Eindhoven wins against Juve
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With a gala of the shaped Kylian Mbappé, Real Madrid also kept the upper hand in the second leg of the Champions League intermediate round against Manchester City. The Frenchman scored all three goals of the Blancos at 3: 1 (2-0), which he increased his goal yield to eleven since the beginning of the new year alone. There are 27 hits for Mbappé in all competitive games of this season. The premier class has to do without the most valuable team in the world. After the 2: 3 in the first leg, City in Madrid was terrified. Paris Saint-Germain also made it into the round of 16 after a 7-0 against Brest (first leg 3: 0). In extension, PSV Eindhoven against Juventus achieved a surprise. After the 1-2 defeat in Turin, the Dutch prevailed 3-1 after 120 minutes at home.
Mbappé made clear conditions early with his two goals (4th minute/33.) And hit a third time after the break (61.). The Frenchman’s leadership after an outstanding long ball of the strong Raul Asencio was pure world class. Trainer Pep Guardiola, who won the Henkelpott with the Citizens in 2023, sank early in his seat and revealed his whole disappointment. Even before the second leg, he had estimated his team’s chances at one percent. The late goal by Nico González (90.+2) was nothing more than an honorary goal for the guests from England.
Haaland stays outside – 7 goal scorers in Paris, Eindhoven beats Juve
You experience the most difficult season with the Catalan Starcoach. During the defeat in Madrid Saß Sahing Haaland on the bench due to knee problems for 90 minutes and was represented by newcomer Omar Marmoush (before Eintracht Frankfurt). After eight minutes, another guarantee had to get off the field in defense lawyer John Stones. Midfield strategist Rodri has been missing for months.
While the royal are a possible round of round of 16 of Bayer Leverkusen, Manchester has only a realistic title chance, namely in the FA Cup. In the Premier League, FC Liverpool, which City is welcomed on Sunday (5:30 p.m.), is rushed unexpiously. Thanks to Mbappé, Real, on the other hand, underpinned his status as the title candidate.
In addition to defending champion Real and previous year’s finalist Borussia Dortmund, who had played 0-0 against Sporting Lisbon in the early evening, Paris Saint-Germain made the leap into the round of the last 16th PSG clearly won 7-0 (2: 0) and confirmed with it The 3-0 first leg victory against the national rival Stade Brest. At the peat festival on Wednesday, the fans in Paris experienced seven different goal scorers: Bradley Barcola, Khvicha Kvaratskhelia, Vitinha, Désiré Doué, Nuno Mendes, Gonçalo Ramos and Senny Mayulu. Ivan Perisic, Ismael Saibari and in the extension Ryan Flamingo were successful for PSV in Eindhoven. Timothy Weah had achieved the interim compensation for Juventus.
The draw of the round of 16 takes place on Friday (12:00 p.m.) in Nyon.