Her maiden victory in the League Phase of the Champions League was celebrated by Bilbao. Although he saw her Karabagh to lead before the first minute was even completed in “San Mames”, his team Ernesto Valverde made a great reversal and took the three points, winning with a score of 3-1.
At 3 points, the Basques, with the Azeris staying at 6 but also… they remain within reach of qualification after the excellent start they have made after 3 matches.
The game started ideally for the away team and… nightmarishly for the home team. Before the first minute was even completed o Leandro Andrade he iced the… lions’ den for 1-0 and achieved an unthinkable achievement after becoming the first footballer in history to score in three different European matches in the first minute.
1 – Qarabag’s Leandro Andrade is the first player in major European football competition history to score in the 1st minute of three different games:
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Bilbao immediately took control, pushed their lines up the pitch significantly and created one chance after another. The pressure of the Basques was great and it paid off in the 40th minute, after two minutes earlier Valverde had seen Inaki Williams leave with an injury problem. In particular, the 1-1 came with Hauregithar taking him out with a wonderful ball Gurutheta in four-four-four position and he equalized.
A similar picture in the second half, with Qarabag defending solidly and looking for counterattacks, but unable to freeze “San Mame” for the second time. With him Navarro in the 70th minute to redeem Ernesto Valverde’s team with an improbable spot on the left “C” of the home ground for 2-1. Just before the finale, O Gurutheta with another… pastel and dry shot on the move from outside the area, she put the icing on the cake on her maiden victory of the year Bilbao in the stars
The detailed schedule of the 3rd matchday of the League Phase:
Tuesday 21/10
Barcelona-Olympiacos 6-1
Kairat-Paphos 0-0
Arsenal-Atletico Madrid 4-0
Bayer Leverkusen-Paris Saint-Germain 2-7
Copenhagen-Borussia Dortmund 2-4
Newcastle-Benfica 3-0
Eindhoven-Napoli 6-2
Union St. Gilois-Inter 0-4
Villarreal-Manchester City 0-2
Wednesday 22/10
Athletic Bilbao-Qarabag 3-1
Galatasara-Bodo/Glimt 3-1
Atalanta-Slavia Prague (22:00)
Bayern Munich-Club Brugge
Chelsea-Ajax
Eintracht Frankfurt-Liverpool
Monaco-Tottenham
Real Madrid-Juventus
Sporting Lisbon-Marseille
Source: Sport Fm
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