End. Or not really. This is how it looked in the Champions League football match in Madrid. Referee Clement Turpin blew the final whistle, but then ordered an additional penalty. However, Atlético did not convert it in the 9th minute of the setup, they drew 2:2 with Leverkusen and lost the chance to progress to the next stage of the competition. It needed to win to keep hope alive.
Adam Hložek started in Bayer’s starting line-up, while his Czech partner Patrik Schick remained on the bench for the entire match.
And already in the 9th minute, Hložek, on the edge of the penalty area, brilliantly pushed the ball into the penalty area for Diaby, who beat Oblak in Atlético’s goal and the German club took the lead.
The home team equalized in the 22nd minute thanks to Carrasco, but seven minutes later they were losing again after a Hudson-Odoi strike.
For the second time, the Madrid team reached five minutes after the break thanks to an intervention by De Paul. The referee added five minutes to the heart-breaking finale, which already took place without Hložka, who came on as a substitute in the 89th minute.
After the expiration of this portion, Turpin blew the whistle for the end of the match, but based on the VAR warning, he still ordered a penalty for a hand in the penalty area. However, in the 9th minute of set time, Hradecky’s goalkeeper blocked Carrasco’s attempt and Saúl’s shot was stopped by the crossbar.
Both teams lost their chances of promotion today as FC Porto won 4-0 in Bruges, with a penalty playing an important role here as well.
After the early evening defeat of Pilsen 0:4 against Inter Milan, Barcelona could not change anything in the third place in the group and did not advance to the playoffs for the second time in a row, which happened to them last in 1997 and 1998.
In addition, she said goodbye to the competition with a premier home defeat. Already certain to progress, Bayern Munich led after half-time thanks to Mané and Choupo-Moting. In the end, Pavard added the third hit.
Group A already knows the two advanced players. Liverpool’s 3-0 victory at Ajax Amsterdam was helped by the goal of the gunner Salah, who with his sixth strike reached the top of the scorers’ table alongside Mbappé from PSG.
Napoli maintained a 100% point gain even after the fifth round with a 3-0 home triumph over Rangers. Striker Giovanni Simeone scored twice to become the second Argentine to score four goals in his opening four Champions League games. The first was his father Diego, the current coach of Atlético Madrid.
In a balanced group D, all four teams can still advance. Tottenham drew 1:1 at home with Sporting Lisbon. He was still losing ten minutes before the end, in the end he almost celebrated the certainty of advancement. He needed a win to get it, and in the fifth minute of regulation Kane actually got the ball into the net.
The euphoria of the roaring stadium was silenced by the decision of the VAR, which canceled the goal due to close offside after a long examination. Insane Spurs coach Antonio Conte immediately saw a red card for his behavior.
Second in the group is Frankfurt, who beat Marseille 2:1 at their stadium.
Football Champions League – Round 5:
Group A:
Naples – FC Rangers 3:0 (2:0)
Goals: 11. and 16. Simeone, 80. Östigard. Referee: Meler (Tur.).
Ajax Amsterdam – Liverpool 0:3 (0:1)
Goal: 42. Salah, 49. Nunez, 52. Elliot. Referee: Referee: Sánchez (Sp.).
| 1. | Naples | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 20:4 | 15 |
| 2. | Liverpool | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 15:6 | 12 |
| 3. | Ajax Amsterdam | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 8:15 | 3 |
| 4. | Rangers | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1:19 | 0 |
Group B:
FC Bruges – FC Porto 0:4 (0:1)
Goals: 33rd and 70th Taremi, 57th Evanilson, 60th Eustaquio. Referee: Oliver (Eng.).
Atletico Madrid v Bayer Leverkusen 2:2 (1:2)
Goals: 22. Carrasco, 50. De Paul – 9. Diaby, 29. Hudson-Odoi. Referee: Referee: Turpin (Fr.).
| 1. | Bruggy | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 7:4 | 10 |
| 2. | FC Porto | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 10:6 | 9 |
| 3. | Atletico Madrid | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4:7 | 5 |
| 4. | Leverkusen | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4:8 | 4 |
Group C:
Inter Milan – Viktoria Plzeň 4:0 (2:0)
Goals: 42nd and 66th Džeko, 35th Mkhitaryan, 87th Lukaku. Referee: Ekberg (Sweden).
FC Barcelona – Bayern Munich 0:3 (0:2)
Goals: 10. Mané, 31. Choupo-Moting, 90.+5 Pavard. Referee: Referee: Taylor (Eng.).
| 1. | Bayern Munich | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 16:2 | 15 |
| 2. | Inter Milan | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 10:5 | 10 |
| 3. | FC Barcelona | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 8:10 | 4 |
| 4. | Pilsen | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 3:20 | 0 |
Group D:
Tottenham – Sporting Lisbon 1:1 (0:1)
Goals: 80. Bentancur – 22. Edwards. Referee: Makkelie (Netherlands).
Eintracht Frankfurt – Olympique Marseille 2:1 (2:1)
Goals: 3. Kamada, 27. Kolo Muani – 22. Guendouzi. Referee: Gil Manzano (Sp.).
| 1. | Tottenham | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 6:5 | 8 |
| 2. | Sporting Lisabon | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 7:7 | 7 |
| 3. | Frankfurt | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5:7 | 7 |
| 4. | Marseille | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 7:6 | 6 |
