Barcelona has started the Champions League group stage with a bang.
Hakan Çalhanoğlu took advantage of Sergio Busquets falling asleep. The Turk’s perfect shot made the Giuseppe Meazza stadium roar. PDO
Barcelona is in a difficult situation.
The Catalan giant, who fell to Inter at the Giuseppe Meazza stadium on Tuesday night, has collected the same number of points from three Champions League group stage matches. Bayern Munich, which holds the top spot in the group, has nine points and Inter has six.
On Tuesday, the hero of the Milan crowd was the one who scored the only goal of the match at the end of the first half Hakan Çalhanoğlu. The Turk hit the ball perfectly Federico Dimarcon from preliminary work and shouted home supporters Marc-André ter Stegen with an unexpected dull lower corner grab.
Barcelona talked and talked, but couldn’t get the equaliser. It thought it had succeeded in that in the 67th minute, when Pedri snapped the ball into the goal, but the VAR check proved it Ousmane Dembélén sent by the centering ball changed direction on the way Ansu Fatin from the hand.
At the end of the match, Dembélé’s cross hit the hand again in the penalty box, but this time it was from a substitution on the field Denzel Dumfries. However, in the opinion of the VAR judges, the hit did not meet the criteria for a foul.
– I am angry and disgusted by what we have seen. It’s a lie, Barcelona pilot Xavi spoke at the press conference.
– I said it on Monday and I’ll say it again: the judges have to come forward and justify themselves, because I don’t understand anything.
Snow in the cabin for Atleti
The evening was also full of disappointments for Atlético Madrid, who got a ride from Club Brugge 0-2. The tormentor of Madrid had moved from Barcelona to Belgium in the summer Ferran Jutglàwho fed To Kamal Sowah 1–0 goal and completed the final scores himself.
The visitors had a chance to score in the 76th minute from the whistle, but Antoine Griezmann hit the crossbar.
Jutglà, 23, has had a great pace in the fall. Six goals have been scored in the Belgian league and two in the Champions League.
Brugge is at the top of Group B with nine points. Cholo Simeone the team is in jumbo place with its three points.