2023-09-21 18:49:05
The English Arsenal made a strong return to the Champions League competition with a great victory over its guest, PSV Eindhoven, 4-0. The Spanish Real Madrid struggled to defeat its guest, Union Berlin, Germany, 1-0, while the German Bayern Munich achieved an exciting victory over its guest, Manchester United, the English, 4-3. Wednesday, in the first round of the group stage.
Italian Inter Milan, last season’s runner-up, escaped defeat once morest Spanish Real Sociedad and snatched a fatal 1-1 draw, and its compatriot Napoli returned with a valuable victory from its host, Sporting Braga of Portugal, 2-1.
In London, Arsenal showed its teeth at the beginning of its journey in the competition, to which it returned following six years of absence, sweeping its guest, PSV Eindhoven, by a clean four in the second group competitions.
Arsenal’s joy with the big win (AP)
In this first participation for the English club in the Champions League since the 2016-2017 season, Bukayo Saka (8), Belgian Leandro Trossard (20), Brazilian Gabriel Jesus (38) and Norwegian Martin Odegaard (70) took turns scoring goals.
In the same group, Spain’s Sevilla tied with its French counterpart, Lens, 1-1.
The Andalusian club opened the scoring in the ninth minute through Argentine Lucas Ocampos following a wonderful effort and a pass from Croatian Ivan Rakitic.
But the French were able to equalize with a goal by Angelo Fulgini, from a wonderful free kick that he placed in the upper right corner for Serbian goalkeeper Marko Dimitrovic (24).
In the third group, at the Santiago Bernabeu Stadium, English international midfielder Jude Bellingham saved his team, Real Madrid, from the trap of its guest, Union Berlin, and led it to a hard-fought 1-0 victory.
Union Berlin was on its way to grabbing a historic point in its first participation in the prestigious continental competition, but Bellingham snatched the winning goal for the Royal Club, which holds the record for the number of titles (14), in the fourth penultimate minute of stoppage time.
It is Bellingham’s sixth goal in six matches in Real Madrid colors in various competitions since he joined their ranks this summer from German club Borussia Dortmund.
Real Madrid’s Italian coach Carlo Ancelotti praised Bellingham, saying: “He has tremendous qualities and it seems that he was also lucky, because this goal came following the ball bounced off two defenders, but he (Bellingham) was in the right place.”
He added: “As expected, it was a complicated match once morest the Union Berlin defense, which defended very well and did not leave any space between the lines. “We tried everything and scoring at the last minute demonstrates the spirit of this shirt: never give up.”
He continued: “We have been patient. Matches like this can be a trap once morest a declining defense and counter-attacking teams. Saying that our team is a favorite does not add anything and has no meaning. We just have to fight in every match.”
In the same group, Napoli achieved an exciting victory over its host Braga 2-1 at the Municipal Stadium in Braga.
Osimhen is happy with Naioli’s brilliance in the Champions League (Archyde.com)
Captain Giovanni Di Lorenzo gave Napoli the lead (45+1), and Braga equalized through Roma (84), but Malian defender Seydou Nyakati accidentally scored the winning goal for the visitors once morest his own team (88).
Bayern Munich doubled the misfortunes of its guest, Manchester United, when it beat them 4-3 in a crazy match in the first group of the European Champions League.
The “Red Devils” club is experiencing a deep crisis, and its Dutch coach, Erik Ten Hag, is facing great pressure following a disappointing start to the season, which saw it lose three times out of five matches in the local league, as it occupies 13th place with 6 points, 9 points behind its neighbor, Manchester City, the leader. .
This is the first time in the history of the Premier League that United have lost three times in their first five matches.
But that was no justification for Bayern Munich’s pity, which scored its four goals through Leroy Sané (28), Serge Gnabry (32), Englishman Harry Kane (54 from a penalty kick) and Frenchman Matthijs Thiel (90+2), while Danish Rasmus Hoyland scored. (49) and Brazilian Casemiro (88 and 90 + 5) goals for United.
Heartbreak of United players (Archyde.com)
In the fourth group, Argentine international striker Lautaro Martinez saved his Inter Milan team from losing once morest its host Real Sociedad by equalizing 1-1. Sociedad was on its way to a deserved victory when it advanced with an early goal by Bryce Mendes, but captain Martinez deprived them of that by scoring the equalizer in the minute. 87. In contrast to its great victory over its neighbor and rival Milan 5-1 in the Derby of Anger in the Italian League, on Saturday, Inter showed a disappointing level and rarely threatened the hosts’ goal. In the same group, Benfica of Portugal suffered a harsh loss to its guest Salzburg of Austria 0-2. At Al Nour Stadium in Lisbon. Salzburg entered the match strongly and won a penalty kick that was missed by its Ivorian striker, Karim Konate, when he shot it over the crossbar (3), before winning a second penalty kick as a result of a handball on defender Antonio Silva, and the Croatian took it this time. Roko Simic translated it into a goal (15). Israeli midfielder Oscar Gluch dealt the final blow to Benfica by scoring the second goal for Salzburg with a left-footed shot from close range following a pass from Simic (51).
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