 13th time in a row, and he never entered the game.
Amazing debacle in London
The only defeat on Tuesday was unexpectedly recorded in London, where Chelsea did not leave the slightest chance for Juventus - 4: 0.
It was expected that the current trophy holder would be a little more motivated this evening and would try to get three points and guarantee himself getting into the playoffs.
However, the charges of Thomas Tuchel simply did not notice the experienced team of Massimiliano Allegri and actually forced him to fight back in panic. They struck two dozen hits and scored four unanswered goals. The starting assault ended with Trevo Chalob's accurate shot after a corner kick. In this episode, Antonio Rüdiger performed a discount on a partner with his hand, but the judges decided that the defender did not break the rule.
In the second half, the Blues finished off the Turintsians, catching courage.
In just four minutes, they managed to score twice.
First, Rhys James, having processed the ball with his chest, sent it to the far corner in the rally.
And then Callum Hudson-Odoi put an end to the spectacular combination.
For the fans, an additional reason for pride was the moment that Wojciech Szczęsny was upset by three young pupils of the club.
Timo Werner put an end to the added time by the referee.
Chelsea have not only been defeated, but have also seized the lead in Quartet H, which they will retain if they do not lose points in St. Petersburg.
Fateful replacement at Villarreal
Another English team, Manchester United, also won.
The away match with Villarreal was the debut for new head coach Michael Carrick.
The game turned out to be extremely difficult for the Mancunians.
In the first hour, the hosts had an advantage and could well have come out ahead, if not for several saves by David de Gea.
Especially memorable was his rescue in the 60th minute after Manu Trigueros hit the far corner with a rebound from the lawn.
Everything was changed by going out to replace Bruno Fernandes.
With the advent of the Portuguese, the guests began to dictate their will to the opponent and in the end turned out to be stronger.
The midfielder himself gave an assists pass to Jadon Sancho and with five assists broke into a clear first place in the race of the best assistants of the tournament.
In each confrontation of the main European Cup of the current season, he once helped his partners to excel.
And the decisive goal simply could not help but score Cristiano Ronaldo.
Previously, he recorded winning goals in home confrontations with Villarreal (2: 1) and Atalanta (3: 2), and at Ceramica El Madrigal he took advantage of the mistake of Jerónimo Rugli and easily threw the projectile over the goalkeeper.
Thus, the veteran led his team to the Champions League playoffs and distinguished himself for the sixth time in five games of the current tournament draw.
For comparison, in nine rounds of the Premier League, he upset opponents only four times.
Decent resistance in Kiev
However, the achievements of the Portuguese pale in comparison to the performance of Robert Lewandowski.
He has scored nine goals in five matches of this season's Champions League and is confidently leading the top scorer race.
And the goal of the Pole against Dynamo Kiev turned out to be especially beautiful.
Even the snow-covered field of the NSC Olimpiyskiy did not prevent him from creating a real masterpiece.
At the very beginning of the meeting, the Bayern striker correctly oriented himself on the rebound from the defender and sent a projectile through himself into the near corner.
Such an unfortunate start did not break the blue and white.
Throughout most of the meeting, they looked no worse than a venerable rival, especially since Julian Nagelsman missed a number of wards before his trip to Ukraine.
And after the goal of Kingsley Comana, shortly before the break, the hosts in the second half completely took over the advantage.
Guests should thank Manuel Neuer for not missing more than one.
In the 70th minute, Denis Garmash reduced the gap to a minimum.
By the way, the German goalkeeper held the 124th meeting in the Champions League and came close to the record holder for this indicator among goalkeepers Iker Casillas (177).
The Munich players, albeit not without difficulty, scored three points and guaranteed themselves the first place in the group.
But the Kyivans unexpected draw in the confrontation between Benfica and Barcelona (0: 0) deprived the chances of even getting into the Europa League.
Key victories in Lille and Seville
While most groups currently know at least one team that will play in the playoffs in the spring, in Quartet G, after five rounds, all participants retain their chances of reaching the 1/8 finals. Initially, it was clear that in this company the struggle would go to the very end, because the draw brought together four approximately equal teams: Lille, Wolfsburg, Sevilla and Salzburg.
The first round was unexpectedly failed by the reigning champion of France and the representative of Examples.
For two, they did not score a single victory.
However, Josselin Gurvennek's wards, who are extremely unsuccessful in the current season in the national championship, have shown character and scored six points in the last two meetings.
First, they beat Sevilla, and now - Salzburg with a minimum score.
The only goal was scored by Jonathan David, the top scorer of Ligue 1 at the moment.
Another success allowed Lille to rise to the first place in the standings.
Sevilla scored three points for the first time only in the fifth round.
The team of Julen Lopetegui managed to defeat Wolfsburg at home - 2: 0.
The team moved up to third from the last line and has every chance of getting into the playoffs.
The victory in the away match over Salzburg guarantees her getting into the 1/8 finals.