1. Bayern Munich stopped counting at 41 in England
After a title-less season, the German empire expects to regain the domestic championship this year, but also aims to lift the Champions League trophy, five years after the last time. When it comes to the early stages in the biggest factory of all, she is also used to not getting into trouble, until the current cycle.
Bayern came to the away game against Aston Villa with a streak of 41 games without a loss in the group stage, including in the current slightly strange format. After the resounding 2:9 over Dinamo Zagreb in the opening round, it was surprised by the English host, when in the 79th minute John Duran determined the result of the game (0:1) and now Vincent Kompany’s team will have to count again.
2. Real Madrid’s streak was halted with a big surprise
The European champions opened their title defense campaign with a stuttering 1:3 home win against Stuttgart, and looked even worse when they reached the second game of the season in the Champions League away to Lille. Since the elimination at the factory quarter-final stage two seasons ago, the Blancos have not known what a loss is, but all good things come to an end.
14 consecutive games Real Madrid managed not to lose, mostly to win, all this throughout the last season in the Champions League, which, as mentioned, ended with the lifting of the trophy with the big ears. And here comes the small, modest French team, surprising them with 0:1 at the feet of Jonathan David in a penalty on the threshold of halftime.
Carlo Ancelotti’s team did everything to at least establish and continue the streak, but encountered Lille’s close game and especially the goalkeeper Lucas Shavalia in the game of his life.
Lucas Chevalier. Real Madrid will not forget this name, photo: AFP
3. Juventus came to life, precisely when it seemed hopeless
The rebuilding process that the Italian Empire is going through under its coach Thiago Motta is not easy, and last night (Wednesday) it was on the way to losing against Red Bull Leipzig, which in the 65th minute led 1:2 with a brace from Benjamin Shaxo and also benefited from the fact that Juventus remained with ten players After the expulsion of Michaela Di Gregorio.
However, it took just 17 minutes for the visitors from Turin to prove how much character they have. In the 68th minute, Dushan Vlahovic completed a brace of his own to equalize and in the 82nd minute, Francisco Conceição made a tremendous turnaround and secured three points for Juve.
4. Reverse Girona, reverse
The favorite team from the Spanish league still does not understand how things work in the Champions League. Although this is their debut season at the factory, it doesn’t seem to explain why everything is going excessively wrong for her.
It’s a statistical figure only, but Girona has so far conceded four goals in its two games, the first against Paris Saint-Germain in the opening game and three more yesterday in the home loss to Feyenoord (3:2), with its players scoring three of the four obligatory goals. Yes, in two games, Girona players scored three own goals.
This time it was the turn of Yingal Herrera and Vladislav Krejci to subdue their goalkeeper Paulo Gazzaniga, who scored the own goal in the loss to the Parisians in overtime of the first round.
Girona players no longer know which direction to hit, photo: AFP
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