Trubin's rescue, Holland's double and Messi's achievement: what ended the third round of the Champions League

The amazing extravagance of Real Madrid

Shakhtar became one of the main surprises of the first rounds of the Champions League group stage.

The Ukrainian team sensationally scored four points out of six possible in two matches and was second only to Real Madrid in the quartet F.

And on Wednesday, she was just waiting for a test as a leader at the Santiago Bernabeu.

It is significant that for the first time in history the guests did not include foreigners in the basis for the meeting of the main European Cup.

In total, there were 12 Ukrainians on the field, since Andriy Lunin replaced the injured Thibaut Courtois at the hosts' goal.

Based on the score, we can conclude that the Pitmen fought the favorite, although they lost - 1:2.

However, the numbers on the scoreboard do not correspond to what was happening in Spain.

The reigning trophy holders had an overwhelming advantage and landed an incredible 36 shots, 13 of which were on target.

But Anatoly Trubin, who made 11 saves, caught the courage.

Only Rodrigo and Vinicius Junior managed to break it in the first half.

And Karim Benzema, for example, did not manage to do this, although he recorded eight shots in his asset.

For Shakhtar, the only pleasant moment besides saving the goalkeeper was a handsome goal by Oleksandr Zubkov.

Shortly before the break, the forward, taking advantage of a partner’s serve from the flank, sent the ball into the net past the surprised Lunin with “scissors”.

The colossal superiority of Manchester City

As expected, the struggle did not work out in the confrontation between Manchester City and Copenhagen in England.

The townspeople even managed to surpass Real Madrid in some indicators, for example, shots on target - 15. And the goalkeeper of the reigning Danish champion Kamil Grabara made as many saves as Lunin - 11.

However, unlike the Ukrainian, the Pole could not save his partners from defeat.

And how could he manage to restrain Erling Haaland himself, who breaks one record after another at the start of the season?

So this time, it took him less than half an hour to complete a double.

During the break, Josep Guardiola replaced the Norwegian, apparently so that the score would not become double-digit.

The striker's performance is truly shocking.

So, in 22 matches in the Champions League, he scored 28 goals, or an average of 1.27 per meeting.

This is more than 98 participants in the history of the tournament.

And as part of Manchester City, he scored 19 goals in 12 games.

It is even surprising how after the debut, not the most successful match for the British team with Liverpool, the fans were seriously afraid that the newcomer would not fit into the tactical formations.

In addition to Haaland, Riyad Mahrez managed to upset the guests from the penalty spot and the young Spaniard Julian Alvarez.

And shortly before the break, David Khocholava, who took care of Erling, cut the ball into his own net.

Thus, the Mancunians continue to lead in Group G with 100% indicators, and in terms of the number of goals (11) they are second only to Napoli (13).

The disastrous start of Sevilla

Another match within the quartet also ended in defeat.

Sevilla, which is not in the best condition, lost at home to Borussia Dortmund - 1:4.

At the same time, it is surprising that the hosts more often possessed the ball (56%) and delivered more shots (20 vs. 18), but scored only once.

As part of the guests, young performers showed themselves great.

19-year-old Jude Bellingham already in the sixth minute gave a stunning pass through the half of the field to Rafael Guerreira who opened the scoring, and then scored on his own.

Youssouf Mukoko, 17, was directly involved in the other two goals.

First, after his strike and the goalkeeper's save, Karim Adeyemi finished off the ball into the net.

And shortly before the final whistle, the striker, who first got into the base for the Champions League match, completed a perfect pass from the flank to Julian Brandt.

Sevilla, after the final whistle, to top off all the troubles, was left without head coach Julen Lopetegui.

However, this decision hardly surprised the fans, because his now former wards failed the beginning of the season.

In the Example, after seven rounds, they are one step away from the relegation zone, and in the Champions League they scored only one point.

Chelsea's best match

Before the start of the group stage, few could have imagined that Chelsea, which was in the same quartet with Salzburg and Dinamo Zagreb, would score only one point in matches with them and be at the bottom of the table.

And the defeat in Croatia, in addition, led to the dismissal of Thomas Tuchel.

After such an unsuccessful start, the Londoners, already under the leadership of Graham Potter, simply had no right not to beat Milan at home.

And the blues gave one of the best meetings in the current season.

Although they had a little less possession of the ball, they allowed the opponent to deliver only one shot on target, while they themselves regularly carried out the most dangerous fast attacks.

However, a series of injuries in the composition of the guests played into their hands.

The reigning champions of Italy arrived in Foggy Albion without Mick Menian, Theo Hernandez, Davide Calabria, Alessandro Florenzi, Alexis Salemakers, Divok Origi and Zlatan Ibrahimovic.

It is not surprising that with such losses they were unable to compete with a motivated opponent.

And in the composition of the hosts, newcomers showed themselves.

Wesley Fofana opened the scoring after drawing a corner.

Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang scored the first goal in the Champions League in almost five years and interrupted a goalless streak in the tournament at around 1765 days.

And Raheem Sterling assisted Rhys James.

So Chelsea returned to the fight for reaching the playoffs, and the Rossoneri suffered a crushing defeat in the main European Cup for the first time since 2014.

Decent resistance from Benfica

In the same way, no one expected that Benfica and PSG would share the lead in the H quartet after the first round. Juventus were supposed to compete with the Parisians, but Lisbon, following Maccabi, sensationally beat Turin on the road.

And then the wards of Roger Schmidt stopped another favorite at home - 1:1.

They were not even embarrassed by the beautiful goal of Lionel Messi in the 22nd minute.

The Argentine, taking advantage of Neymar's discount, gently twirled the ball into the far corner.

Along the way, the forward set several statistical achievements at once.

Firstly, he scored the 77th goal in the Champions League group stage and the 22nd in the main European Cup from outside the box.

Secondly, he upset the 40th team and updated his own record.

The second place in this indicator is occupied by Cristiano Ronaldo, who hit the gates of 38 teams in the Champions League.

The hosts responded to Messi's shot with a curious own goal by Danilo Pereira.

The Portuguese unwittingly helped his compatriots to recoup, after filing from the flank, cutting off a projectile into his own goal.

After the break, PSG expectedly increased the pressure and was close to snatching the most important three points and becoming the sole leader of the group, but Odysseas Vlachodimos acted beyond praise.

Neither Kylian Mbappé, nor Ashraf Hakimi, nor Neymar, who hit the crossbar with a kick through himself, could no longer beat him.