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Champions League harvest .. Liverpool collapse on the night of Lewandowski and Griezmann glory | Soccer

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Wednesday’s Champions League first-round games saw a sudden defeat for England’s Liverpool club against its Italian host, Napoli, as the major clubs decided their matches at the opening of the new season of the most expensive competition at the level. of club.

In the first games of the group, Liverpool suffered a big 4-1 defeat at the Diego Maradona stadium in Naples, and the Italian team managed to dedicate their node to the stadium with the English team, as Napoli got the third consecutive victory against the two teams at this stadium in Champions League competitions, having previously achieved it in the 2018-2019 and 2019-2020 seasons.

Napoli advanced with a penalty in the fifth minute with Peter Zielinsky, before Frank Inguisa added the second goal in the 31st minute.

In the 44th minute Giovanni Simeone scored the third goal for Napoli, before Zielinski returned and added Napoli’s second and fourth goals in the 47th minute, while Colombian Luis Diaz scored Liverpool’s only goal in the 49th minute.

Group first round matches began with a 4-0 win over Rangers of Scotland.

Barcelona and Bayern Munich

On the other hand, the Barcelona team opened And Bayern Munich, Germany, his career in the third round wonderfully. Barcelona beat Viktoria Plzen 5-1 at home, while Bayern Munich won a well-deserved 2-0 over Inter.

At Camp Nou, Ivorian Frank Kessie opened the scoring for Barcelona in the 13th minute, before veteran Polish star Robert Lewandowski wore the league outfit during the match, scoring 3 consecutive goals for the Catalan side in the 34th minute. and in the third minute of injury time respectively for the first half and the 67th.

Ferran Torres finished Barcelona’s goals in the match, scoring the fifth goal in the 72nd minute, while the goal to save Victoria Plzen’s face came in the 44th minute with Jan Sikora.

Barcelona are hoping to move forward with the championship, which has been crowned 5 times, especially after the disappointment suffered by the team in the last edition of the competition, which saw the exit from the group stage for the first time in a long time, after finished third in his group at that time.

And at the Giuseppe Meazza stadium, Bayern Munich snatched a precious victory at the Inter stadium that hosts them, after beating them 2-0. Bayern advanced with a goal scored by Leroy Sane in the 25th minute, while Danilo Di Ambrosio, an Inter player, scored an own goal against his team in the 66th minute.

Griezmann shines

In the second round, Atletico Madrid won a tough 2-1 win over Porto in Portugal. Atletico advanced with a goal scored by defender Mario Hermoso in the first minute of added time of the second half, but Porto managed to adjust the result with a goal scored by Andres Uribe 6 minutes after the goal, from a penalty kick.

In the 11th minute of added time, Frenchman Antoine Griezmann scored the second goal for Atletico Madrid, giving his team the first 3 points.

In another match of the same group, Club Brugge defeated their host, Bayer Leverkusen, 1-0.

Important victory for Tottenham

In Group C matches, Brazilian star Richarlison led his team, Tottenham Hotspur, to a 2-0 victory over visiting Olympique Marseille.

Richarlison took the lead by scoring two goals for Tottenham in the 76th and 81st minutes respectively.

Tottenham took advantage of the numeric shortage suffered by Marseille players, as the French team, crowned the title in 1993, played with 10 players after Chancel Mbemba was sent off in the 47th minute.

In another match in the same group, Sporting Lisbon won 3-0 at Eintracht Frankfurt in Germany.

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