The Bavarians defeated Lisbon’s Benfica 5: 2 and are at the forefront with four wins. Bayern gunner Robert Lewandowski sweetened his 100th duel in a prestigious competition with a hat-trick and scored 81 goals. – ŠPORT.sk

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In Tuesday’s match, the German big club was led from the bench again by coach Julian Nagelsmann, who underwent a 14-day quarantine after a positive coronavirus test. In the beginning, first the guests had promising chances and then Serge Gnabry, but he only tricked the Benfica goalkeeper. She got the ball in the net after a quarter of the game, but the goal didn’t work, as VAR revealed Pizzi’s offside.

The home team hit twice in the range of 26 to 32 minutes, when Lewandowski first prevailed and then passed to Gnabry’s goal foot. The visitors reduced the lead to 38 – 0 when 38 minutes into the match, after a brief attack by the keeper. Lewandowski, however, did not convert the penalty by hand in the penalty area. However, the Polish gunner made up for it after a change of sides, when he reached the hat-trick, Leroy Sane added another goal. Scored by Darwin Nunez for the visitors.

The FC Barcelona players, led by the temporary coach Sergi Barjuan, won the Dynamo Kyiv just 1: 0 and jumped to the second place of the E-group. After a weak start to the first half, the home team had a better chance, but Mykola Šaparenko folded two.

Barcelona came close to putting the visiting team one up 63 minutes into the match, following a solo raid down the middle, but VAR managed to tip the ball to a corner. The favorite, however, only took the lead 20 minutes before the end thanks to Ansua Fati. Bayern loses six points to the leader, two points ahead of Benfica.