Champions League – The typical FF team for the first day of the Champions League

We said the FK Krasnodar adversary widely within reach of Rennes for his debut in the Champions League. Well the Russians sold their skin dearly in Brittany, from where they left with a precious draw (1-1). A good result that they owe in large part to the bravery of Matvey Sifonov, their goalkeeper, brilliant throughout the game and who saved the furniture in the last cables of the match on Hunou.

In the line of three of our defense, the first elected is the Argentinian Christian romero, loaned this summer by Juve to Atalanta, and who was taking his first steps in C1. Preferred in-extremis to Palomino, he put under the extinguisher Kaba, the “9” of Midtjylland, in a meeting largely dominated by the Bergamasques in Denmark (4-0), reigning in the aerial game and offering Zapata the ball of the opening of the score. In the center, we find Victor Lindelöf, who remarkably commanded the defense of a Manchester United still winner (2-1) at the Park. The Swede cut supplies to PSG attackers, following Mbappé like his shadow in his area of ​​competence. A place also in the eleven for Fabinho. As against Chelsea in the Premier League, the ex-Monegasque is repositioned in the center of the defense by Jürgen Klopp on the occasion of the trip to Amsterdam, won 1-0 by the Reds against Ajax. Very attentive throughout the match, Fabinho was providential by saving on the line, and in acrobatic return, a beautiful conclusion from Tadic.

The last edition of C1 ended in August with a goal of Kingsley Coman and a triumph for Bayern. Well, the new Bavarian campaign begins, too, with a goal from the Frenchman. It is the one who opens the brand in front of l’Atlético Madrid, a recovery of the right on center of Kimmich, the same one who had offered him the victorious ball in Lisbon, in the final of the European Cup. After serving Goretzka on the second goal in Munich, the Francilien ended the evening with a second goal after an irresistible race, bringing the score to 4-0 against the Colchoneros passed. In a match with a strong sentimental content, Mathieu Valbuena was decisive against OM. Involved in all dangerous actions of the Olympics, he pressed on the mushroom to the end: in added time, his final cross found the head of Ahmed Hassan Mahgoub who deceived Mandanda and gave the victory to the Piraeus club (1-0). In the ranks of Chakhtior Donetsk, winner 3-2 of Real in Madrid, we will highlight Tete, the Brazilian metronome of the Ukrainians, author of his first goal and master of the middle with his comrade Marcos Antonio. Left middle corridor, that’s it Luis Alberto. In Rome, Lazio won brilliantly (3-1) in the big match against Borussia Dortmund with another excellent performance from the Spaniard, the originator of two of the three goals biancocelesti and able without fail to dictate the rhythm to his teammates.

A Colombian in a state of grace, Wednesday evening in Herning, where the little ones from Midtjylland evolve: it is about Tobacco Zapata, the attacker of Atalanta, author of the first goal, a decisive pass to “Papu” Gomez, a conclusion rejected by the Danish goalkeeper that Muriel took over victoriously, a shot on the post, and more generally a phenomenal job of undermining in the opponent’s area. By his side, Alvaro Morata, who, by his double in Ukraine, allowed the Juve to beat Dynamo Kiev (2-0). While he had just scored in the Championship the previous Saturday (1-1 at Crotone), the Spanish striker achieved two fox goals from the surfaces: the first on a superb Chiesa-Ramsey-Kulusevski action where he sent a flat from the left in the nets a conclusion of the young Swedish, then a head stuck on the center of the right of Cuadrado. The absence of CR7 was not too felt for the Old Lady! The third thief in attack is Angelino including the double to fold Istanbul BB (2-0). Two in the space of four minutes (16th and 20th) for the Spaniard, who on Tuesday night alternated with Forsberg on the left wing. And very pretty: on the first, back to goal, he controls an opening from Kampl with his heel, swivels and strikes from the left, mystifying the defenders to his basques; on the second, he always takes from the left, in the middle of the race, a deep pass from Nkunku. Angelino, who came close to a hat-trick against the Turks, is now four goals away for Leipzig since the start of the season.

Roberto Notarianni