Fierce comeback from Inter and madness in the Arsenal group. The main events of the day in the Champions League

Fierce comeback from Inter and madness in the Arsenal group. The main events of the day in the Champions League

Mikhail Rozhdestvensky November 30, 2023, 02:15 Moscow time Audio version: Your browser does not support the audio element.

And also the collapse of Manchester United, Real Madrid’s show with Napoli and other games.

The group stage of the Champions League is coming to an end. On November 29, the final matches of the penultimate fifth round were played. We tell you what interesting things happened that day of the game.

Yesterday it was like this:

City’s comeback, PSG’s embarrassing draw and Milan’s failure. The main events of the Champions League matchday

Manchester United almost lost their chances of reaching the playoffs because of the goalkeeper

Erik ten Hag’s team only scored three points in four games, so in the away game against Galatasaray they had to win. Instead, Manchester United embarked on the adventure. We scored two in the 18th minute, won 3:1 in the second half and still lacked three points.

The main culprit of this horror is André Onana. The goalkeeper has already been criticized this season, but here he showed the worst side of himself. Especially terrible was Galatasaray’s second goal. It seems that not even the Cameroonian himself explains why he could not cope with Hakim Ziyech’s attack. In any case it was a hit and not a service.

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The result is a tie – 3:3. And the situation at Manchester United is simply catastrophic. Reaching the Champions League playoffs will only be possible if two factors come together: the victory over Bayern and Galatasaray’s draw with Copenhagen in the last round. The probability of such a situation occurring, as you understand, is low.

More about this crazy match:

Manchester United buried their own goalkeeper. Due to Onán’s three mistakes there is almost no chance of reaching the Champions League playoffs

In theory, Bayern and Copenhagen could leave Manchester United without the Champions League, but they postponed the issue for the future. Unexpected goalless draw in Munich!

Epic defeat for Sevilla and overwhelming victory for Arsenal

Group B was fun too. Sevilla fought at home with PSV and were apparently on their way to the first victory of this European season. Halfway through the first half, Sergio Ramos scored, already significant!

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At the beginning of the second half, Sevilla also scored the second. What can go wrong? All went well. Just look at the chronology:

Minute 66: Lucas Ocampos receives a second yellow card in three minutes and leaves Sevilla in the minority; 68th minute: PSV wins a goal; minute 81: PSV equalizes; minute 90+2: PSV takes the lead; minute 90+8: Sevilla is left with nine men after Fernando’s direct red card.

PSV now heads into the playoffs after Arsenal.

By the way, about Arsenal. Mikel Arteta’s team excelled against Lens. 6:0 and in the 27th minute four goals were scored. The last goal was scored by Jorginho, who asked for the right to take a penalty from Martin Odegaard and even rejected his characteristic jumping performance.

Jorginho took the old-fashioned penalty

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Inter’s surprising comeback. And Zakharyan’s appearance in a parallel match

We move on to Group D. Benfica is completely ruining the European season, but in the first half against Inter they managed to score three! In addition, the hat-trick was scored by Joao Mario, 30, 2016 European champion and former Lokomotiv footballer. It is true that this situation also has an explanation: Inter came out almost with the second squad.

But after the break everything turned upside down. It took 21 minutes for Inter to equalize. The third goal was scored by Alexis Sánchez, a worthy response to Mario’s feat. Furthermore, Benfica was in the minority in the 84th minute: Antonio Silva unsuccessfully rolled under Nicolo Barella and almost tore off his ankle.

Alexis Sánchez celebrates a goal

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And in a parallel match, Arsen Zakharyan suddenly got a place in the starting eleven and remained on the field until the final whistle. It is true that it was against Red Bull Salzburg where his Real Sociedad managed to draw without goals.

We tell you how Zakharyan played:

Zakharyan played a full match for Sociedad for the first time. This is what he did in 90 minutes in the Champions League

Real Madrid and Napoli put on a show

Did you expect anything else? The teams started having fun right away: Giovanni Simeone scored in the ninth minute. This is the son of Diego, the coach of Atlético, that is, Real Madrid’s main rival. He is very symbolic. Real scored the return goal just two minutes later and took the lead 11 minutes later. Guess who scored once. That’s right, Jude Bellingham.

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Napoli equalized early in the second half, but Madrid unleashed their trademark magic in the final minutes. First, 19-year-old Argentine Nicolás Paz scored (38 minutes in this Champions League season), and then Joselu finished off his rival.

There are two interesting points here. First: Bellingham gave an assist in true Zinedine Zidane style. Second: Joselu, despite the goal, went to apologize to the fans, because before him he had been hitting mercilessly moments throughout the game. But he scored!

But Kvaratskhelia was not impressed:

Bellingham faced Zidane in the Champions League. And Khvicha was lost in the match against Real Madrid

In a parallel match, Braga tied with Unión. It seems that the only explanation for this result is that the Portuguese were sent off in the 30th minute.