Visits
With a hat trick from Fermín and a double from Rashford, plus a penalty from Lamine Yamal, the Blaugrana team crushed Olympiacos
CARLOS HORTA MARTÍNEZ
CANTON GROUP
BARCELONA.- Looking ahead to their visit to the Santiago Bernabéu in the Spanish LaLiga Classic, Barcelona They beat Olympiacos 6-1 on the third day of the Champions League.
The Barça of Hansi Flick I needed to recover sensations for the Classic. Without signing an excellent match in terms of collective play, he did achieve, with a hat trick of Fermin and doublet of Marcus Rashfordgain momentum to try to regain the top in Spain next Sunday.
Barely at minute 6, the Barcelona He got his first score in the game. With a filtered pass from Fermín, Lamine Yamal managed to get around a defense and left the Olympiakos goalkeeper on the ground, however, the shot was difficult for him, so he gave the ball to Fermín López and, although a defender managed to touch the ball over the line, the ball ended up kissing the nets.
Thanks to a recovery from Pedri, Fermin He got his second score in the game. After the also youthful Dro Fernández assisted him.
In one of the strangest sequences in football, Olympiakos managed to score a goal, through Ayoub El Kaabi, however, the VAR threw back the Greeks’ goal due to a handball by a Barça defender, so a penalty was awarded, El Kaabi himself took the lead to get closer to 2-1, but luck turned its back on the visitors with the expulsion of Santiago Hezze 57.
From there, the Barcelona He enjoyed the offensive and brought out his best repertoire, although there was also controversy over a penalty scored against Rashford what Lamine Yamal He made it 3-1, which he dedicated to his girlfriend Nicki Nicole, who was in the stands.
Al 73′, Marcus Rashford He managed to score the fourth goal for Barcelona. With great definition, the English footballer aimed at the goalkeeper’s near post and managed to fit the ball into the goal. Minutes later, Lamine Yamal left the field.
Al 76, Fermin Lopez He managed to score his third goal in the game. Although it is true that the Greek team was already defeated, at 5-1.
Rashford scored a double, in the 80th minute, with Olympiakos completely defeated.
PSG HUMILIATES LEVERKUSEN IN GERMAN LANDS AND IS THE LEADER
Paris Saint-Germain remains unstoppable in the Champions League and that is why it is the right leader, after beating Bayer Leverkusen 7-2 as a visitor, in Germany.
With goals from Willian Pacho at 7′, Désiré Doué at 41′ and 45’+3′, Khvicha Kvaratskhelia at 44′, Nuno Mendes at 50′, Ousmane Dembélé at 66′ and Vitinha at 90′ they tore the home team to shreds.
MANCITY WINS A VISIT TO VILLARREAL WITH AN EXCITED HAALAND
Erling Haaland scored for the 12th consecutive game, between club and national team, in Manchester City’s 2-0 visiting victory, also with a goal from Bernardo Silva, over Villarreal.
The Norwegian reached 53 goals in the Champions League and surpassed the 52 scored by Mohamed Salah (Liverpool); Haaland’s streak of 12 consecutive games has been built as follows: Brighton, Finland, Moldova (5), Manchester United (2), Arsenal, Burnley (2), Monaco (2), Brentford, Israel (3), Everton (2) and Villarreal, for a total of 21 goals in these dozen games.
ARSENAL REMAINS UNDEfeated AFTER BEATING ATLETICO
Arsenal remains firm as one of the three undefeated teams left in the Champions League. The Gunners beat Atlético de Madrid 4-0 in London with goals from Gabriel Magalhães, at 57′, Gabriel Martinelli, at 64′ and a double by Viktor Gyökeres, at 67′ and 70′, which placed them with 9 points, in third place in the table with a perfect pace.
OTHER RESULTS
FC Copenhage 2-4 Borussia Dortmund
Newcastle 3-0 Benfica
PSV Eindhoven 6-2 Naples
Union St.Gilloise 0-4 Inter
CHAMPIONS LEAGUE
DAY 3
Wednesday October 22
Athletic Club – Qarabag FK 10:45
Galatasaray – Bodoe/Glimt 10:45
AS Monaco – Tottenham 13:00
Atalanta – Slavia Prague 13:00
Bayern Munich – Club Brugge 1:00 p.m.
Chelsea – Ajax 13:00
E. Frankfurt – Liverpool 13:00
Real Madrid – Juventus 13:00
Sporting CP – Marsella 13:00