Barça's success at Galatasaray
Winner of all its matches at the start of the season, FC Barcelona continued its series by outclassing Galatasaray 4-1 on Tuesday in Istanbul, during the 2nd day of the Champions League. The Catalans only trailed a few minutes after Alexey Batrakov opened the scoring against the run of play (28th). A second Turkish goal had just been refused for an offside position when João Cancelo equalized for the Catalans (43rd).
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The second half was a Blaugrana festival, Lamine Yamal delivering two assists, first to Fermín Lopez (2-1, 50th) then immediately to Anthony Gordon (3-1, 53rd). Karim Adeyemi added to the score in the 65th minute (4-1). The La Liga leader corrected Feyenoord Rotterdam 5-1 on the first day of the C1 league phase. The third day, in a week, has a royal shock in store for it against Paris SG, double title holders, at the Parc des Princes.
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The Viking's feat against Bayern
Bayern Munich, trailing 2-0 at the break, was finally held in check by the Viking (3-3), in Stavanger, and lost their playmaker Michael Olise, excluded, Tuesday evening in the league phase of the Champions League.
Picked cold on a goal from a corner by Gianni Stensness (2nd), the German ogre conceded a new goal from Peter Christiansen (38th). But, in two stages, Harry Kane restarted the game first with a penalty then with a powerful header (54th, 60th) before a third goal scored by Luis Diaz 20 minutes from the end. The exclusion of Michael Olise for a gesture of humor a quarter of an hour from the end allowed the Norwegians to rally at the very end of the match through Herman Haugen (90th, 3-3).
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Spectacular victory for Bruges in Milan
Club Brugge and its young striker Nicolo Tresoldi caused a sensation on Tuesday at San Siro by disgusting Inter Milan 4-3 (halftime: 1-1) during the second day of the league phase of the Champions League.
Tresoldi, a 22-year-old Italian-German striker, scored the first three Belgian goals, from a penalty in the 30th minute, taking advantage of a missed exit from the Inter goalkeeper in the 63rd minute, and reacting faster than the Milan defense in the 74th minute. Lautaro Martinez revived his team just before the break (44th, 1-1), after a combination launched by Marcus Thuram. The Argentine gave hope to the San Siro crowd (81st) to bring the score to 3-2, but Romeo Vernant once again exposed Inter's defensive feverishness by adding a fourth goal (87th). In added time (90th+3), Ange-Yoan Bonny reduced the score to 4-3.
Atlético de Madrid tames the Red Devils
The nightmare continues for Manchester United: already in difficulty in the Premier League, the Red Devils logically lost on Tuesday on the pitch of Atlético Madrid (2-0), during the second day of the Champions League, going on a fifth match without a victory.
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In any case, there was no need to be late in the bays of the Madrid enclosure, where the Colchoneros, pushed by the breath of their audience - as is often the case in this type of gala evening - only needed 47 seconds to make the difference. Deprived of their captain Koke, in mourning after the death of his mother, Diego Simeone's men overcame the Mancunian pressure in two passes, with a perfect relay from the former Parisian Kang-in Lee to launch the Spanish world champion Alex Baena, who served the young Pablo Barrios, alone at the entrance to the area (1st, 1-0). Most will have, in the end, waited until the 79th minute and the stab of the Nigerian Ademola Lookman (79th, 2-0) to do so, while their team had been reduced to ten after the expulsion of French defender Lenny Yoro (75th) for a clumsy obstruction.
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