The Miraculous Bara, Salah’s crazy entry, the Mignolet show… Discover the highlights of Wednesday’s matches counting for the 4th day of the Champions League.
Barcelona’s Ousmane Dembl opened the scoring against Inter Milan (3-3).
The results of the evening:
Group A: Napoli 4-2 Ajax Amsterdam, Glasgow Rangers 1-7 Liverpool
Group B: Atletico Madrid 0-0 Brugge, Bayer Leverkusen 0-3 FC Porto
Group C: FC Barcelona 3-3 Inter Milan, Viktoria Plzen 2-4 Bayern Munich
Group D: Tottenham 3-2 Eintracht Frankfurt, Sporting Portugal 0-2 OM
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1. Evening qualifiers. On this evening of the 4th day, three teams validated their ticket for the knockout stages of the Champions League. a little earlier, Napleswinner against Ajax Amsterdam (4-2), and Brugge, after the draw against Atletico Madrid (0-0), had announced their qualification. Then in group C, the Bayern Munich ensured the essential by beating Viktoria Plzen (2-4).
2. Miraculous Bara! FC Barcelona has frl the elimination. After the defeat (1-0) in Italy last week, the Blaugrana snatched the draw against Inter Milan (3-3) after a crazy match! Whereas Dembl (40th) had launched his team well, Barella (50th) and Lautaro Martinez (63rd) cooled the Camp Nou.
With success, Lewandowski (82nd) will think of launching a comeback, but Gosens (89th) still calmed the Barcelonians eliminated at this point in the game. Fortunately for Bara, his Polish striker (90th+2) allowed him to stay alive in this group stage. Nevertheless, the FCB carries out a very bad operation.
3. OM are totally relaunching! Dj winning the first leg (4-1), Olympique de Marseille won again against Sporting Portugal (0-2). Once again, the Marseillais evolved in numerical superiority after the exclusions of Esgaio (19th) and Gonalves (60th). The Marseille club took advantage of this to make a difference through Guendouzi (20th, sp) and Alexis Sanchez (30th). This success allows the Olympians to take second place in Group D, one point behind leaders Tottenham who dominated Eintracht Frankfurt (3-2).
4. The sensational entry of Salah! Led by Rangers, Liverpool got angry! The Reds have scored 7 against the Scots (1-7), notably thanks to an entrant named Salah. Launched the 68th, the Egyptian striker offered himself a triple in 6 minutes (76th, 80th, 81st) ! It should also be emphasized the superb performance of Firmino (24th, 55th) double scorer and author of a magnificent decisive pass for Nuez. The young Elliott (87th) also participated in the celebration which allows the English to take a big step towards the eighth.
5. Bayern folded the game in 45 minutes. Bayern Munich were in a hurry. Winners on the field of Viktoria Plzen (2-4), the Bavarians were already leading 0-4 at halftime! Man (10th), Mller (14th) and Goretzka’s double (25th, 35th) had killed all suspense in just over half an hour. The reduction of the Czech score in the second period will not change much.
6. Atletico hit a wall. Hooked by FC Bruges (0-0), the Madrid club has nevertheless obtained many clear chances, in particular through Griezmann. Only here, the Frenchman and his teammates came across a Mignolet in very good shape! The Belgian goalkeeper is the author of 9 stops! His demonstration places Atletico in 3rd position in this pool B, 2 points from FC Porto 2nd.
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