Three in the constellation of the historic Lewandowski, Barcelona – Leverkusen handed out… aspirins!

They continued with impressive victories Barcelona and Bayern Munich at Champions League. The Catalans they prevailed 3-0 Brest at home for matchday 5, with Lewandowski breaking the 100-goal mark in the competition, while Alonso’s team leveled Salzburg 5-0 in Germany.

Leverkusen-Salzburg

The “aspirins” were coming off a 5-2 win over Heidenheim and needed to return to their good form in Europe as well, where they had been beaten 4-0 by Liverpool in the previous match.

The road to victory opened early. In the 8th minute, Virch made it 1-0 with a non-existent penalty. From an effort by Shik, the ball found Baidu’s foot and then his hand. Referee Balakin stopped short and then pointed to the white arrow. The VAR called him to check the phase, but did not correct his mistake.

It became 2-0 from a stoppage time, with Grimaldo sending the ball into the net with a beautiful free kick in the 11th minute. It was 3-0 in the 30th minute with Wirtz weaving in nicely from the left and firing in from close range.

Leverkusen made it 4-0 in the 61st minute, with Fribong crossing from the right and Schick slotting in from close range, while in the 72nd minute it was 5-0. García with a powerful save from Wirch’s turn, with Bizo finding the ball but unable to prevent the goal.

Barcelona-Brest

Barcelona also became the boss of the match early on. Pedri dug for Lewandowski and Bizo made an exit and brought him down. The Pole took charge and opened the scoring in the 10th minute. In fact, this was a special goal for the 36-year-old forward as he reached his 100th goal in the top club competition.

Flick’s team started the match well, but did not have the same continuity in the first half. It was 2-0 in the 66th minute, with the European champion with Spain, maneuvering nicely in the area and executing Bizo from close range, with the ball finding the opponent’s goalkeeper and ending up in the net.

The first and last words belonged to Lewandowski. Balde converted at 90’+2′ and the former Dortmund and Bayern Munich forward slotted sweetly for the hosts’ 3rd goal and 2nd personal.