The viewers in Milan saw a clearly superior home team in the first half. Inter acted aggressively and exerted great pressure, the Real defense around Alaba, who was called up as a central defender, often wavered, but was able to thank Thibaut Courtois. The Belgian goalie ruined some of the top-class chances of the “Nerazzurri”. On the other side, Real did not record a single shot on goal in the first 45 minutes.
After the break, Real stabilized, were initially lucky to avert a goal and only became more and more dangerous towards the end of the game. The reward was the gold goal by Rodrygo in the 89th minute. Alaba played through and received a yellow card in the 60th minute for a foul on Edin Dzeko. “It wasn’t an easy game. What sets us apart is that we always believe in our qualities and always try to pull off our game. We had our difficulties in the first half, but then got out of the dressing room better, ”said Alaba on Servus TV.
Alaba acted centrally on the defensive and tried to give his team stability and order with loud commands. But that didn’t always work out, especially in the first half. “I am required to help and coach the team. That is just part of it. It was fun. I am very happy that it ended like this. It is important to start with a win, ”said the ÖFB team captain.
Historic victory for Sheriff Tiraspol
The parallel game in Group D brought a historic victory: The blatant underdog Sheriff Tiraspol celebrated a 2-0 home win against Shakhtar Donetsk at the debut of a Moldovan club in the group stage of the premier class. In Tiraspol, Adama Traore gave the home side the lead with a nice side pull (16th), Momo Yansane headed it up after the break (62nd) – both goals came from the strong Brazilian Cristiano.
Donetsk had significantly more possession in front of 6,500 spectators and dominated the game for long stretches, but the guests initially only had a dangerous chance through Lassina Traore. At the same time, the CL-tested club from Ukraine invited Tiraspol to counterattacks in the first round – one of which was used by Traore. The club from the breakaway region of Transnistria created the next sensation after qualifying for the first time – they struggled through all four rounds.
Liverpool defeated Milan in an exchange of blows
Liverpool beat AC Milan 3-2 at Anfield Road in the new edition of the legendary Champions League final of 2005. An own goal by Fikayo Tomori (9th) put the home side in the lead, Mohamed Salah missed a penalty and thus the chance to make it 2-0 (14th). Shortly before the break, Milan succeeded in the supposed turnaround thanks to Ante Rebic (42nd) and Brahim Diaz (44th), but after the break, Liverpool turned on – Salah (49th) and Jordan Henderson (69th) fixed the three of the “Reds “, Who are the first league leaders in Group B because Atletico Madrid and FC Porto separated 0-0.
In Group C, Ajax Amsterdam is ahead of the game after a 5-1 win at Sporting Lisbon. The match winner for the Dutch was Sebastien Haller with four goals. In the second game Dortmund won 2-1 against Besiktas in Istanbul. Jude Bellingham put the guests in the lead in the 20th minute and prepared the Dortmund second goal by Erling Haaland just before the break. The striker has now scored 66 times in 66 competition games for the Germans and holds 21 goals in 17 Champions League games. The connecting gate for Besiktas by Francisco Montero (94th) came too late.
