Nobody doubts that the Champions League is an unparalleled spectacle. Its anthem that makes your skin crawl when the teams leave, the atmosphere in the ultra-modern stadiums, also the controversies and, of course, the game. In another fruitful day of celebrations, the world’s largest club tournament closed the date with the most goals in its history. Were 71 in total in the 18 games of the league phase that were played between Tuesday and Wednesday. This means that in most scenarios, fans saw a goal every 22 minutes. Only in a comparative way, The current date 13 of the Professional League had 32 goals in 14 gameswithout counting the Hurricane vs Central Córdoba of Santiago del Estero which closes this Wednesday.
To the 43 that had already been a record for a single day on Tuesday, 28 were added in the nine meetings this Wednesday. Paradoxically, there were only two Argentine soccer players, with Enzo Fernandez converting from a penalty for the 5-1 win of the Chelsea al Ajax from the Netherlands, joining Lautaro Martínez that he had contributed to Inter the day before.
This The third day of the 2025/26 season surpassed the first, which had 67 goals, as did the fifth of the 2024/25 season.. In the 54 matches that have been played, they became 200 goalsof which More than a third (76) were made by the teams located in the first eight positions of the tablewhich would classify them directly to the round of 16. Any other information? There were only four 0-0s, three of which were on this date 3.
In London, and in the rain, the Blues – current Club World Cup champions – needed a time of the world champion midfielderwho was accompanied by the Argentine Facundo Buonanotte, also the protagonist after receiving a brutal kick that caused the expulsion of a rival. Enzo was committed the violation of the maximum sentence by a certain Wout Weghorst. Yes, the ‘bobo’ of Qatar 2022. The one born in San Martín, who came out at halftime to take care of his physical condition, scored for the first time in the Champions League phase – he had done so in the previous phase -.
The other win of the day was from another English team, Liverpool. Con Alexis Mac Allister coming on from the substitute bench in the second half, the Reds reacted in time to come back from the Eintracht Frankfurtwho they beat 5-1 in Germany. Of the six English teams playing in the tournament, Chelsea and Liverpool scored 5 goals; Arsenal, 4; Newcastle, 3 and Manchester City, 2. The only one who did not convert was the Tottenhamthat without Romero’s leave -injured- tied 0-0 in Monaco. There was the same result in Atalanta vs Slavia Prague.
He Bayern Munich He also demonstrated his offensive power. At the Allianz stadium they beat Bruges 4-0, who had Argentine Zaid Romero on the bench without minutes. They are one of the five teams that have a perfect score and on the next date they will visit the current champion PSG in a great game in France.
The one who suffered the most was Real Madrid. The Juventus Italy made it difficult for them at the Santiago Bernabéu and needed the magic of Vinicius and the opportunism of Bellingham to make it 1-0. After the goal, Xabi Alonso sent Franco Mastantuonowho played his 11th game for Merengue.
There were three other local triumphs on Champions Wednesday: Athletic de Bilbao 3 – Qarabag 1; Galatasaray (Mauro Icardi entered) 3 – Bodo Glimt 1; Sporting Lisbon 2 – Olympique de Marseille (with Rulli and Balerdi) 1.
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