Giroud swept Seville with four goals, Ronaldo approached Pepi Bicano’s record again

Manchester United did not take the chance to advance, Paris lost at home. Germain 1: 3 and in the tangled group H has nine points as well as last year’s French finalist and Leipzig. It won in Istanbul over Basaksehir 4: 3.

Chelsea, which, like Sevilla, secured the promotion a week ago, started well in Spain. In the eighth minute, Giroud beat Vaclík’s substitute and debutant Alfons Pastor. The 34-year-old French striker raised shortly after the change of sides and in the 74th minute he completed a hat-trick as the oldest player in LM. Giroud crowned a successful evening with a converted penalty.

The match in Seville was assisted for the first time in the competition by a remote video referee from UEFA’s headquarters in Nyon. Until now, the referee has always been present at the video of the match.

Without injured gunman Erling Haaland, Dortmund sent Raphaël Guerreiro to the lead at the end of the first half. In the 67th minute, Ciro Immobile equalized from the penalty.

In the second match of the group, Bruges defeated St. Petersburg 3-0 at home and kept hopes for the playoffs. The Czech striker Michael Krmenčík remained only among the substitutes of the Belgian team.

The Parisians started better at the Old Trafford stadium and Neymar opened the score in the sixth minute. The home team equalized the game and in the 32nd minute the state. Marcus Rashford responded with a spot. The Manchester team could have scored more goals, but former PSG player Edinson Cavani hit the bar and Anthony Martial missed two big chances. In the end, United was sorry.

Marquinhos made a superb strike after 69 minutes with a shot straight in front of the goal after a long ball through the middle, but one of the visitors’ defenders got a foot in at the last second and warded it off for a corner. The home team was then weakened by midfielder Fred, who was sent off after the second yellow card. Neymar added guest insurance again in the settings. PSG retaliated against the English opponent’s October home defeat 1: 2.

Another certain eight-finalist Barcelona in Budapest defeated Ferencváros 3-0 and won for the fifth time in Group G. The Catalans managed without a resting captain Lionel Messi and already in the first half scored three goals by Antoine Griezmann, Martin Braithwaite and Ousmane Dembélé from the penalty.

Juventus, who also qualified last week, also beat Dynamo Kyiv at home 3-0 and loses three points to the Barcelona leader.

The goals of the Italian favorite were scored by Federico Chiesa, Álvaro Morata and Cristiano Ronaldo, who recorded his 750th club hit, and thus again approached the absolute record holder Josef Bicano, who scored 759 competition goals during his career.

The match in Turin was won by the Frenchwoman Stéphanie Frappart and became the first female main judge in the Champions League.

Leipzig started more actively in Istanbul and happily took the lead in the 26th minute. Captain Marcel Sabitzer’s shot was missed by the home team Martin Škrtel and the guest Yussuf Poulsen, to whom the goal was eventually credited. In the 43rd minute, Nordi Mukiele added a second goal for “Roten Bullen”. Just before the break, Irfan lowered Can Kahveci.

The tug-of-war continued even after the change of sides. The visitors were very close to gaining the lead with a wondrous free kick after 66 minutes, but Basaksehir made a beautiful one-handed save. However, Leipzig had the last word, Alexander Sörloth replaced the dramatic shootout in the second minute. The Istanbul team is eliminated after the fourth defeat in the group.

Krasnodar defeated Rennes 1-0 at home and secured participation in the spring phase of the European League. The team duel, which lost the chance to advance in Group E last week, was decided in the 71st minute by Marcus Berg.

Take a look at the match summary between Krasnodar and Rennes | Video: O2 TV

5th round of the basic groups of the Champions League football:

Group E:

FK Krasnodar – Rennes 1:0 (0:0)

Goal: 71. Berg. Judges: Collum – Connor, McGeachie (all Scot.) – Tierney (video, English).

FC Sevilla – Chelsea 0:4 (0:1)

Goals: 8th, 54th, 74th and 83rd with pen. Giroud. Judges: Dias – Tavares, Soares – Martins (video, all Portug.).

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Group F:

FC Bruges – Zenit St. Petersburg 3: 0 (1: 0)

Goals: 33. De Ketelaere, 58. Vanaken with pen., 73. Lang. Judges: Gözübüyük – Van Zuilen, Balder – Higler (video, all Niz.).

Dortmund – Lazio Rome 1: 1 (1: 0)

Goals: 44. Guerreiro – 67. Immobile with pen. Judges: Mateu Lahoz – Cebrián Devís, Del Palomar – Hernández (video, all Šp.).

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Group G:

Juventus Turin – Dynamo Kyiv 3: 0 (1: 0)

Goals: 21. Chiesa, 57. Ronaldo, 66. Morata. Judges: Frappart – Zakrani, Rahmouni – Millot (video, all Fr.).

Ferencváros Budapest – FC Barcelona 0: 3 (0: 3)

Goals: 14. Griezmann, 20. Braithwaite, 28. Dembélé with pen. Judges: Kulbakov – Žuk, Masljanko (all Bel.) – Meškov (video, Rus.).

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Group H:

Basaksehir Istanbul – Lipsko 3:4 (1:2)

Goals: 45. + 3, 72. and 85. Kahveci – 26. Poulsen, 43. Mukiele, 66. Olmo, 90. + 2 Sörloth. Judges: Del Cerro Grande – Yuste, Alonso Fernandez – Martínez Munuera (video, all Šp.).

Manchester United – Paris St. Germain 1:3 (1:1)

Goals: 32. Rashford – 6th and 90th +1 Neymar, 69th Marquinhos. Judges: Orsato – Giallatini, Preti – Guida (video, all It.). RC: 70. Fred (United).

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