Champions League: Atletico mocks PSG, Barcelona and Bayern do well
Champions League, results and standings
Besides the one between Inter and Arsenal, won by the Nerazzurri 1-0 with Calhanoglu’s goal on a penalty kick at 48' of the first half, Wednesday’s Champions League offered another big match, the one between PSG and Atletico Madrid: Diego Simeone’s men were styati to win, who after equalizing with Molina on 18' the goal scored on 11' by Zaire-Emery completed the comeback in extremis, on 93' thanks to Angel Correa’s goal.
Then Barcelona’s magical moment continued, as it overwhelmed Red Star with a clear 5-2 at home: back-and-forth between Inigo Martinez, in goal on 13', and Silas, author of the 1-1 on 27' then è only Barça with Lewandowski scoring on 43' and 53' while Raphinha on 55' and Fermin Lopez on 76' completed the 'manita'. The Belgraders’ second goal, scored by Milson at 84'84', was inconsequential.
Raising its head again, right after the heavy knockout against Barcelona the previous day, Bayern Munich beat Benfica 1-0: Musiala's decisive goal at 67's. It goes less well for the other German in the field, Stuttgart, which loses 2-0 at home to Atalanta (in goal Lookman at 52' and Zaniolo at 88'), while Brest, thanks to Edmilson Fernandes's goal at 37' and Kairinen's own goal at 80', beats Sparta Prague 2-1 in the Czech capital (Olatunji's goal at 92' is not enough).
Important in the lower part of the standings was Salzburg’s 3-1 win at home to Feyenoord: Konaté scored at 47' of the first half and 58', before missing a penalty kick at 85' just before Guindo’s tic-tac-toe and rendering useless the momentary 1-2 goal scored by Hadj Moussa at 81' minute. Feyenoord also had the evening's only sent off, Nadje, at 80'80'.
Two other matches had been played in the late afternoon: with a penalty caused by Mings's blatant ingenuity and scored by Vanaken at 52', Club Brugge beat Aston Villa 1-0, while Young Boys were not enough to go ahead with Imeri at 27' against Shakhtar, which on the neutral of Gelsenkirchen passed 2-1 with goals by Zubkov at 31' and Sudakov at 41'.
This is the standings after four games (there are as many to go before the conclusion of the League Phase): Liverpool 12; Sporting, Monaco, Brest and Inter Milan 10; Barcelona, Borussia Dortmund and Aston Villa 9; Atalanta 8; Manchester City, Juventus, Arsenal, Bayer Leverkusen, Lille, Celtic and Dinamo Zagreb 7; Bayern Munich, Real Madrid, Benfica, Milan, Feyenoord, Club Brugge and Atletico Madrid 6; PSV 5; PSG, Sparta Prague, Stuttgart and Shakhtar 4; Girona and Salzburg 3; Bologna 1; Leipzig, Sturm Graz, Young Boys, Red Star and Slovan Bratislava 0.
