The last matches of the 6th round of the Champions League were played.
The leading squad of the Champions League Arsenal has entered i the sixth victory after winning 3-0 on the road Club Brugge in the premiere of Ivan Leka on the bench of the Belgian team.
The current European champion PSG played 0-0 away from home Athletic Bilbaowhile Borussia Dortmundled by Niko Kovač, drew 2-2 against Bodo/ Glimta. Benfica was better than Napoli with 2-0 with an assist Franjo Ivanovicand the identical result is Juve “broke” Cypriot Paphos for which they played Mislav Oršić and Ivan Šunjić.
The current European champion PSG played 0-0 against Athletic Bilbao on the road in Spain. The visitors dominated, had a number of chances, but Unai Simon gave a great performance. The Parisians came closest to a goal in the 65th minute, but Bradley Barcola hit the crossbar.
PSG is now third with 13 points while Bilbao in 28th place with five points.
The leading squad of the Champions League Arsenal defeated Club Brugge 3-0 on the road, which was taken over by Leko a few days ago. The Croatian expert arrived in Brugge after leading Gent since July this year.
The Gunners took the lead in the 25th minute after a fantastic goal Noni Madueke. The young English striker won the ball almost in the middle of the field, passed two rival players, and then shot from about 20 meters and hit the crossbar. The London team increased their advantage at the opening of the session, and the scorer was again Mandueke. Martin Zubimendi crossed from the left side, and the striker of “Topnik” scored on the second post with his head for 2-0.
He resolved all doubts about the question of the winner, if there were any Gabriel Martinelli scoring in the 56th minute of the fork itself for a convincing 3-0.
Benfica won 2-0 Naples recording his second win.
Franjo Ivanovic got a chance from the first minute, and in the 12th minute he had a dull situation after he stepped out alone in front of the opponent’s goalkeeper, but his shot was saved by Vanja Milinković-Savić. Eight minutes later, the Portuguese team took the lead. Samuel Dahl crossed from the left side, Ivanovic passed it to Richard Rios, who beat the goalkeeper of the Italian champion.
Naples came very close to equalizing in the 29th minute, but Giovanni Di Lorenzo shot wide. Benfica increased their lead in the 49th minute. Ivanovic took part in the action again. The Croatian striker put Rios to work, and the latter passed to Leandro Barreiro, who scored beautifully.
Ivanovic played until the 76th minute.
Juventus won with an identical result Paphosand the Italian great only broke the visitors in the second half.
Andrea Cambiaso in the 67th minute passed into the penalty area, he received the ball Weston McKennie and stuck in the right fork next to the powerless Neophytos Michail. Five minutes later Jonathan David scored for 2-0 after a quick counter attack by the Torino team.
Paphos came closest to a goal in the 30th minute. Oršić pulled off a counterattack, employed Anderson Silva, who shot from the edge of the penalty area and hit the post. Oršić played until the 78th minute, and Šunjić the entire match.
Borussia Dortmundled by Niko Kovač played 2-2 against Bodo/ Glimta. The German team led 1-0 and 2-1, but the guests came back both times.
The home team took the lead in the 18th minute. Fabio Silva “stole” the ball in the center, rushed into the counterattack and nicely worked Julian Brandt, who scored for 1-0. The Norwegian team equalized in the 42nd minute. Patrick Berg crossed into the penalty area after a short corner pass, and Haitam Aleesami headed in from close range to make it 1-1.
Dortmund in the 51st minute, they took the lead again, and once again it was the scorer Brandt. After the cross, Maximilian Beier shot with his head, the visiting goalkeeper made a save, but Brant cleared the rebound. The Norwegians did not give up and managed to equalize in the 75th minute, and the scorer was Jens Hauge.
The meetings between them also ended with an identical 2-2 Bayer Leverkusen and Newcastle United.
The home team took the lead in the 13th minute, Alex Garcia took a corner, Robert Andrich shot a header, hitting the back of the visiting midfielder Bruno Guimaraes, from whose back the ball bounced into the net.
He equalized Anthony Gordon from a penalty kick that was deflected by the goalkeeper Mark Flekken. The “Apothecary” unit was playing, which Nick Woltemade took advantage of by “stealing” the ball from him, after which Flrekken hid the foul. Turkish referee Serdar Gozubuyuk pointed to the white spot, and his decision was confirmed by VAR.
After scoring from the penalty spot, Gordon almost scored from play in the 61st minute, but his shot ended up in the goal. In the 74th minute, Gordon completed the great performance with an assist to Jacob Murphy for the turnaround of “Magpie”. In the 80th minute, Murphy also hit the goal frame.
“Apothecaries” still managed to equalize in the 89th minute. Ibrahim Maza pushed for Alex Grimaldo who scored beautifully to make it 2-2.
In the derby of the 6th round of the Champions League Manchester City won at the Santiago Bernabeu Real Madrid with 2-1 making his way to fourth place.
The Royal Club took the lead, but the Citizens turned the score around by achieving an important victory against the “wounded” Real.
The Spanish giant was essential weakened by not playing as many as eight players. There was no Kylian Mbappe due to a left leg injury, while Dani Carvajal, Ferland Mendy, Trent Alexander-Arnold, Eder Militao, Dean Huijsen, David Alaba and Eduardo Camavinga are also out due to injury problems.
French referee Clement Turpin is already after 90 seconds of the game pointed a penalty for the hosts. Nunez brought down Vinicius, and the Frenchman pointed to the penalty spot. However, after reviewing the video, he changed his decision, awarding a foul on the edge of the penalty area. Valverde shot, but wide.
A far better opening was crowned by Real taking the lead in the 28th minute. Jude Bellingham pushed the ball to the right side to Rodrygo who entered the penalty area, and shot into the opposite corner to give the hosts the lead.
The citizens equalized in the 36th minute. Rayan Cherki took the corner kick, Josko Guardiol jumped the highest with a header, Thibaut Courtois saved, but Nico O’Reilly put the rebound into the net.
Just three minutes later, the visitors won penalty kick after Antonio Rüdiger “hugged” Erling Haaland. The Norwegian took the harshest punishment himself, scoring his 24th goal in all competitions this season.
In injury time, the visitors had two more great chances, but Courtois saved Haaland and Cherki’s shots. In the continuation, it was “fiery”, the opportunities followed, and Real came closest to equalizing in the 85th minute, when Endrick shot a header that hit the frame of the goal.
Josko Guardiol played the entire match for City, while Mateo Kovačić is on the list of injured players.
Arsenal leads the ranking with 18 points, Bayern has 15, and PSG, Manchester City and Atalanta have 13 points each. Inter, Real Madrid, Atletico Madrid and Liverpool follow with 12 points each.
The Champions League continues January 20 and 21 next year, and the last round is on January 28.
(Hina | Photo: Benfica)
