In the intermediate round of the Champions League, Real Madrid won the first leg at Manchester City. Paris Saint-Germain and Juventus Turin also celebrated victories.
Manchester City – Real Madrid 2: 3 (1: 0)
Man City and Real Madrid are more or less in the crisis, but delivered a high -class game. Real determined the initial phase, but left the best way to lead. Manchester took the lead with his first good chance: Josko Gvardiol took off for Erling Haaland, who scored from seven meters in a half -left position (19th minute).
Vinicius Junior (25th) hit the crossbar for Real as well as Manuel Akanji (37th) and after the break Haaland (46.) for City. In the 60th minute, Dani Ceballos failed with a free kick on the wall, the second ball played soulful to Kylian Mbappé, who completely failed to accept direct acceptance – the ball still landed in the high arc to compensate in the goal.
Kylian Mbappe from Real Madrid in a duel with Ruben Dias
Manchester took the lead a second time through a penalty, Dani Cemballos had fouled Phil Foden, Haaland converted (80th). But again Real found an answer. Vinicius Junior used a failed dispute from Manchester’s goalkeeper Ederson for a counterattack, his degree ended up with Brahim Díaz, who completed.
In added time, Real still combined to win – Jude Bellingham hit. The winner of the encounter meets Atletico Madrid or Bayer Leverkusen in the round of 16.
Juventus Turin – PSV Eindhoven 2: 1 (1: 0)
Juventus won through the goals of Weston McKennie (34th) and Samuel Mbangula (82nd). Ivan Perišić in the meantime (56.). The winner of the encounter meets Arsenal or Inter Milan in the round of 16.
Randal Kolo Muani by Juventus Turin in a duel with Ryan Flamingo
Stade Brest – Paris Saint -Germain 0: 3 (0: 2)
PSG caused clear conditions in the first half. Vitinha met with a penalty for leadership (21st), Ousmane Dembélé increased in the 45th minute at the presentation of Achraf Hakimi. Brest had his best phase and good chances between the two goals, and Abdallah Sima failed after a corner by head on the post (35th).
Desire Doue of Paris St. Germain in a duel with Pierre Lees-Melou and Massadio Haidara from Stade Brest
Paris made everything clear in the second half: Désiré Doué’s goal did not count because of a narrow offside position (50th), Dembélé ensured clear conditions (66.) after a misjudged clarification attempt by the hosts with a deflected shot (66.). The winner of the encounter meets FC Liverpool or FC Barcelona in the round of 16.
So the intermediate round around the round of 16 runs
In the intermediate round, the 16 teams, who have occupied 9 to 24 in the leagueapse among the 36 teams. The winners meet the teams of places 1 to 8 in the round of 16, and the encounters will be drawn on February 21. Two different opponents are possible for each qualified team.
Tournament tree of the playoffs of the Champions League
Borussia Dortmund won 3-0 (0: 0) in the first leg at Sporting Lisbon.
Four more games on Wednesday
The four other first legs take place on Wednesday:
- FC Bruges – Atalanta Bergamo (winner against Lille or Aston Villa)
- As Monaco – Benfica Lisbon (winner against Liverpool or FC Barcelona)
- Celtic – Bayern Munich (winner against Atletico or Leverkusen)
- Feyenoord Rotterdam – AC Milan (winner against Arsenal or Inter Milan)
The second legs are planned for February 18 and 19.