No goals scored in the most anticipated evening game. UEFA Champions League 2023 final replay in Manchester City against Milan Inter did not take advantage of good goal-scoring opportunities at home and fought to a 0-0 draw.
After scoring 28 goals in six games on the first day of the main tournament, the productivity dropped on Wednesday. In two games, a goalless draw was recorded, and in one game, one goal was enough to win. Ambitious French club Paris Saint-Germain victory over the Eurocup debutant Spanish team Girona broke through only in the 90th minute, when Portuguese defender Nunu Mendes scored. Manchester in Wednesday’s central game City controlled the ball more, but there were also opportunities to stand out Inter for players. In the 89th minute of the game City Ilkaj Gindoan could have scored in the line, but he hit the goal from close range Inter for goalkeeper Jan Sommer.
The most productive football was played in Glasgow, where Celtic defeated Bratislava, the debutant of the Champions League group stage Slav with 5:1. Arne Engels, who made his debut in the Belgian national team in September, became only the second Celtic player who scored a goal and provided an assist in one game of the Champions League group stage. Last season’s finalist Dortmund also won convincing victories Borussiabeating Belgium 3-0 Bruggeand Sparta Prague, which also beat the Salzburg club from Austria 3-0.
Six more first-round games were played on Thursday night.
2024-09-20 05:40:18