The France team, which did not have Alexis Sánchez suspended, lost 2-0 with both goals from the controversial Brazilian striker. The cast of Tocopillano endured zero in London until the 76th minute, after remaining at ten in the 48′, with Chance Mbemba sent off.
Olympic Marseille nearly brought back loot from London, but Richarlison shattered the dream into pieces. The Brazilian scored both goals in a 2-0 win over the France side in Group D of the Champions League . the box of Alexis Sanchez he had to play with 10 men for most of the second half.
The resistance of the Gallic caste lasted a long time. Knowing the hierarchy and level of London players, Igor Tudor’s executives played a smart game in England.
By no means did he despair at first, sespecially despite the absence of Alexis Sánchez, his most decisive player in the last duels. However, the presence of midfielder Nuno Tavares gave a certain balance to the French cast which contained the provocations of the cast led by the Italian Antonio Conte.
But after half an hour, the visitor slows down. Then began the best moments of Harry Kane and South Korean Heung-Min Son, who almost opened the scoring before halftime.
Until then, everything was favorable to the Marseillais. However, the 48th minute marked the continuation of the match. The expulsion of Congolese Chancel Mbemba was too much of a blow for Tudor’s approach.
A resistance that lasted until the 76th minute, when the controversial Richarlison – arrived from Everton in exchange for 56 million dollars – opened the account with a perfect header.
The same former Fluminense player capped his dream night on his European Champions League debut. A new header from the Scratch shooter put the gravestone on the board for the absentee Tocopillano, who left with a 2-0 against, in the 81st minute.
In the other match of the group. Sporting de Portugal gave the big shot after beating Eintracht Frankfurt 3-0, top seed and last Europa League monarch.
Napoli knocks
The photo of southern Italy was the protagonist of the big surprise of the day this Wednesday. Table azzurro beat Liverpool 4-1 in Group A, current runners-up of the tournament, who did not let go at the Diego Armando Maradona stadium.
The Pole Piotr Zielinski opened the account of the Campania team when the clock had just marked 5 minutes, on penalty. Even the cast of Luciano Spalletti offered themselves the luxury of missing another penalty, at the feet of Nigerian Victor Osimhen, in the 18th minute.
However, Cameroonian midfielder André Zambo Anguissa made it 2-0 after half an hour. Jürgen Klopp’s side didn’t wake up from the nightmare when Giovanni Simeone scored the third one as soon as the first half ended.
Even Zielinski himself made it 4-0 early in the second half, 47 minutes into the game. Two minutes later, the Colombian Luis Díaz clinched for the Reds who could not do the feat. In the other game of this group, Ajax beat Scottish Rangers 4-0.
In Group B, Charles Aránguiz played the entire first half in the defeat of Bayer Leverkusen, who did not raise their heads with five defeats in six official matches. Swiss coach Gerardo Seoane’s team lost by the minimum during their visit to Club Brugge. In this same area, Atlético beat Porto 2-1 in Madrid.
In Group C, Barcelona beat Viktoria Plzen 5-1 at Campo, while Bayern Münich beat Inter 2-0 in the Lombard capital .
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Source: Latercera
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