Maccabi Haifa caused a big upset in Group H of the Champions League. The team from Israel surprisingly won the second leg against Juventus Turin, but earned it 2-0 (2-0), after the Italians had won the first leg 3-1 the previous week. Omer Atzili (7’/42′) scored both goals for Haifa. Juventus now have to worry about progressing. Things are not going well for Juve in the league either: the record champions are currently only eighth there.
Without Erling Haaland and outnumbered, Manchester City suffered an unexpected setback in the Champions League. Six days after the 5-0 win in the first leg, the English football champions couldn’t get past a 0-0 draw at FC Copenhagen on Tuesday. The leaders of Group G, in which Borussia Dortmund also plays, gave up their first points in the fourth game. Ex-Dortmunder Haaland was rested by coach Pep Guardiola.
Manchester played an hour outnumbered in Copenhagen after Sergio Gomez, who also used to play for BVB, saw a red card in the 30th minute because of an emergency brake. Riyad Mahrez (25th) had previously missed a hand penalty, the referee had denied a goal by Rodri after video evidence (11th).