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UA-Football has compiled for you the most important news of Wednesday, October 21
The Ukrainian champions entered the first match of the Champions League group stage without many of the base players. At first, only three were over 21 years old. But this did not stop Castro’s team from giving away the best half in tournament performance history. The teams went to rest with the score 0: 3 in favor of the miners: Tete and Solomon scored goals, and Varane cut in his own goal. In the second half, Modric and Vinicius reduced the distance to a minimum, and in the last seconds the “Real” even scored the third goal, but the referee did not count the capture for offside. 2: 3 – Shakhtar start the Champions League with a sensational victory.
The Pitmen took the lead in the group, because in the second match of the quartet there was a draw. The main events took place in the second half. Lukaku opened the scoring at the beginning, but the Gladbas team not only tied (Bensebaini from the penalty spot), but also went ahead (Hofmann). Lukaku himself saved “Inter” from defeat by a goal in the 90th minute.
Among other games, we highlight the match between Bayern and Atlético, which ended with a score of 4: 0. Coman (twice), Goretzka and Tolisso scored for Munich. Liverpool beat Ajax at the minimum (Tagliafico own goal), while Manchester City won a decided victory over Porto – 3: 1 (Agüero, Gundogan, Ferran Torres). “Atalanta” without Ruslan Malinovsky dealt with “Midtyulann” – 4: 0 (Zapata, Gomez, Muriel Miranchuk).
The eighth day was played in First. Odessa “Chernomorets” retained the first place, beating VPK-Agro 2: 0. Metalist-1925 is three points behind, Kharkiv defeated Avangard 2: 1. “Obolon” under the leadership of new coach Pavel Yakovenko interrupted the series of failures with a victory over “Agrobusiness” (1: 0). “Miner-Sport” was stronger than “Kristall” – 3: 1, and “Volyn” took care of “Alliance”. “Nikolaev” and “Veres” did not reveal the winner – 0: 0, and “Prykarpattya” was stronger than Ternopil “Niva” – 2: 1.
Dmitry Mikhailenko returns to training
Cyprus “Paphos” announced the appointment of Dmitry Mikhailenko as head coach. In reality, the information that the former Dnipro-1 mentor will continue his career on the island has been there before, but he had to serve a two-week quarantine. After seven games played, “Paphos” remains eighth in the standings. The difference with the leader is eight points.
The main news of the week, in addition to the results of the matches, are the negotiations of the best clubs on the creation of a fully European Premier League. The tournament is expected to launch in 2022 under the auspices of FIFA. Negotiations with investors are underway. However, UEFA does not support this idea. One of the Union representatives, in particular, pointed out that the current structure of European football is optimal, and the constant matches between the giants will get bored very quickly.
