Champions League: Rashford knocks out Newcastle, Sporting, Eintracht and Club Brugge in avalanche
Winning debut for Barcelona in the Champions League. At St. James Park, the Blaugrana, deprived of the injured Lamine Yamal, clung to Marcus Rashford, who with a brace demolished Newcastle (2-1), which halved the deficit with Gordon in the final.
Sporting Lisbon has an easy time against Kairat Almaty: at the ‘José Alvalade’ it ends 4-1 for the Portuguese – who also miss a penalty kick with Hjulmand – in goal with Trincao (2), Alisson Santos and Quenda, while the flagship goal for the Kazakhs was signed by Edmilson Santos.
Eintracht Frankfurt also triumphed with Galatasaray: the Germans won 5-1 at ‘Deutsche Bank Park’ thanks to goals by Burkardt (2), Uzun, Knauff and Sanchez’s own goal, all scored after the Turks took an early lead with Akgun.
Also a bombastic success for Club Brugge, which overwhelmed Monaco 4-1 at the ‘Jan Breydel Stadion’: Tresoldi, Onyedika, Vanaken and Diakhon the goalscorers for the hosts, while Ansu Fati sealed the flagship goal for the Monegasques.
Finally, a 2-2 draw between Copenhagen and Bayer Leverkusen: at Parken Stadium hosts immediately ahead through Larsson but taken back by Grimaldo at”82. In the last minutes there’s room for a new Danish lead through Robert and for the Germans’ final equalizer with Hatzidiakos’s own goal.
