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FC Barcelona and Manchester United won the two big Champions League games on Wednesday night.
Barça beat Juventus in Turin 2-0 (1-0), United even beat RB Leipzig 5-0 (1-0) at home. All four teams had won their first matches last week. For the Lionel Messi vs. Cristiano Ronaldo did not come. The Portuguese Juve star was still missing due to his crown infection.
Barcelona dominated the game at will. Ousmane Dembélé put the Catalans ahead after a dribble with a deflected shot (15th). The Catalans joked with many other great opportunities, so Messi only made the decision in injury time with a penalty. It was the seventh attempt in Barça’s history to beat Juventus. Surprisingly weak Turin failed to beat Álvaro Morata’s two offside goals, one before and one after the break.
With Ronaldo, the expected negative test result obviously did not materialize. On the contrary: according to the Portuguese television network TVI, the 35-year-old is said to have tested 18 corona positive tests. Without the attacker, Juve did not go beyond the 1-1 draw in the League against Crotone and Verona. Now he also marked a setback in the premier class. It would have been the first duel between Messi and Ronaldo since the Portuguese joined Juventus from Real Madrid in the summer of 2018.
Leipzig and the Manchester horror
Leipzig suffered a debacle in Manchester. Due to the muscular problems that had plagued him last, captain Marcel Sabitzer only participated from the 63rd minute, but made a wretched figure. His compatriot Konrad Laimer was still absent due to his knee injury. Young Mason Greenwood gave the “Red Devils” the lead before the break (21st). The man of the game was Marcus Rashford, who entered the same time as Sabitzer, with a triple pack (76, 78, 92). Anthony Martial also found himself from the penalty spot (87).
Paris Saint-Germain fulfilled the obligation after their initial 2-1 loss to United with a 2-0 win at Istanbul Basaksehir. The winner of the match was the Italian Moise Kean with his first two goals in the Champions League (64th, 79th). Chelsea also claimed a sovereign 4-0 favorite win at FK Krasnodar. The goals were scored by Callum Hudson-Odoi (37th), Timo Werner from a penalty (76th), Hakim Ziyech (79th) and Christian Pulisic (90th). Like Sevilla FC, the Londoners now have four points after a 1-0 win at Stade Rennes.
Borussia Dortmund struggled against Zenit St. Petersburg for a long time, but achieved a much-needed 2-0 home win after the 3-1 win against Lazio Roma. Goals were scored by Jadon Sancho (78th / penalty) and former Salzburg goalkeeper Erling Haaland (91st) in the final phase. Lazio and Club Brugge are each one point ahead of Dortmund after a 1-1 draw in a direct duel. Lazio started in Belgium with a strong replacement due to crown cases. In the parallel match of Group G in Barcelona, Ferencvaros Budapest and Dynamo Kiev split 2-2.
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