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FC Barcelona beat Monaco (2-1) after a half-time break following the temporary expulsion of Eric García, while Atlético de Madrid made a compromise at home in front of Leipzig (2-1) this July in the Primera Fecha de la Champions.
The other German team, Bayer Leverkusen, won 4-0 in Rotterdam against Feyenoord, confirming the good start of the great German football after they beat the Munich Munich against Dinamo Zagreb (9-2) and the Wednesday of Borussia Dortmund en Brujas (3-0). Only the Stuttgart Reds at the Santiago Bernabéu before the winning goal of Real Madrid on Wednesday (3-1) and the Leipzig enchanted the formidable arrangement of the Germans.
Alejandro Grimaldo (30), Wirtz in the second half (5, 36), and a goal scorer from Feyenoord-Arqueros Wellenreuther (45) overtook Bayer with Xabi Alonso, the victorious Bundesliga winner.
“In general, there is a drive for us that is very serious and very efficient, but now it is simple,” summarizes Alonso, who won the Champions League several times as a player.
A first German representative was contrasted with the Spanish team. The two Madrilenians, Real and Atlético, went to Victoria’s home, while the two Catalans, Barça and Girona, left their stadium.
Barça, who opened the Champions League with five wins in the second division, have been frenetic of late and the result was good for being condemned for the initial expulsion.
“While the yellow card was completely changed a few minutes before the end, it could have been positive,” praised the technician Hansi Flick. “Defender beat the team as a team and also the team competed as a team and they made the choice, but they got the 2-1 because they accepted it,” he recognized.
The last collapse of the team had struck with great precision in front of the Monegasques, trophy friend Joan Gamper (3-0) in August, but the Azulgrana maintained negatively the inertia of the last years of the Champions, a competition they have not been able to win since 2015.
Eric García, on his way to the Japanese Takumi Minamino, when he went alone into the arc of Marc-André Ter Stegen, went straight to Roja via the Vestuarios path. I waited a few minutes after the victory of the French Maghnes Akliouche with a gap of 16 for the Arquero Alemán to win the team led by Adi Hütter.
But the replica of Hansi Flick’s men was unable to capture and help his star, Lamine Yamal, who finished his first game (18) with the Champions 17 years ago.
Monaco, the reigning champion of the French league, which emerged from Australia a few years ago to play in Europe’s top competition, lost three points thanks to a goal by George Ilenikhena (71).
In the metropolis, Atlético immediately impressed Leipzig with Slovenian gold player Benjamin Sesko (4), while Antoine Griezmann left his great opponent before serving in the test against Central Uruguay José María Giménez (90).
“I have to trust Griezmann in this way, it is a different opponent for us and if there are two different things, I have to be on that line and the team has to accompany me so that we can unite like he is today,” said Simeone.
Mikel Arteta’s Arsenal, for their part, cannot be too upset about getting involved with the kids during their visit to Europa League victors Atalanta, the only game it was the first time, and the only season consisted of 16 first-leg Champions League matches.
In a modest encounter, French side Brest lost 2-1 to Sturm Graz of Austria, but this led to a result when Benfica Lisbon faced Estrella Roja in Belgrade.
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