In the second round of the Champions League regular season on Wednesday, Liverpool met another Italian team, Bologna. In the last round, the English turned very easily against Milan, Dominik Szoboszlai also scored a goal.
Against Bologna, they took the lead in the 11th minute, MacAllister arrived perfectly on Szalah’s cross and confidently slotted it in a few meters away, it wasn’t difficult. Eight minutes later, Szoboszlai had a dangerous shot, but it almost missed the right post.
Pool were so buoyed by the lead that attacking Bologna responded with two goal posts, Ndoye first hitting the crossbar, then the right post from close range, and Urbanski’s shot was not far behind to his equality.
In the second half, Salah scored the winner after a beautiful left-footed shot into the top right corner from 14 meters. Since he received the ball from Szoboszlai before looking for a tackle and shooting position, the goal pass was added to the Hungarian player’s name.
RB Leipzig hosted Juventus, and the home side took the lead in the first half after a counter-attack that started after a save by Péter Gulácsi. Openda teased Sesko with a good ball, and the Slovenian striker took the lead with the help of the crossbar. After the conversion, Juve connected, Koppmeiners hit the post, but a minute later Vlahovic took advantage of the good position of Willi Orbán, the helpless Hungarian goalkeeper.
In the 64th minute, Leipzig regained the lead, Sesko scored from a penalty. It was a rare interesting goal. The goalkeeper di Gregorio calmly hit the ball outside the penalty area, which was noticed after the video, because the ball had just changed direction. As the goalkeeper was sent off, he was replaced by Douglas Luis, who reached the edge of the goal line with an 18-metre free kick and turned away from the ball, but also hit him in the process. This is how the penalty went – it was also judged on the basis of video – which Sesko fired with great force into the goal.
Juventus, who lost two of his players due to injury in the first half, were not caught by the goal, in fact, they converted it with good mental strength.
Vlahovic equalized with a great bomb, then Conceicao headed into the left corner in the 82nd minute after some exciting individual action and big plays. The Germans moved for the equaliser, and in the extra time of ten minutes they created the situation one after another. Orbán was never lucky with his dangerous headers, and the Italian victory was still 3-2. On October 23, Leipzig will host Liverpool, who have been flawless so far.
In Real Madrid, the French world champion Mbappé did not play, the Brazilian Endrick was in the front line. The Spaniards fell behind at the end of the first half when a free-kick surprisingly stuck in Camawinga’s hands. The penalty given on video was sold by David. Bayern Munich, who scored nine goals in the previous round, surprisingly lost to Aston Villa, thus slipping back to 15th place, ahead of Barcelona and Real Madrid.
- Results: Girona – Feyenoord 2-3, Shakhtar Donetsk – Atalanta 0-3, Benfica – Atlético Madrid 4-0, Lille – Real Madrid 1-0, Dinamo Zagreb – Monaco 2-2, Aston Villa – Bayern Munich 1-0, RB Leipzig – Juventus 2-3, Sturm Graz – Bruges 0-1.
The standings can be seen here, Dortmund’s first place is not in danger, Dortmund will host Real in the third round.
2024-10-02 23:15:00
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