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Champions League Recap: Haaland and Griezmann Shine, City and Leipzig Qualify

Erling Haaland y Antoine Griezmann They were the cover boys on Tuesday’s day of the Champions League, the most important club competition in the world. Both won doubles in the victories of Manchester City y Atlético de Madrid y get closer to historic scoring marks.

Diego Pablo Simeone’s Atlético de Madrid defeated Cívitas Metropolitano and beat 6-0 Celtic of Scotland with a stellar performance by Frenchman Antoine Griezmann. The attacker scored the first and third of the Colchonero team and was only 8 celebrations of becoming the top scorer in the club’s history. At the top is Luis Aragoneswith 172 celebrations.

Álvaro Morata -2-, Samuel Lino and Saúl Ñíguez scored the remaining goals for Colchonero. A particular fact: the 6-0 is Atlético’s biggest win since the Champions League was named. Yes, in September 1958 they beat Drumcondra of Ireland 8-0, in a first leg in the preliminary round of the so-called European Cup.

With this result, the Spanish team (they were starters Nahuel Molina y Angel Correay Rodrigo DePaul served suspension) leads group E with 8 units, one more than Laziowhich won 1-0 a Feyenoord with a goal Ciro Inmobile.

City and Leipzig, the first to qualify for the round of 16

In England, the Norwegian Haaland continues his devastating pace. With his double in the 3-0 against Young Boys he reached the 39 celebrations in 34 games in Champions. How many games did they need? Cristiano Ronaldo y Lionel Messi to reach that scoring figure? The Portuguese 80 duels and the Rosario 59.

Phil Foden scored the remaining goal, while Julián Álvarez was on the substitute bench and did not add minutes.

With the victory, the current champion qualified for the round of 16 thanks to its 12 points in 4 games, like its second team Leipzig (9 points), which defeated Red Star 2-1 as a visitor. All when two dates are missing.

Group F is undoubtedly the most even in the competition. Borussia Dortmund victory 2-0 a Newcastle in Germany and climbed to the top of the table, with 7 units. The English, meanwhile, were at the bottom with 4 points. And in the middle, Milan (6) achieved an important 2-1 victory at home against Kylian Mbappé’s Paris Saint Germain (5). Milan Skriniar opened the scoring for the French, but Rafael Leao y Oliver Giroud They turned it around. On the next date: Milan-Borussia Dortmund and PSG-Newcastle.

Finally, in Group H Shakhtar (6 points) beat Barcelona 1-0 at home (9) and Porto (9), with Alan Varela as the starter, beat Royal Antwerp 2-0.

2023-11-08 02:09:48
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