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The Champions League harvest. Real Madrid and Manchester City full mark and Paris Saint-Germain stumble

 The Champions League harvest. Real Madrid and Manchester City full mark and Paris Saint-Germain stumble


Real Madrid


Real Madrid secured their third consecutive victory and continued their good Champions League campaign with Manchester City, in contrast to Milan collapsing with a Chelsea stadium, missing PSG's first two points of the competition this season.


On Wednesday, Real Madrid welcomed Ukraine's Shakhtar Donetsk to the group stage.

Despite the 2-1 win thanks to the goals of Rodrigo and Vinicius, the Royal Club missed a large number of opportunities due to haste and gave the Ukrainian team the opportunity to return to the game after the goal of reducing the gap from Alexander Zubkov

Real Madrid returned to the winning rail, halted Sunday at 6 consecutive league wins and 9 in various competitions when they fell to a tie trap against hosts Osasuna 1-1 in the league.


Real Madrid, who have a record number of titles in the competition (14), secured their third consecutive victory and took their tally to 9 points at the top of the group by 5 points against Shakhtar Donetsk.

Germany's Leipzig rekindled their hopes in another group game when they beat Scottish hosts Celtic 3-1.


The victory was the first for Leipzig after two consecutive losses to Shakhtar Donetsk and Real Madrid, eliminating the latter position by taking their tally to 3 points, two against last-place Celtic by one point.


Haaland shines


In Group G, Manchester City consolidated their lead with a big win over Danish hosts Copenhagen (5-0), and Borussia Dortmund of Germany secured a big win away from Sevilla (4-1).

Manchester City took their tally to 9 points at the top of the group, 3 points behind second-placed Dortmund, while Sevilla and Copenhagen are third and fourth on both points, with the Spanish side outscoring the goal difference.


Norwegian Erling Haaland scored twice for Manchester City  raising his tally to 28 goals in 22 Champions League games, an average of 1.27 goals per game, which is higher than the tally of 98 teams in the competition according to the Opta statistical network.


Chelsea stuns Milan


Chelsea beat Italy's host Milan (3-0), in the Champions League soccer group competition.

Goals from Wesley Fofana, Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang, and Reece James . 
Chelsea boosted their chances of qualifying from Group E after their first Champions League victory of the season.

Defender Fofana scored the first goal after a tense start for the hosts when he fired a narrow-angle shot past the visitors in the 24th minute after scrambling towards goal following a corner.

Aubameyang took advantage of Milan's fragile defense when he fired into the net from close range in the 56th minute after receiving a collated cross from James.

Six minutes later, the spirited England winger managed to find the net himself, dominating a pass from Raheem Sterling, and sending a right-footed shot into the ceiling to the delight of manager Graham Potter, who led the team for only the second Champions League game.


Paris and Benfica are tied. Juventus earns its first victory.


In the third round of the Champions League Group H, which saw Juventus beat Maccabi Haifa of Israel (3-1).

In the first game, PSG took the lead through Lionel Messi in the 22nd minute, before teammate Danilo Pereira wrongly scored Benfica's equalizer against his side in the 42nd minute.

For his part, Juventus regained their balance, securing their first group win after losing their first two games, at the expense of Israel's Maccabi Haifa (3-1).

Juventus took the lead through Adrian Rabiot in the 35th minute, before Dusan Vlahovic added the second goal in the 50th minute, but Dean David scored to reduce the gap for the Israeli team in the 75th minute.

In the 83rd minute, Rabiot scored his second and team's third goal, successfully snapping up his first three points in the group stage.

Paris Saint-Germain took their tally to seven points to share the lead with Benfica, who have the same points balance, while Juventus are third on three points, and McCabe Haifa is bottom of the table without points.


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