Champions League: dark Barça, untenable Bayern, Ronaldo hero of Manchester United

Published on : 09/29/2021 – 23:30

After Tuesday’s evening which notably saw PSG gain the upper hand over Manchester City (2-0) with Lionel Messi’s first goal, and the modest Sheriff Tiraspol to win on Real Madrid (2-1), that of Wednesday September 29 was also intense in the four corners of Europe. The meetings were particularly pleasant to follow … or particularly difficult, depending on his preferences. For the Spaniards, for example, it’s an evening to forget.

Group E: Barça collapses again, Bayern has fun

Are Barça already eliminated from the race for the eighth? The Blaugranas, in debt, behind in the league and now deprived of Lionel Messi and Antoine Griezmann, were again humiliated on the field of Benfica Lisbon (3-0, doubled from Darwin Nunez and goal from Rafa Silva). This is their second defeat after two days.

The men of Ronald Koeman, who faced his former team, finished the match at ten after the exclusion of Eric Garcia (87th). A new nightmare in Portugal for the Catalans, who sink a little deeper into an endless crisis. The Dutch coach is more than ever in the hot seat after this humiliation.

At the same time, Bayern Munich, who corrected the Catalans 3-0 at Camp Nou in the opening, again took place at home against Dynamo Kiev (5-0). In steamroller mode, the German ogre relied in particular on an express double from Robert Lewandowski to consolidate his first place in the group. The Polish striker, already scorer of 7 goals in 6 league matches, started his European campaign with 4 goals in 2 matches. Serge Gnabry, Leroy Sné and Eric-Maxim Choupo-Moting completed the festival.

Group F: Cristiano Ronaldo, the savior of the Red Devils

Heroic Cristiano Ronaldo! Held in check by Villarreal, the Portuguese revenant emerged in the 90th + 5 to score the winning goal and deliver Manchester United. Become the man who has played the most number of matches in C1 in history (178 matches now), Ronaldo, revered by Old Trafford, unblocked the situation in added time and offered the first points to the Mancunians.

Previously, Alex Telles, found by Bruno Fernandes, had unleashed a very pure volley from the left to meet Paco Alcacer’s goal. And the Red Devils can thank their Spanish goalkeeper David De Gea, who stepped up the parades in particular on the untenable Dutch recruit of the “Yellow Submarine” Arnaut Danjuma.

Ronaldo will be able to extend this comeback in two weeks against Atalanta Bergamo: the Italians snatched the three points in the suffering against the Young Boys of Bern (1-0) thanks to a goal from Matteo Pessina, who released his counter in C1, at the conclusion of an excellent work on the wing of Duvan Zapata.

Group G: Lille overwhelmed by Adeyemi

Second disappointment in two days for the champion of France from Lille: after his inaugural 0-0 draw against Wolfsburg, the Losc were overwhelmed by the ardor of a young prodigy of 19 years named Karim Adeyemi in Salzburg.

The German center forward converted two penalties: he himself provoked the first, mowed down by Sven Botman (35th), then took advantage of a hand in the area of ​​Burak Yilmaz (53rd) to score his first double in C1. But the Turkish striker redeemed himself by closing the gap ten minutes later on a free kick, after a big failure by goalkeeper Philipp Kohn.

Lille will have a new chance to grab their first victory in C1 in two weeks against Sevilla, held in check by Wolfsburg, who finished the match at ten (1-1, goals from Renato Steffen and Ivan Rakitic).