Without Lionel Messi, Barca has provided the essential against the Inter (2-Dortmund blew Atlético (4-0), while Liverpool walked against Belgrade (4-0).
A Barça while mastering
With the absence of Lionel Messi, we expected a timorous Barcelona, but they are very serious Catalans who won against Inter (2-0). After a typical possession phase of the Blaugrana, Rafinha deceived Handanovic after a good center Luis Suarez. Rafinha, precisely, preferred to Ousmane Dembélé, has given his coach a reason for his technical touch and his involvement in the game of Barcelona this Wednesday night. If Inter were not present in the first half, the start of the second act was more interesting, including a shot-center from Politano that forced Ter Stegen out a nice stop. Very quickly, the men of Valverde took over in this meeting and should have achieved their domination phase, as on this huge opportunity of the French defender Lenglet (60), alone against the goalkeeper but who saw his hijacked shot, or the cross Coutinho (70th) after a magnificent counter-attack initiated by Arthur. Jordi Alba finally gave a little more importance to this victory by scoring in the 84th. Barça alone takes the lead of group B.
Dortmund Outclasses Atlético
Lucien Favre played a very bad trick to Diego Simeone by winning very well this Wednesday night (4-0). In a very pleasant match, the Germans opened the score logically at the end of the first period thanks to a shot by Witsel countered by Lucas Hernandez. In the second half, the Colchoneros took the initiative and should have returned to the mark. Saul Niguez, untenable, had several opportunities. The biggest could have offered the goal of the evening, a shot wound at the entrance to the penalty area that crashed on the square. After this phase of domination, the speed of the attackers of Borussia gave a lesson to the defense of Madrid. Guerreiro, after a well-rounded action, doubled the lead before Sancho scored 3-0 after a new counter express initiated by Hakimi. Finally, the evening ended on a big mistake of Filipe Luis, who transmitted the ball directly to Guerreiro for the 4-0. With this success, the Germans take the lead with 9 points, ahead of Atlético, 6 points.
Lloris Sees red
The captain of Spurs Tottenham has sank his team on the lawn of PSV. Led by Lozano's half-hour goal, Mauricio Pochettino's men had the advantage of returning quickly to the game thanks to former Parisian Lucas (39th), before taking the advantage early in the second period thanks to the inevitable Harry Kane. While the Spurs seemed to hold this valuable result, Hugo Lloris was guilty of an improbable outing ahead of Lozano both feet forward. The referee of the match had no choice but to take out the red card (79). Outnumbered, the English were logically caught in the 87th on a goal of Captain De Jong. With this draw, the hopes of qualification are low for both teams, which have only one point.
Liverpool had a good time
By welcoming the Red Star of Belgrade, Liverpool was planning to refuel. Mission accomplished, therefore, on a rather wide score (4-0). If the start of the match left something to be desired, Roberto Firmino unlocked the situation in the 20th after a very nice collective action, offering a quieter evening to the spectators of Anfield. Mohamed Salah, less decisive for several weeks, was pleased during this evening by doubling the bet just before half-time (45th) and scoring on penalty (51) the 50th goal of his career with Liverpool. Sadio Mané participated in the party by scoring the fourth goal after a good ball by Wijnaldum (79). Note also that Sadio Mané missed a penalty. With the draw between Paris and Naples, Liverpool does the right thing by taking the lead of Pool C with six points.
Porto solid, Schalke takes a good point
In group D, the Portuguese FC Porto made the good operation of the evening by winning in Russia, on the lawn of Lokomotiv Moscow 3-1. Sergio Conceicao's men were very good in the match and logically took the lead in the 26th thanks to a Marega goal. Ten minutes later, Herrera doubled the lead and confirmed the clear domination of the Portuguese. The goal of Mirantchouk in the 38th did not really offer rebellion of the Russians who, as soon as the locker room came back, conceded a goal from Corona. In the second match of the group, the Germans Schalke have taken a good point on the lawn of Galatasaray (0-0) although they may have regrets. Largely domineering, Schalke is created many opportunities but cruelly lacking realism or stumbled on a Muslera author of several parries. In the standings, Porto remains leader with 7 points ahead of Schalke, 5 points.
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