A big surprise happened in the round of 16 of the Champions League.
Norwegian Bodo Glimt brought down Inter Milanthe current European runner-up, winning the 180-minute contest 5-2 on aggregate.
Bodo Glimt will play against Sporting or Manchester City in the round of 16, with the Norwegians already beating Manchester City 3-1 at home in the Champions League group stage.
Inter this Tuesday, from the very beginning moved the game in front of the opponent’s sixteen-yard box and it was smacking around the neck of the Norwegian team throughout the first half. The Frattes, Thuram twice, Bastoni and Zielinski threatened, but Bodo defended bravely, survived everything and went on vacation without a hit.
He held Bodo for him at a brilliant 0-0 until the 58th minute when he made another one a huge step towards surprise. A big mistake was made by Akanji, who handed the ball to the opposing attackers. The first danger was prevented by Inter goalkeeper Sommer, but he reacted well to the rebound Hauge and scored to give the visitors a 1-0 lead.
A new shock for Inter came in the 72nd minute when nicely assisted by Haugeand he did everything attractively in the race Even and scored in the opposite corner for 2-0. With that, Inter was definitely ‘buried’, and they only managed to score an honorary goal until the end. After a corner, the scorer was Bastoni in the 76th minute.
The Croatian representative played for Inter from the 62nd minute Petar Sucic.
Bayer has routinely won the round of 16 where they will play against Arsenal or Bayern. After the victory of Bayer in the first match in Piraeus by 2-0, the German team i Olympiakos played a goalless game in Leverkusen.
Bayer was much better in return. In the first half, Schick had two of the best chances, Grimaldo hit the crossbar in the second half, but Bayer did not mourn because of all the missed opportunities, but simply celebrated the passage.
Newcastle further with a total of 9-3
Newcastle overplayed twice in this play Azerbaijani Qarabag for a total of 9-3. Newcastle did the complete job on the way to the round of 16 already in the first match when they beat Qarabag 6-1 away in Baku. Newcastle started the return game in the same rhythm, leading 2-0 after only six minutes of play. Delighted home fans watched as they scored Tones and Joelinton in the fourth and sixth minutes.
Then the game calmed down until the start of the second half when they started raining hits on both sides. It’s the first Duran in the 51st reduced to 1-2, while immediately in the next attack Boatman scored the third home goal for 3-1. In the 57th minute, a penalty was awarded to the visitors. He did not realize the shot from the penalty spot Jankovicbut he was the fastest on the bounced ball Chafarguliyev who was the scorer for the final 2-3.
Newcastle have two games against Barcelona or Chelsea in the Round of 16.
Play-off second legs:
Atletico Madrid – Club Brugge 4-1 (Sorloth 23, 76, 87, Cardoso 48 / Ordonez 36), first leg 3-3
Bayer – Olympiakos 0-0, 2-0
Inter – Bodo Glimt 1-2 (Bastoni 76 / Hauge 58, Evjen 72), 1-3
Newcastle – Qarabag 3-2 (Tonali 4, Joelinton 6, Botman 52 / Duran 51, Chafarguliev 57), 6-1
Atalanta – Borussia (D) (first game 0-2), Juventus – Galatasaray (2-5), PSG – Monaco (3-2) and Real Madrid – Benfica (1-0) will play the return matches on Wednesday.
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