“Manchester United” remained in the minority in the 42nd minute on the road and after a 2:0 advantage, “Kobenhavn” conceded 3:4 (2:2). The result was opened in the second minute by the former striker of the Copenhagen club Rasmus Hejlund, who kicked the ball into the empty corner of the goal after a pass from Scott McTominay.
However, already in the 16th minute, the guests were forced to make the first change of players, the injured defender Jonny Evens was replaced by Raphael Varane. In the 16th minute, the game was stopped for four minutes.
In the 28th minute, Hejlund stood out again. After Alejandro Gornacho hit the ground, the ball bounced from the goalkeeper Camila Grabar to Hejlund, who sent it into the goal – 2:0.
In the 42nd minute, the English club remained in the minority, after a video replay, Marcus Rashford received a red card for the game against the home team’s Elias Yellert, and three minutes later the home team scored one goal back. Mohamed Elyunusi sent Diogo Gonsalves’ powerful pass into the bottom right corner of the goal.
In the first half, 13 compensation minutes were played due to the stoppage of the game, in the ninth of which the Danes tied the game. Harry Maguire handballed in his penalty area and Gonsalves made it 2-2 with a shot into the bottom left corner of the goal.
In the 66th minute, Denis Vavro touched the ball with his hand in his own penalty area, and the guests, with the help of the video referee, won the right to a 11-meter kick, which was realized by Fernandes, sending the ball into the bottom left corner of the goal – 3:2 in favor of “United”.
However, the English club was prevented from winning by Lucas Lerager’s goals in the 83rd minute and Rooney Bardhi’s goals in the 87th minute, Bardhi coming on as a substitute in the 63rd minute.
Bayern beat Istanbul Galatasaray 2:1 (0:0) at home.
The home team had to make a substitution in the 40th minute, with Thomas Miller replacing injured midfielder Jamal Musial.
The home team won with two accurate shots from Harry Kane in the 80th and 86th minutes, with effective passes to Josua Kimmich and Matis Tel, respectively.
One goal was recovered by Cedric Bakambu in the third minute of the compensation time of the match.
In subgroup A, “Bayern” has won all four games and has 12 points, “Kobenhavn” and “Galatasaray” have four points each, and “United” has three points.
“Arsenal” wide step to the next round
Meanwhile, English Premier League club Arsenal London and Dutch team PSV Eindhoven won their Champions League Group B matches at home on Wednesday.
“Arsenal” beat the Spanish team “Sevilla” at home with 2:0 (1:0). The goal was scored in the 29th minute by Leandro Trosar after Bukayo Saka’s pass across the field, sending the ball into the goal from the penalty area in the lower middle of the field.
Saka scored the second goal in the 64th minute after Gabriela Martinelli’s pass.
In the second match of Group B, PSV Eindhoven beat the French club “Lens” 1:0 (1:0) at home.
In the 12th minute, the home team scored a goal. Yohan Bakayoko’s cross was headed into the goal from about the 11-meter mark by Luke de Jong – 1:0.
Four minutes later, de Jong’s fall in the French club’s penalty area was ignored by the referee.
At the end of the half, the visitors played rough, earning several yellow cards.
The guests continued to earn “yellow patches” in the second half as well, in the second minute of stoppage time, Morgan Gilavogi, who came on as a substitute in the 78th minute, was forced to leave the field with a second yellow card, but the result did not change.
After four rounds of matches, “Arsenal” has nine points, “Lens” and “PSV” have five points each, and “Sevilla” has accumulated two points.
A historic day in Berlin
On the other hand, “Union” Berlin players won the first point in the UEFA Champions League group C game in Naples, while “Real” Madrid celebrated a crushing victory at home and entered the playoffs.
“Union” drew 1:1 (0:1) with “Napoli” on the road. This was the first point in the history of the competition for the debutants of the Champions League “Union”.
In the 24th minute, Natan hit the ball with his head at the left post of the visitors’ goal from close range, and it bounced onto the field.
In the 30th minute, the home team scored a beautiful goal. From the left side of the penalty area, Mario Rui played the ball to the far post, where Giovanni di Lorenzo headed it high in front of the goal to Frank Angis, who headed it home from close range.
However, video replays showed that di Lorenzo’s high jump was prompted by a foul on Jerome Roussillon, with both hands resting on Roussillon’s neck, and the goal was disallowed.
In the 39th minute, the home team took the lead when, after Rui’s pass to the front of the goal, Union midfielder Josip Juranović hit the ball from the left side of the penalty area, the ball changed direction and Mateo Politano pushed it into the goal with his body – 1:0.
The visitors leveled the score in the 52nd minute when David Fofana ran after a long pass on the right side of the field, who passed to Sheraldo Becker on the left side, who shot into the right corner, but Alex Merrett saved the ball. However, it flew directly to Fofan, who sent it into the goal – 1:1.
At the end of the game, the Napoli footballers attacked almost continuously, but the German footballers defended skillfully, but there were few dangerous moments at the visitors’ goal, and “Union” was saved from losing a goal by the skill of goalkeeper Frederik Ronnow.
In the second match of the group, “Real” defeated “Braga” from Portugal 3:0 (1:0) at home.
Already in the sixth minute, after a foul by Lucas Vasquez in their own penalty area, the Portuguese footballers could take the lead with a penalty kick. However, Alvaro Gialo’s shot was saved in the bottom left corner by Andrii Lunin.
Braim Diaz scored in the 12th minute, but Vinicius Junior had fouled before that and the goal was disallowed.
However, in the 27th minute, Dias was accurate again, sending the ball into the upper part of the goal after Rodrigues’ pass and making it 1-0.
In the 58th minute, Junior and in the 61st minute Rodrigu after a pass from Junior made the result devastating.
In Group C, “Real” takes first place with 12 points in four matches, already securing one of the first two places, “Napoli” is second with seven points, “Braga” has won three points, and “Union” has one point in four matches.
Inter and Real Sociedad reach the next round
On the other hand, the players of “Real Sociedad” celebrated victory in UEFA Champions League group D matches at home and away from “Inter” Milan.
“Real Sociedad” beat Lisbon “Benfica” 3:1 (3:0) at home.
The home side took the lead in the sixth minute after a prolonged corner kick from the right resulted in defender Aien Munoz’s shot on goal before the ball found its way to Mikel Merino at the right post to make it 1-0 to the home side.
Already five minutes later, the result was 2-0, when the home team made a mistake with a back pass on their side of the field. The ball was intercepted by Mikel Ojarsaval and sent it past the goalkeeper into the goal from the penalty area.
In the 15th minute, after executing a free kick, Merino hit the ball into the goal, but with the help of his hand, the goal was canceled after the video replay.
However, six minutes later, the home team made it 3-0 when Anders Barranecea on the left side of the penalty area got rid of Juan Neves with a cunning move and sent the ball into the upper right corner of the goal with a cut shot.
In the 29th minute, the score could have become 4-0, but Bryce Mendes hit the left post of the goal from the penalty spot after a foul on Nicolas Otamendi in the penalty area, the ball bouncing into the field.
In the 49th minute, “Benfica” recovered one goal, after Otamendi’s pass, Rafa Silva sent the ball into the left corner of the goal – 3:1 in favor of the home team.
After that, there were few dangerous scoring chances as Benfica suffered their fourth defeat and lost their hopes of reaching the Champions League knockout stages.
In the second match of group D, Milan “Inter” defeated the Austrian team “Salzburg” 1:0 (0:0).
Lautaro Martinez scored the only goal in the 86th minute with a penalty kick.
Mads Bidstrup handled the ball in his penalty area and Martinez fired an irresistible shot into the bottom left corner of the goal.
In group D, after four games, “Inter” and “Real Sociedad” have ten points each, “Salzburg” has three points, but “Benfica” has experienced a loss in all four matches.
32 teams play in the main tournament of the Champions League. The two best teams of each subgroup will enter the round of 16, while the third-placed team will continue their season in the UEFA Europa League elimination tournament. The Champions League final will be held on June 1, 2024 at Wembley Stadium in London.
Manchester City won the Champions League last season, beating Italian club Inter Milan 1-0 in Istanbul, winning the competition for the first time.
