The fiasco of Barcelona, ​​the record of Bayern and the sensation of Brugge: how the 3rd round of the Champions League began

Vincic's controversial decisions

Before the start of the group stage, few could have imagined that Barcelona after the first round would have only three points in the asset.

However, the Catalans, having expectedly defeated Victoria Pilsen, lost first to Bayern, and then to Inter.

Moreover, in the confrontation at the San Siro, the Xavi team had an undeniable advantage.

He had 67% possession of the ball, made 651 accurate passes to the opponent's 233 and took 13 corners to the opponent's three.

But "tiki-taka" performed by the guests rarely led to dangerous moments and blows.

The hosts' counterattacks looked much more promising, and in stoppage time to the first half they scored the only goal.

Hakan Calhanoglu from outside the penalty area accurately struck the bottom into the near corner.

However, it was not he who became the main character of the meeting, but judge Slavko Vincic, who, together with his assistants, made several controversial decisions at once.

The most controversial of them - shortly before the final whistle, when Denzel Dumfries, in an attempt to interrupt the feed to the opponent with his head in his own penalty area, played with a brush.

But the referee, after consulting with his colleagues, did not point to the "point" to the indignation of the blue garnets.

A little earlier, the Slovenian canceled Pedri's goal just because of a similar foul by a partner.

But the Milanese also had reasons for dissatisfaction with the judge.

So, in the first half, Eric Garcia hand knocked the ball from Joaquin Correa, who was rushing to the gate.

Fortunately for the guests, after watching the replay, the referee recorded a slight offside in the striker.

A few minutes later, the Argentine still scored, having realized a one-on-one exit, but in this episode he landed in a more obvious offside position.

Inspirational Hutgla game

Equally unsuccessful is the group stage for another Spanish giant - Atlético.

Madrid were in a much weaker group than Barcelona, ​​but in the company of Porto, Brugge and Bayer Leverkusen scored the same three points.

This time the voyage to Belgium ended in failure for them.

It is curious that in six matches in this country in the entire history of the "mattress" did not win a single victory and suffered five defeats.

Here and at the stadium "Jan Breidel" the eminent guests had little success.

They were forced to act as the first number, but they could not break through the experienced Simon Mignolet, who made five saves.

Even the appointment of a 11-meter kick in the second half of the meeting did not help, since Antoine Griezmann hit the crossbar from the “point”.

By this point, Diego Simeone's team has already conceded twice.

Moreover, both goals were created by a graduate of Barcelona Ferran Hutgla.

First, having made a raid in someone else's penalty area, he made a pass to empty Kamala Sova, and then scored on his own.

Thus, Brugge remains the main troublemaker of the current Champions League draw.

In three rounds, the team won three victories and did not concede a single goal, while scoring seven.

Debut goal of Kvaratskhelia

Still does not know spectacle losses and Napoli.

However, Luciano Spalletti's wards do not just beat their rivals in Quartet A, but smash them: Liverpool - 4:1, Rangers - 3:0, Ajax - 6:1.

Moreover, the match in the Netherlands began unsuccessfully for them.

Already in the ninth minute, Mohammed Kudus scored a rather curious goal, having distinguished himself in the third meeting in a row.

However, the guests did not seem to notice this and organized one attack after another.

Unsurprisingly, an in-form Giacomo Raspadori quickly restored the status quo, and even before the break, Giovanni Di Lorenzo and Piotr Zieliński provided the Italian team with a comfortable lead.

At the very beginning of the second half, Raspadori, taking advantage of Remco Pasver's mistake, scored a double.

And then it was the turn of the Georgian newcomer Khvicha Kvaratskhelia to hit the gates of others.

Having played against the wall with the same Rapadori, he carefully sent the projectile into the far corner.

So the former midfielder of Lokomotiv and Rubin scored his debut goal in the Champions League.

And a little earlier, he managed to assist Di Lorenzo.

In total, in 11 matches as part of Napoli, the halfweek has 10 points in the “goal + pass” system (6 + 4).

Ajax, on top of all the troubles, was left without captain Dusan Tadic, who received a second yellow card, and in the minority allowed Giovanni Simeone, who replaced Giovanni Simeone, to put an end to it - 6: 1.

For Amsterdam, this defeat was the largest in the history of European competition.

The Neapolitans, on the contrary, achieved the maximum defeat of their opponents in the Champions League. 

Adana's Biggest Mistakes

Enough in the reporting game day of the Champions League and other major accounts.

So, Marseille defeated Sporting at home - 4:1.

This result surprised a lot, because the Portuguese team approached the game as the leader of group D with 100% indicators, and the opponent - with zero points.

And the beginning of the meeting did not bode well for the outsider.

Already in the 50th second, Francisco Trincan opened the scoring with a beautiful sweeping kick from the penalty area.

The more unexpected was the failure of the most experienced goalkeeper of the guests Antonio Adana.

In just 11 minutes, he managed to bring two goals and get a direct red card.

First, he took the ball straight to Alexis Sanchez, from whom he bounced into the far corner.

Then he knocked out a projectile exactly on the opponent's leg and allowed Igor Tudor's wards to carry out a lightning-fast productive attack.

Finally, the demoralized veteran recklessly ran out of the penalty area and played the ball like a volleyball player.

However, Sporting's reserve goalkeeper Franco Israel Wibmer, who entered the field, missed with the first blow.

And in the end, the final score on the scoreboard was set by Chansel Mbemba - 4: 1.

Marseille not only won the most important strong-willed victory, but also, thanks to a draw in the confrontation between Eintracht and Tottenham, reduced the gap from the top 2 to one point.

Accurate shots by Zane

And Bayern scored five unanswered goals against Viktoria Pilsen.

An outsider from the Czech Republic took the risk of getting involved in open football at the Allianz Arena and immediately paid for it.

Already by the middle of the first half, the hosts scored three times, and Leroy Zane, Serge Gnabry and Sadio Mane hit the gates of others.

The latter scored the first goal for Munich in the main European Cup and the 25th in total.

Now, of the Africans, only Didier Drogba (44), Mohammed Salah (41) and Samuel Eto'o (33) surpass him in the list of the best snipers in the history of the Champions League.

Immediately after the break, Zane scored a double, who, with four goals, is second only to Franzdi Piero, Mislav Orsic and Viktor Bonifase, who scored one more time in the race of scorers of the current season of the tournament.

The last goal was scored by substitute Erik Choupo-Moting.

Bayern not only achieved another defeat of the opponent, but also rewrote two achievements at once.

Firstly, it was the first team to win ten matches in a row in the Champions League group stage.

Secondly, she set a record by extending her unbeaten streak at this stage of the tournament until the 31st meeting.