Champions League, results: Chelsea, Marseille and Bayer win. CIty and Barcelona ko

Italian smiles, in every sense. Napoli and Juventus win, Maresca and De Zerbi also win. Chelsea earns the cover by beating Barcelona 3-0. The Blues broke the deadlock with Koundé’s clumsy own goal, which made a mess on the goal line. At the end of the first half, Araujo’s late entry earned him a second yellow card and with Barcelona with ten men the second half was all downhill. Estevao delivers an eye-opening feat, Delap closes the contest. Marseille, on the other hand, enjoy a very vintage version of Aubameyang, who seems like the irresistible tornado of the golden years at Borussia Dortmund. The striker scores a brace as a true centre-forward to overtake Newcastle, who took the lead through Barnes.

city ​​ko

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Guardiola opts for the turnover and his Manchester City are punished without appeal. Bayer Leverkusen deservedly won, thanks to the goals of Grimaldo in the first half (nice diagonal shot into the area) and Schick (surgical header) in the second. Not even Haaland’s entry in the last half hour helped to revive the match. Borussia Dortmund passed easily against Villarreal, with a brace from Guirassy, ​​goals from Adeyemi and Svensson. Of note is Massa’s error, which awards a penalty to the Germans without sending off Foyth who had saved on the goal line. The VAR corrects, Guirassy also misses from the spot but is the quickest on the rebound for the yellow and black’s second. Goalless draw between Slavia Prague and Athletic Bilbao, with the Spaniards pushing with greater intensity after the break; Stanek is very good at rejecting the most dangerous conclusions.

mourinho

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Before allowing himself his first smile in the Champions League, José Mourinho waits with great tension for the 90th minute, when Barreiro closes the game and to all intents and purposes delivers the victory to Benfica on the Ajax pitch. The coach, in fact, didn’t bat an eyelid when Dahl unloaded a terrifying left-footed shot into the top corner at the start of the match. He follows the match carefully, the Dutch only become dangerous in the middle of the second half. In the final, Barreiro triangulates with Aursnes and does well to punish Jaros at his post.

gala ko

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The music changes for Galatasaray who without the injured Osimhen are surprised by Union Saint-Gilloise. The goal scored by David in the 57th minute decides the match, as he passes an excellent tip from the back towards the goal from the center of the area. Negative debut in the Champions League for the young defender Arda Unyay, who in the last moments earned the expulsion for a double yellow card.

Ajax-Benfica 0-2 (Dahl 6′, Barreiro 90′).

Galatasaray-Union Saint Gilloise 0-1 (David 57′).

Chelsea-Barcelona 3-0 (aut. Koundé 27′, Estevao 55′, Delap 75′.

Manchester City-Bayer Leverkusen 0-2 (Grimaldo 23′, Schick 54′).

Marseille-Newcastle 2-1 (Barnes 6′, Aubameyang 46′ and 50′).

Borussia Dortmund-Villarreal 4-0 (Guirassy 45+2′ and 54′, Adeyemi 58′, Svensson 90’+5).

Slavia Prague-Athletic Bilbao 0-0.