Procedural in nature it was the 6th and last matchday in the 7th group of this year’s Champions League, as things regarding the qualification case were clear before it took place.
Even so, however, the pioneer Manchester City she did her duty with the… above in Belgrade. With Pep Guardiola fielding an eleven with many changes and mostly young footballers, who did him justice anyway, beating him Red Star with 3-2 and having… the absolute record (6×6), together only with Real Madrid!
As Hamilton scored on his debut in the competition early in the first half, Ferelby Bob also found the net in the replay after the hour mark for the first time against Manchester City.
The hosts were reduced to an old familiar, as former ‘Red and White’ Huang beat Ortega’s fine shot. They looked for an equaliser, but in the end it was Phillips who scored, with a penalty on behalf of the English side, for another former Olympiakos player, Katai, to come on and shape the final result in stoppage time…
In the other game of the group, at Leipzig, the team of the same name did not perform a similar rotation, despite being second and “passed” in the next phase of the competition. However, she also won Young Boys with 2-1.
The “red bulls” came on strong, took the lead with… a goal from the locker room, but saw VAR disallow Cesko’s goal after only 6 minutes. Finally, the teammate of Sporar, Verbic and Cerin in the Slovenian national team opened the scoring, in the second half, just as early!
The Swiss response was immediate, with Lukeba gifting Coley’s equalizer with a header to the onrushing Ensame. The goal dance continued three minutes later as Leipzig retook the lead with Forsberg scoring what was to be his side’s winner.
Summary of today’s results:
Red Star-Manchester City 2-3
(76′ Huang, 90’+1′ Cathay – 19′ Hamilton, 62′ Bob, 85′ pen. Phillips)
Leipzig-Young Boys 2-1
(51′ Cesko, 56′ Forsberg – 53′ Koley)
The standings of the 7th group:
Source: Sport Fm
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