Madrid, Sep 14 (EFE) .- The Barcelona started the post-Messi era in the maximum continental competition with a clear defeat (0-3) against the Bayern Munich. It was a first day of the Champions League in which the Chelsea, current champion, began the defense of the title with a suffered victory (1-0) over the Zenit St. Petersburg.
Neither could they start with victory or the Villarreal, who drew 2-2 at home with the Atalanta Italian, in a clash in which those of Unai emery they finished with 10 players. Neither him Sevilla, who could not get past the draw (1-1) against the Salzburg at Sánchez Pizjuán, in a match in which the Austrian team wasted two penalties.
No shots on goal
The visit of the German champion to Camp Nou it seemed like the best possible test to gauge the real possibilities of Barcelona after the departure of Lionel Messi al Paris Saint-Germain.
And the truth is that the Azulgrana team was clearly surpassed by a Bayern Munich, who did not need to reach the level of excellence that led him to thrashing 13 months ago by a devastating 2-8 at Barcelona in Lisbon to win clearly.
The goals of Thomas Müller, who opened the scoring at 34 ‘with a shot from the front of the area that deflected Eric García, and from Polish Robert Lewandowski, who signed a double, evidenced the distance that exists at the moment between those of Ronald Koeman and a Bayern, that had of occasions to have obtained a greater marker.
A triumph that allowed those of Julian Nagelsmann to be in the first place of group E with two points more than the Dynamo Kiev and the Benfica, who drew 0-0 in Ukraine, in a match in which the locals watched as the referee annulled a goal to Mykola Shaparenko in the extension time due to illegal position, after reviewing the video images.
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⚽ #BarçaBayernhttps://t.co/1RKHPiILiE– FC Barcelona (@FCBarcelona_es) September 14, 2021
Champions League: Champion victory
More doubts left the Chelsea, current champion, who had to wait until he was 69 ′, to defeat the Zenit Saint Petersburg with a goal from the Belgian Romelu Lukako, which began to justify the 115 million euros that the English team paid for their transfer to Inter Milan.
And it is that despite the offensive potential that Chelsea treasures those of the German Thomas Tuchel it cost him a world to create clear scoring chances, but Lukaku one was enough to unbalance the contest in favor of the Blues when a center of the Spaniard headed the nets César Azpilicueta.
Who gets your vote for Man of the Match tonight? ????#UCL | #CHEZEN
— Chelsea FC (@ChelseaFC) September 14, 2021
Juventus
Enough to beat a rocky Zenit, but not to snatch the first place in Group H from a Juventus, who forgot about the gray image that he is leaving in the Italian League, where those of Massimiliano Allegri They still do not know the victory after three days, and won by a clear 0-3 to Malmoe.
The Brazilian’s goals Alex Sandro, the Argentinian Paulo Dybala and spanish Alvaro Morata in the first part, they sentenced to rest a crash in which the Old lady he did not miss the portuguese Cristiano Ronaldo, transferred to Manchester United.
All the emotions of the Malmö evening! ⚪⚫
On demand, su @JuventusTV the highlights of #MFFJuve! ????
– JuventusFC (@juventusfc) September 14, 2021
Manchester United
a Cristiano Ronaldo that he could not celebrate with a victory the new record that he added to his extensive record after equaling the Real Madrid exporter on Tuesday Iker Casillas as the soccer player with the most matches in the history of the Champions League with a total of 177 encounters.
And it was not because the Portuguese did not put everything on his part, since Cristiano Ronaldor, that he added his third goal in his two encounters with him Manchester United, advanced at 13 ′ to Red Devils on the scoreboard, after sending a sensational cross from his compatriot Bruno Fernandes to the networks.
But Young Boys turned the scoreboard with the Cameroonian goals Nicolas Noumi and the american Jordan Siebatcheu, which established the final 1-2 in 95 by taking advantage of an error of Jesse Lingard.
A result that allowed the Young Boys get ahead of group F ahead of the Villarreal, which ended his reunion with the highest continental competition, ten years after his last participation, with a draw (2-2) at home with the Atalanta italiano.
CRISTIANO RONOOOOOOONALDOOOOOO !! GOAL IN HIS REDEBUT IN CHAMPIONS WITH MANCHESTER UNITED !! MR. CHAMPIONS IS PRESENT !! YOUR TOURNAMENT !! ALWAYS THE BICHOOOOO !! pic.twitter.com/x3b09wZIes
– Undefeated (@InvictosSomos) September 14, 2021
Villarreal draw
It was useless for the Castellón team to overcome the initial goal of the Swiss Remo Freuler, who overtook Atalanta at 6 ′, with goals from Manu Trigueros and from dutch Arnaut Danjuma.
The last goal of the German Robin Gosens, who signed the final 2-2 in 83 ′, left the work of the Villarreal, which ended with ten men for the expulsion of the French Francis Coquelin six minutes to go.
They also ended up with one less player for Sevilla, who could not get past the draw (1-1) at home against Salzburg, in a match in which four penalties were awarded in the first 40 minutes of play.
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