Highly enjoyable and full of strong emotions was the first leg of the 3rd matchday of the League Phase of Champions Leaguein which a total of nine matches were played.
On Tuesday night (21/10), football fans enjoyed a total of 43 goals (!), with Barcelona and PSV winning 6-all and Paris Saint-Germain 7-2 over Bayer Leverkusen!
In fact, the French, together with Arsenal and Inter, are the only ones who continue with the absolute number of victories in the competition, with the Benfica of Vangelis Pavlidis staying at the bottom of the scoreboard without a point.
The detailed schedule of the 3rd matchday of the League Phase:
Tuesday 21/10
Barcelona – Olympiacos 6-1
(7′, 39′, 76′ Lopez, 68′ pen. Yamal, 74′, 79′ Rashford – 54′ pen. El Kaabi)
Kairat – Paphos 0-0
Arsenal – Atletico Madrid 4-0
(57′ Gabriel, 64′ Martinelli, 67′, 70′ Giokeres)
Bayer Leverkusen – Paris Saint-Germain 2-7
(38′, 54′ Garcia – 7′ Patso, 41′, 45+3′ Due, 44′ Quaratshelia, 50′ Mendes, 66′ Dembele, 90′ Vitinia)
Copenhagen – Borussia Dortmund 1-4
(33′ Anton aut. – 20′, 76′ Enmezza, 61′ penalty Bensebaini, 87′ Soares)
Newcastle – Benfica 3-0
(32′ Gordon, 71′, 83′ Barnes)
Eindhoven – Napoli 6-2
(35′ Buongiorno aut., 38′ Saibari, 54′, 80′ Mann, 88′ Pepi, 89′ Drucci – 31′, 86′ McTominay)
Union St. Gilois – Inter 0-4
(41′ Dumfries, 45+1′ Martines, 53′ pen. Tsalhanoglou, 76′ Esposito)
Villarreal – Manchester City 0-2
(17′ Haaland, 40′ Silva)
Wednesday 22/10
Athletic Bilbao – Qarabag (19:45)
Galatasaray – Bodo/Glimt
Atalanta – Slavia Prague (22:00)
Bayern Munich – Club Brugge
Chelsea – Ajax
Eintracht Frankfurt – Liverpool
Monaco – Tottenham
Real Madrid – Juventus
Sporting Lisbon – Marseille
The rating:
Source: Sport Fm
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