Spain – The second round of the European Champions League league stage witnessed a sad day for Spanish football, with its three representatives, Real Madrid, Atletico Madrid and Girona, falling into the trap of loss.
At the “Al Noor” Stadium in Lisbon, Turks Kerim Akturkoglu and Orkun Kokcu led their team, Benfica, to inflict a heavy loss on its guest, Atletico Madrid, by a clean 4-0. The four goals were scored by Akturkoglu, Argentine Angel Di Maria, Danish Alexander Hartman Bah, and Kokcu in the 13th, 52nd minutes from a penalty kick, and 75th and 84th minutes from a penalty kick.
With this victory, Benfica raised its score to 6 points from victory in two matches, while Atletico Madrid’s score froze at 3 points from wins and losses.
At the Pierre Maurois Stadium in France, the Lille team inflicted a surprising loss on Real Madrid, the defending champion, after beating them with an unanswered goal scored by Canadian Jonathan David in the 3+45 minute from a penalty kick.
The French team compensated for its loss in the first round against Sporting Lisbon with two unanswered goals, to score the first three points in the competition, while the “Merengue” score froze at the same balance from its victory in the first round over Stuttgart, Germany, by three goals to one.
Girona lost at its “Montilivi” stadium to the Dutch Feyenoord by three goals to two.
Yangel Herrera scored in the 23rd minute through an own goal, Anthony Milambo in the 33rd minute, and Ladislav Krejci in the 79th minute through an own goal, while David Lopez Silva and Donny van de Beek scored in the 19th and 73rd minutes for Girona.
The match witnessed the miss of two penalty kicks by both sides, Ayase Ueda in the 36th minute for Feyenoord and Bojan Mijovski in the 67th minute for Girona.
In other matches, Egyptian international Mohamed Salah led his English team, Liverpool, to victory over its Italian guest, Bologna, with two unanswered goals at Anfield.
Salah set up the first goal for his Argentine teammate Alexis McAllister in the 11th minute, before the Egyptian star scored the second goal with a wonderful shot in the 75th minute.
Italian Juventus returned with a valuable victory with three goals and two goals from the home of its German host, Leipzig.
Serbian Dusan Vlahovic and Portuguese Francisco Conceicao scored for the Bianconeri, while Slovenian Benjamin Sisko scored in the 30th and 65th minutes from a penalty kick.
Juventus goalkeeper Michele Di Gregorio was sent off in the 59th minute after handling the ball outside the penalty area.
English Aston Villa achieved a valuable victory against its guest, Bayern Munich, with an unanswered goal scored by Colombian Jonathan Duran in the 79th minute, and with the same result, Belgian Club Brugge won against its host, Austrian Sturm Graz, scored by Greek Christos Taulin in the 24th minute.
Italian Atalanta defeated its Ukrainian host, Shakhtar Donetsk, 3-0, scored by Albanian Berat Djemishiti, Nigerian Ademola Lukman, and Raul Bellanova in the 21st, 44th and 48th minutes.
Croatia’s Dinamo Zagreb tied with its guest, Monaco, with two goals to the same.
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2024-10-03 10:30:30
