The players of PSG celebrated 3-2 away from Monaco in the first game of the playoffs for the place in the round of 16 of the Champions League. Real also scored an away victory by defeating Benfica 1-0 in Lisbon, and the only successful host was Borussia, who beat Atalanta 2-0 in Dortmund.
PSGthe current winner of the Champions League, defeated Monaco 3-2 away from home. Monaco opened the game in a flash and after only 18 minutes of play, he led 2-0. Both times it was Balogun who scored in the first and 18th minute for the Parisians.
PSG could have returned to the game in the 22nd minute, but Vitinha did not convert the penalty.
However, It didn’t take long for PSG to get the hang of the game into his hands he began to threaten you in the waves. Doue reduced the score to 1-2 in the 29th minute, while Hakimi, after Doue’s action, was the scorer for 2-2, writes HRT.
The situation for Monaco became even more complicated at the start of the second half when Golovin earned a red card in the 47th minute due to a violent and careless start.
The complete turnaround happened in the 67th minute when the best player of the Doua match scored his second goal of the night. Despite having one less player, Monaco kept a goal deficit until the end, which still gives them some hope for a comeback in Paris.
Borussia deservedly won at home in Dortmund Atalanta with 2-0, and already in the third minute the duel started perfectly for the players led by the Croatian strategist Nobody Blacksmith.
Ryerson made a great pass, and Guirassy flew through the air and headed home for 1-0.
Although Atalanta then got back on their feet and matched the German team well, the hosts made it 2-0 in the 42nd minute. Guirassy was the assistant and Beier the scorer for 2-0. In the rest of the match, the game was evenly matched, with Borussia obviously settling for a two-goal plus, while the guests from Bergamo were quite powerless in building offensive actions.
Croatian national team player Mario Pasalic he played the whole game for Atalanta.
The match was tense and fierce Benfica and Real Madrid in Lisbon, and the guests celebrated with the minimum 1-0. These two teams played at the same place in the last round of the league and Benfica won 4-2 and thus won the knockout stage, again against Real.
The first half was played hard, and Real had the best two chances, but both were stopped by the home goalkeeper Trubin.
In the 50th minute Vinicius Junior is a masterstrokefrom 15 meters diagonally, hit the opposite corner for Real to take the lead and after that they followed dramatic scenes at the stadium. For the umpteenth time in the center of attention was the Brazilian Vinicius Junior, who celebrated the goal in his own unique way, which completely disturbed the home fans, as well as the players.
They followed racist attacks from the stands which caused a ten-minute interruption, but also the most tense situation on the lawn.
The game was played in a heated atmosphere at the Luz Stadium 12 minutes of stoppage time. Benfica was better, they were looking for an equalizer, but they didn’t get it. In the end, Benfica coach Jose Mourinho was excluded, as was the Croatian striker Franjo Ivanovic he did not enter the game for the home team.
The remaining four matches will be played on Wednesday. Qarabag and Newcastle will play from 18:45, and from 21:00 Olympiakos and Bayer Leverkusen, Bodo/Glimt and Inter and Club Brugge and Atletico Madrid will meet. You will be able to watch the broadcast from Bruges on HTV’s Second Program and on our portal.
The return matches are on February 24 and 25, and the winners will win a place in the round of 16, which was directly secured by the eight best teams from the league stage.
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