More matches, more money! Here’s UEFA’s motto when it revolutionized the Champions League starting this season, as Avevarul explained here. The idea of the forum in Nyon did not sound good from the very beginning, and now, once it has been put into practice, it looks downright terrible!
Karim Adeyemi, three goals for Dortmund in the match with Celtic. PHOTO: Facebook
Because the Champions League has become an unbalanced competition, with many games being played just for the sake of playing. The scores recorded on Tuesday clearly prove this. In the nine games played in Europe, 32 goals were scored! That is, an average of 3.5 goals per game.
Dortmund crushed Celtic 7-1, providing the highest score of the night. But other games also ended with big differences on the table, as can be seen below:
RB Salzburg – Brest 0-4
They scored: Abdallah Sima 24, 70, Mahdi Camara 66, Mathias Pereira Lage 75.
VfB Stuttgart – Sparta Prague 1-1
They scored: Enzo Millot 7, respectively Kaan Kairinen 32.
Arsenal London – Paris Saint-Germain 2-0
They scored: Kai Havertz 20, Bukayo Saka 35.
FC Barcelona – Young Boys Bern 5-0
They scored: Robert Lewandowski 8, 51, Raphinha 34, Inigo Martinez 37, Mohamed Aly Camara (own goal) 81.
Bayer Leverkusen – AC Milan 1-0
Scored: Victor Boniface 52.
Borussia Dortmund – Celtic Glasgow 7-1
They scored: Emre Can 7 – penalty, Karim Adeyemi 11, 29, 42, Serhou Guirassy 40 – penalty, 66, Felix Nmecha 79, respectively Daizen Maeda 9.
Inter Milan – Red Star Belgrade 4-0
They scored: Hakan Calhanoglu 11, Marko Arnautovic 59, Lautaro Martinez 71, Mehdi Taremi 81 – penalty.
PSV Eindhoven – Sporting Lisbon 1-1
They scored: Jerdy Schouten 15, respectively Daniel Braganca 84.
Slovan Bratislava – Manchester City 0-4
They scored: Ilkay Gundogan 8, Phil Foden 15, Erling Haaland 58, James McAtee 74.
The games will be played on Wednesday:
Girona – Feyenoord (19:45)
Shakhtar Donetsk – Atalanta (19:45)
Aston Villa – Bayern Munich (22:00)
Benfica – Atletico Madrid (22:00)
Dinamo Zagreb – AS Monaco (22:00)
Lille – Real Madrid (22:00)
Liverpool – Bologna (22:00)
RB Leipzig – Juventus (22:00)
Sturm Graz – FC Bruges (22:00)
Ranking
place MVE Î GM-GP P team
1 Borussia Dortmund 2 2 0 0 10-1 6
2 Brest 2 2 0 0 6-1 6
3 Bayer Leverkusen 2 2 0 0 5-0 6
4 Manchester City 2 1 1 0 4-0 4
5 Inter Milan 2 1 1 0 4-0 4
6 Sparta Prague 2 1 1 0 4-1 4
7 Sporting Lisbon 2 1 1 0 3-1 4
8 Arsenal 2 1 1 0 2-0 4
9 Bayern Munich 1 1 0 0 9-2 3
10 FC Barcelona 2 1 0 1 6-2 3
11 Aston Villa 1 1 0 0 3-0 3
12 Liverpool 1 1 0 0 3-1 3
12 Juventus 1 1 0 0 3-1 3
12 Real Madrid 1 1 0 0 3-1 3
15 Benfica 1 1 0 0 2-1 3
15 Atletico Madrid 1 1 0 0 2-1 3
15 Monaco 1 1 0 0 2-1 3
18 Paris Saint-Germain 2 1 0 1 1-2 3
19 Celtic 2 1 0 1 6-8 3
20 Atalanta 1 0 1 0 0-0 1
20 Bologna 1 0 1 0 0-0 1
20 Shakhtar Donetsk 1 0 1 0 0-0 1
23 VfB Stuttgart 2 0 1 1 2-4 1
23 PSV Eindhoven 2 0 1 1 2-4 1
25 RB Leipzig 1 0 0 1 1-2 0
25 Sturm Graz 1 0 0 1 1-2 0
27 Girona 1 0 0 1 0-1 0
28 Lille 1 0 0 1 0-2 0
29 AC Milan 2 0 0 2 1-4 0
30 FC Bruges 1 0 0 1 0-3 0
31 Feyenoord 1 0 0 1 0-4 0
32 Red Star 2 0 0 2 1-6 0
33 Dinamo Zagreb 1 0 0 1 2-9 0
34 RB Salzburg 2 0 0 2 0-7 0
35 Slovan Bratislava 2 0 0 2 1-9 0
36 Young Boys 2 0 0 2 0-8 0
Legend: M – matches, V – wins, E – draws, L – losses, GM – goals scored, GP – goals conceded, P – points
Note: The top eight ranked teams will qualify for the round of 16, while the teams ranked 9-24 will play a play-off to qualify for the round of 16.
