Yesterday, Wednesday, a large number of matches were held in various stadiums in the world, most notably the matches of the group stage of the European Champions League in its new season 2021-2022.
The goals of Wednesday’s matches in the world’s stadiums were as follows:
UEFA Champions League goals
Liverpool 3 – 2 Milan
Liverpool beat AC Milan, 3-2, in the exciting match that brought the two teams together at Anfield, in the first round of Group B of the Champions League group stage.
The first half ended with Milan progressing 2-1, as Trent Alexander-Arnold scored the goal of Liverpool in partnership with Milan defender Tomori, in the ninth minute, after receiving a pass from Mohamed Salah, to go through the defenses of the Rossoneri and hit a powerful shot in the goal.
Milan goalkeeper Mike Maynan saved a penalty kick from Egyptian star Mohamed Salah in the 14th minute, after the pharaoh scored 17 consecutive penalties with Liverpool in various competitions, and missed the opportunity to equalize the record held by the player Yan Mobley, which is the most record of consecutive penalty kicks with Liverpool With 18 successful kicks.
This kick against Milan is the first time that Salah has failed since he wasted against Huddersfield Town in 2017, after which he scored 17 consecutive kicks.
The Croatian Ante Rebic scored Milan’s equalizer in the 42nd minute by one-on-one with goalkeeper Alisson, before Spaniard Brahim Diaz scored the second goal in the 44th minute.
In the second half, Mohamed Salah scored Liverpool’s second goal in the 49th minute, after receiving a charming pass from Divock Origi to put it in the goal to the right of the Milan goalkeeper.
And Mohamed Salah is the sixth Liverpool player to miss a penalty kick and score in the same match in the Champions League after Michael Owen, Xabi Alonso, Steven Gerrard, Roberto Firmino and Sadio Mane.
Jordan Henderson scored Liverpool’s third goal in the 69th minute, with a ground shot from outside the penalty area to land to the right of the Milan goalkeeper, the first goal of the Reds captain in the Champions League.
Inter Milan 0-1 Real Madrid
Real Madrid snatched a fatal victory from its host Inter Milan, with a clean goal, in the meeting that brought the two teams together on Wednesday evening, at the “Giuseppe Meazza” stadium, as part of the first round of the European Champions League competition in the current season 2021-2022.
The goalless draw dominated the events of the first half, and Inter Milan was the best in terms of possession of the ball, and posed a great danger to Courtois, Real Madrid’s goalkeeper, who saved more than one dangerous ball.
On the other hand, Real appeared far from its level, and lacked offensive solutions, in light of the distinguished level presented by the Italian team during the first 45 minutes of the match.
In the second half, the young Brazilian Rodrigo scored the winning goal for the royal team in the 89th minute of the match, after following the cross of Frenchman Eduardo Camavinga.
Manchester City 6 – 3 Leipzig The English team Manchester City achieved an exciting victory at the expense of its German counterpart Leipzig 6/3 in the match that took place between them on Wednesday evening, at the “Al Ittihad” stadium in the first round of the first group of the Champions League. Manchester City’s goals were scored by Nathan Ake, Nordi Mukele, an own goal, Riyad Mahrez from a penalty kick, Jack Grealish, Joao Cancelo and Gabriel Jesus in the 16th, 28th, 45th, 56th, 75th and 85th minutes, respectively. While the goals of the guests were scored by Christopher Nkunku in the 42nd, 51st and 73rd minutes, respectively.
Club Brugge 1 – 1 Paris Saint-Germain
Sporting Lisbon 1-5 Ajax Ajax Amsterdam gave their Portuguese host Sporting Lisbon a lesson in football after raining a heavy net in front of their fans (1-5) in the match that brought them together on Wednesday evening in the first round of Group C in the European Champions League. At the Jose Alvalade stadium, the Dutch team finished the match “clinicia” with three goals, in which the young French striker Sebastien Haller starred with two goals in the 2nd and 9th minutes, while the Dutchman Stephen Bergos scored the third goal in the 39th minute. Paulinho scored the goal to reduce the difference for the hosts in the 33rd minute. In the second half, the young French star grabbed everyone’s attention and scored two more “Super Hattrick” goals in the 51st and 63rd minutes, to top the tournament’s top scorer since its first round, and become the second player in the history of the tournament, the oldest who scored four goals in his first appearance since the previous legend. Marco van Basten in 1992.
Besiktas 1-2 Borussia Dortmund The German team, Borussia Dortmund, defeated its Turkish host, Besiktas, 2-1, in the match that brought the two teams together at the “Vodafone Arena”, as part of the first round of the third group matches of the group stage of the European Champions League season 2021-2022. Young Englishman Judd Bellingham managed to score Borussia Dortmund’s first goal in the 20th minute with a powerful shot from inside the penalty area. And the “Opta” statistics network reported that Bellingham became the youngest player to score in two consecutive Champions League matches at the age of 18 years and 78 days, to break the record of Kylian Mbappe, the star of Paris Saint-Germain (18 and 85 days in March 2017). Norwegian star Erling Halland scored the second goal for Dortmund in the 45th minute, after a great effort from Bellingham. Halland raised his score to 21 goals in the Champions League in just 17 participation, after he was crowned the top scorer last season in the competition with 10 goals. In added time of the match, Francisco Montero scored the only goal of Besiktas with a header.