In the third round of the Champions League, the leaders Borussia Dortmund were guests of Real Madrid and produced an almost perfect first half, which gave them a two-goal lead. At that time, it seemed that the revenge for the BL final lost in June would be successful. The Germans made great use of Lucas Vazquez‘s insecurities, first Malen in the 30th minute, then Gittens doubled the advantage four minutes later. In response, Real hit the crossbar twice from an attack, first by Rodrygo and then by Bellingham, but they did not score in 45 minutes.
Real didn’t play very well even after the turn, then after ten minutes they gradually took control of the game, which was the result. In the 60th minute, after Mbappé’s pass, Rüdiger nodded into the goal from five meters away, but the defenders missed him. Soon, the defenders, trying to save Mbappé, threw the ball to Vinicius, who had no difficulty in passing it into the goal. The Spaniards scored two goals as quickly as they fell behind.
In the 82nd minute, Brandt could have scored the visiting team’s third goal, but the ball got stuck in Courtois’ feet. From the counterattack, Lucas Vazquez was able to pass to the middle, the ball rebounded from Brandt in front of him – it couldn’t have been a more accurate force – he pushed one on it and shot the top right shot from the corner of the five. Less than two minutes later, Bellingham blocked an attack, Vinicius accelerated and curled the ball into the bottom left corner from 18 yards. The final result was set by the Brazilian winger, he again brought the ball to the defenders, but this time he kicked it closer to the goal, making it 5-2.
With this defeat, Dortmund lost the top spot, Real is eleventh. Carlo Ancelotti’s side will meet Milan in Madrid in two weeks’ time, having picked up their first win after beating ten-man Bruges 3-1. The Dutch Reijnders was the man of the match with two goals, and he also won the exhibition.
The table is led by Aston Villa, who scored two goals against Bologna in ten minutes in the second half and conceded none. During the three rounds so far, no team has been able to score against the English team, even though they have already played against Bayern Munich. Villa will be a guest of Bruges in early November. 2-0 was the hit result of the game day, Sporting and Girona also won in this ratio.
Juventus conceded a goal in the 92nd minute from Stuttgart, who played better until then. Undav’s bomb was taken away after video in the 48th minute, the Germans missed a penalty in the move, but Touré pounced on a ball and bombed into the right side of the goal from nine meters. PSG surprisingly finished 1-1 at home against PSV Eindhoven, so they are in 17th place. The full table can be viewed here.
Results:
Aston Villa – Bologna 2–0
Monaco – Red Star 5–1
Milan – Brugge 3–1
Arsenal – Shakhtar 1-0
Girona – Slovan 2–0
Real Madrid – Dortmund 5–2
Juventus – Stuttgart 0–1
PSG – PSV 1–1
Sturm Graz – Sporting 0–2
