This was the first game for the Manchester team after the club and head coach Ūle Gunnars Sulšers parted ways over the weekend. The team is currently led by his assistant Michael Kerry.
United took the lead 12 minutes before regular time, when Fred won a duel with an opponent and the ball was won by Christian Ronaldo, who moved it over to goalkeeper Heronimo Ruli. Jeidon Sancho fired a shot from distance after 40 minutes, but the long shot couldn’t find the net for fc.
The two teams met last season in the UEFA European League final, where Villarreal won the action in a series of 11 meters after the draw.
In the second game of this group, Bern’s Young Boys played a 3: 3 draw at home with Bergamo’s Atalanta.
In the tenth minute, “Atalanta” was led by Duvans Zapata, who hit exactly from ten meters. Six minutes before the end of the half, after a corner kick, Jordan Sibačo hit the ball under the crossbar and scored 1: 1.
In the 51st minute of the game, after several waves of “Atalanta” attack, José Luis Palomino reached 2: 1 from the penalty area. Ten minutes before the end of the regular time, Vensāns Sjerro equalized the result from a close distance, but four minutes later Silvans Hefti made a mistake outside the penalty area – 3: 2 in favor of the home team.
That was his third goal of the match – a hat trick for Lewis Murrell.
In sub-group F, after five games, the leader with ten points is “United”, seven points for “Villarreal”, six points for “Atalanta” and four points for “Young Boys”.
England’s Premier League team in London’s Chelsea on Tuesday secured a place in the UEFA Champions League knockout tournament, where they will continue to defend their previous season title. The Londoners beat Turin’s Juventus team at 4-0, which already had a place in the play-offs.
Trevo Chaloba took the lead in the 25th minute. The English defender was very close to scoring with a header after a corner, but just barely missed.
In the first half of the second half, in a few minutes, the London club scored two more goals and laid the groundwork for victory. After 56 minutes, a penalty kick by Riss Jamsim could have resulted in the lead for the visitors, but the keeper made the save. Two minutes later, the Londoners defeated Juventus’ defense, giving Kelam Hudson-Odo 3-0. In the fifth minute of the compensation, Chelsea took a Turin error in the penalty area, allowing Timo Verner to score fourth.
In the second battle of this group, “Malmo” did not win at home and played a 1: 1 draw with “Zenit” in St. Petersburg.
The match was served by a team of Latvian referees with Andris Treimanis, Haralds Gudermanis, Aleksejs Spasjonņikovs and Aleksandrs Golubevs.
Serens Rikss put Malmö in the lead from about 13 meters. In the second half, Artjoms Dzjuba failed to score, 11 minutes into the game.
At the end of the regular time, Treimanis sent a penalty kick to the home team after a penalty in the penalty area (VAR), Jaroslav Rakickis in the second minute of the compensation time.
Before the last, sixth round in Group H, there are 12 points for the London and Turin clubs, four points for the St. Petersburg team and one for the Malmö team.
Spanish football club Barcelona were unable to win a UEFA Champions League match on Tuesday. The Barcelona players played a 0-0 draw with the Benfica team in Lisbon.
The legend of the club, Shavi, made his debut at the helm of Barcelona this weekend, leading his team for the first time in a UEFA Champions League match on Tuesday.
In the first half, the result could change twice. Benfica’s Nikolass Otamendi was the first to reach the corner kick, but his header was blocked by the keeper. At the end of the second half, Jusufs Demirs had a free kick in a decent position.
Ronalds Arauho made a run for the goal 7 minutes into the game but the home team’s far left defense managed to sort the situation out in the end. During the compensation, Benfica ‘s players had a great chance to pull out the victory, with Harris Šeferovičs beating the ball past one of the opponents’ defenders after a pass.
In the second game of this group, Bayern Munich, which was hit by Covid-19 and has already secured a place in the playoffs, won the Kiev Dynamo with a 2: 1 result.
In the snow-covered Kiev, the first goal was scored in the 14th minute, when Robert Levandovsky put the guests in the lead with a kick in the back acrobatic jump. Three minutes before the end of the half, Kingsley Komans hit 2: 0 with a shot from the corner of the goalkeeper’s field, but in the 70th minute, after a successful game, Deniss Garmašs recovered one goal.
In subgroup E, Bayern won with 15 points in five games, Barcelona with seven points, Benfica with five and Dynamo with one.
Before the last round of the UEFA Champions League Football Group, all four teams – Lille, Salzburg, Sevilla and Wolfsburg – are eligible for the elimination tournament.
On Tuesday, the French champion “Lille” won the “Salzburg” team at home with 1: 0. The only goal of the match was scored in the 31st minute, when Jonathan David hit the edge of the goal area.
In the second game, “Sevilla” prevailed over “Wolfsburg” 2-0.
The Spanish club was led by João Jordan in the 13th minute. He scored from the crossbar. The scorer for Seville was Rafaels Mirs, who received a penalty in the seventh minute of the match.
After five of the six matches in Group G, Lille, Salzburg, Sevilla and Wolfsburg have eight, seven, six and five points respectively, all qualifying for the playoffs.
In the UEFA Champions League group tournament, 32 teams are divided into eight groups of four each. The first two enter the next round, the third moves to the Europa League, but the fourth European Cup season is over.
The finals of this season will take place on May 28 in St. Petersburg, Russia.
In the 2020/2021 season, Chelsea in the Portuguese city of Porto beat Manchester City 1-0 in the final of the league.
