Barcelona and Villarreal were reborn in the Champions League and added their first victories; to re-engage in the middle of a competition that accentuated the superiority of Bayern Munich and Juventus; Manchester United come back with a goal from Cristiano Ronaldo.
Once the halfway point of the tournament has been reached, the panorama also clears up for Salzburg and for the champion, Chelsea, who got rid of Malmoe and lost the Belgian Romelu Lukaku through injury; Seville added a new tie, the third.
Barcelona added its first points and remains alive in Europe; a goal of Gerard Piqué provided the victory for Ronald Koeman’s team against Dinamo Kiev 1-0; in a clash without showing off and where the Spanish representative went from more to less although he did not go through difficulties and his triumph was not in danger.
The Barça team thrives on confidence to Sunday’s classic against Real Madrid and assaults third place in the group behind Bayern and Benfica.
However, the win in Lisbon of the German champion 4-0, is another good news for Barcelona, one point behind the Portuguese team.
Jorge Jesús’s team resisted the German roller for 70 minutes, with two goals disallowed. Then, in the final stretch, he pulled authority and signed his third trump; a double from Leroy Sane, an Everton own goal and the Robert Lewandowski’s usual goal rThey confirmed the status of Bayern favorite.
Barcelona is one point behind Benfica that has yet to visit the Camp Nou.
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Manchester United remonta
For its part, Manchester United come back. He starred in an epic against Atalanta 3-2; for cling to the leadership of Group F that already has Villarreal as a contender. The yellow submarine they achieved their first win in the Champions League after beating the Swiss Young Boys 4-1 in Bern.
The team of Unai emery put the clash on track with two goals at a quarter of an hour, Yeremy Pino and Gerard Moreno; later, he stopped the Swiss reaction that shortened the distances by means of Meshach Elijah. But later, Alberto Moreno and Samu Chukwueze they established the win that re-engages Villarreal in the race to the second round.
The Spanish representative is tied for second place in Group F with Atalanta who wasted two goals ahead on his visit to Old Trafford.
A goal from Cristiano Ronaldo, his 137th goal that extends his record, but this one with nine minutes remaining consummated the English comeback and relieved Ole Gunnar Solksjaer 3-2; Croatian Mario Pasalic and Turkish Merih Demiral put Atalanta with an income of two goals at half an hour.
The network reaction was overwhelming after the break. Marcus Rashford closed the gap; Harry Maguire tied and five minutes later Cristiano sealed the triumph that maintains Manchester United leader of the quartet.
Consolidated Salzburg
Salzburg consolidated their leadership in Group G after beating Wolfsburg 3-1 at the Red Bull Arena; Noah Okafor’s double uneven the meeting and collapsed the resistance of the German team. Karim Adeyemi opened the scoring after three minutes but Lukas Nmecha tied at the quarter of an hour. Then Okafor’s goals in the second half they gave another three points to Matthias Jaissle’s team.
Far behind, four points behind, is Sevilla, who did not go beyond the goalless draw at the Pierre-Mauroy stadium against Lille; Julen Lopetegui’s team only knows how to tie in the Champions League. Accumulate three tied in as many games. He has, in the classification, one of income compared to the French champion, who will visit Sánchez Pizjuán in the next match.
Juventus only knows how to win
Juventus dominates Group F. The last goal of Dejan Kulusevski maintains the full triumphs of the Italian team, with one foot in eighths; won in the Gazpromo Arena al Zenit San Petersburgo 1-0 that loses sight of the second place.
The champion scored poker
Finally, the champion Chelsea, is the threat of the Turin team. Beat Malmoe at Stamford Bridge 4-0 and is three of Juventus.
Andreas Christensen, a penalty double from Jorginho and a goal from Kai Havertz sealed the win for the set of Thomas Tuchel running as a candidate.
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