Liverpool ends Napoli’s winning streak
Champions League, also in 2023: The European specialists from Eintracht Frankfurt have made the historic entry into the round of 16 of the “premier class”. Thanks to an increase in performance and high morale in the second half, Eintracht prevailed 2-1 (0-1) at Sporting Lisbon on Tuesday evening.
Daichi Kamada (62nd minute/penalty) and Randal Kolo Muani (72nd) scored in a heated game that ensured that Frankfurt were in the knockout phase of Europe’s top competition for the first time in their club’s history. Arthur Gomes (39th) had given the Portuguese the lead in front of 41,744 spectators in the first half, but that wasn’t enough.
It went back and forth in a crazy constellation on Tuesday evening: if Eintracht was last at half-time and out, after the end of the game it was enough for the longed-for progress, which brought the Hessians at least two more evenings in the Champions League. Since Tottenham Hotspur won 2-1 (0-1) at Olympique Marseille in injury time, the SGE finished Group D in second place.
FC Bayern celebrate their six-victory triple: 2-0 against Inter Milan
Even a larger rotation has not ripped FC Bayern out of the current flow of success around Eric Maxim Choupo-Moting, who continues to hit the target fantastically. The Munich team completed a flawless Champions League group stage on Tuesday evening with a 2-0 (1-0) win over second-placed Inter Milan. The German record champions are the first club in Europe’s “premier class” to win an 18-point preliminary round for the third time.
World champion Benjamin Pavard scored the goals in front of 75,000 spectators in the Allianz Arena with his first Champions League goal (32nd) and Choupo-Moting with a dream goal in the corner (72nd). Without a few injured and partially rested stars, the offensive game did not always run smoothly in Munich’s seventh competitive win in a row. But Bayern boss Oliver Kahn was right when he said on “Amazon Prime Video”: “The rotation is working now!”
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Of course, Bayern also had a bad time because referee Ivan Kruzliak did not give the expected penalty after a protective hand from Sadio Mané in a powerful shot by Nicolo Barella, even according to the video images. Bayern and Eintracht will find out their opponents in the round of 16 next Monday when the draw takes place in Nyon.
Klopp’s 400th game: Liverpool ends Napoli’s winning streak
Liverpool FC stopped SSC Napoli’s winning streak in the 400th game under the direction of coach Jürgen Klopp. At the end of the group stage in the Champions League, the hosts won the top duel in Group A in Liverpool on Tuesday 2-0 (0-0).
Napoli had previously won 13 games in a row and could even hope for the 14th win in a row. A headed goal by Leo Östigard to put Napoli in the lead in the 53rd minute didn’t count because the Norwegian was razor-thin offside. At the other end, Mohamed Salah poked the ball just over the line in the 85th minute after Virgil van Dijk’s header was just saved. Darwin Núñez (90+8) scored the final score.
Both teams had already qualified for the round of 16 before the last matchday, Liverpool would have needed a good win to win the group. Klopp’s side are currently only ninth in the Premier League. However, his advisor Marc Kosicke emphasized on Tuesday on the Sky TV channel that Klopp is not thinking of resigning after seven years in Liverpool. Ajax Amsterdam secured third place in the group and thus participation in the Europa League thanks to the 3-1 (2-0) win at Glasgow Rangers.
Before leaving for the Europa League, FC Barcelona recorded a mandatory victory even without Robert Lewandowski and won 4-2 (2-0) at Viktoria Pilsen in the Bayern group. Marcos Alonso (6th), Ferran Torres twice (44th/54th) and Pablo Torre (75th) conceded two goals from Tomas Chory (51st, penalty kick/63rd) for the befitting success at the bottom of the table from the Czech Republic.
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