The Champions League continued last night, but without the brilliance of Tuesday night, even if they have some strong matches scheduled.
Manchester City struggled in vain to break down Inter Milan’s defence. Facebook photo
Manchester City and Inter Milan drew 0-0 on Wednesday evening at the City of Manchester Stadium, in the first stage of the new football Champions League format. The match was a replay of the 2023 final, when City won 1-0 in Istanbul thanks to Rodri’s goal. But even now it was a footballing disappointment, with Pep Guardiola’s side grinding away in goal for 90 minutes.
In the other games, Paris Saint-Germain won dramatically against the debutant Girona, 1-0, thanks to the goal scored by Nuno Mendes (90), with the help of the goalkeeper Paulo Gazzaniga, and the show was also saved by Celtic, who made the score of the evening, 5-1 with Slovan Bratislava, in Glasgow.
Dortmund, last year’s finalist, forcing in Bruges
Borussia Dortmund prevailed by forfeit (3-0) away from FC Bruges, all goals being scored by the reserves in the last quarter of an hour. The Englishman Jamie Gittens scored a double (76, 86), the last goal being signed by the Guinean Sehrou Guirassy (90+5 – penalty), in his first success in the colors of Borussia.
A few hours before, Bologna and Shakhtar Donetsk drew 0-0, the guests missing a penalty in the 4th minute, through Gheorghi Sudakov. And Sparta Praga, the team that knocked out FCSB in the preliminary stages, did instruction with RB Salzburg, 3-0.
Champions League results and schedule
Tuesday
Juventus Turin – PSV Eindhoven 3-1
They scored: Kenan Yildiz 21, Weston McKennie 27, Nicolas Gonzalez 52, respectively Ismael Saibari 90+3.
Young Boys Bern – Aston Villa 0-3
They scored: Youri Tielemans 27, Jacob Ramsey 38, Amadou Onana 86.
AC Milan – Liverpool 1-3
They scored: Christian Pulisic 3, respectively Ibrahima Konate 23, Virgil van Dijk 41, Dominik Szoboszlai 67.
Bayern Munich – Dinamo Zagreb 9-2
They scored: Harry Kane 19 – penalty, 57, 73 – penalty, 78 – penalty, Raphael Guerreiro 33, Michael Olise 38, 61, Leroy Sane 85, Leon Goretzka 90+2, respectively Bruno Petkovic 49, Takuya Ogiwara 50.
Real Madrid – VfB Stuttgart 3-1
They scored: Kylian Mbappe 46, Antonio Rudiger 83, Endrick 90+5, respectively Deniz Undav 68.
Sporting Lisbon – Lille 2-0
They scored: Viktor Gyokeres 38, Zeno Debast 65.
Wednesday
Bologna – Shakhtar Donetsk 0-0
Gheorghi Sudakov (Shakhtior) missed a penalty in the min. 4, defended by Lukasz Skorupski.
Sparta Prague – RB Salzburg 3-0
They scored: Kaan Kairinen 2, Victor Olatunji 42, Qazim Laci 58.
Celtic Glasgow – Slovan Bratislava 5-1
They scored: Liam Scales 17, Kyogo Furuhashi 47, Arne Engels 56 – penalty, Daizen Maeda 70, Adam Idah 87, respectively Kevin Wimmer 61.
FC Bruges – Borussia Dortmund 0-3
They scored: Jamie Gittens 76, 86, Sehrou Guirassy 90+5 – penalty.
Manchester City – Inter Milan 0-0
Paris Saint-Germain – Girona 1-0
Scored: Nuno Mendes 90.
Today
Feyenoord Rotterdam – Bayer Leverkusen (19:45)
Red Star Belgrade – Benfica Lisbon (19:45)
Atalanta Bergamo – Arsenal London (22:00)
Atletico Madrid – RB Leipzig (22:00)
Brest – Sturm Graz (22:00)
AS Monaco – FC Barcelona (22:00)
