Champions League
Champions League: Five goals from Barcelona in Antwerp, triumph for Porto against Shakhtar
Barcelona beat Antwerp in Montjuic in Champions League Group 8. Porto swept Shakhtar in Hamburg in half an hour.
Barcelona broke me 5:0 her Antwerp in the Olympic Stadium in Montjuic, which is his new home, and in the Champions League due to the renovation in the “Camp Nou” and got off to an optimal start 8th group of the institution.
The Catalans didn’t waste any time and showed who was boss from the first minutes. Joao Felix scored the first goal in the 11th minute and started shouting “present” after his aggressive attempt to win the championship. A few minutes later, he scored a set-piece for Robert Lewandowski, who became the third player in history to score triple-digit goals in European competitions (92 in the Champions League, 8 in the Europa League).
The icing on the cake was Gele Batey’s own goal in the 22nd minute from a cross from Rafinha, which meant the hosts secured the “three points” early in the game.
In the 2nd half, Barcelona’s rhythm did not let up and Gavi opened his goal record in the top interclub event in the 54th minute. Ten minutes later, Felix scored again and soon made way for Lamil Yamal, who at 16 years and 68 days became the club’s youngest player in the competition’s history and second-youngest overall, behind only Yusufah Mukoko’s Dortmund.
The last few minutes were procedural, with the “Blaugrana” having the upper hand and having chances, but not managing to increase the points index.
- BARCELONA: Ter Stegen, Cancelo (76′ Roberto), Coute, Christensen (76′ Martinez), Balde, Guidogan, De Jong (58′ Romeo), Gavi (58′ Gavi), Rafinha (68′ Torres), Lewandowski, Felix ( 68′ Jamal)
- ANTWERP: Bitez, Batey (74′ Kirk), Aldeweireld, Koulibaly, Widal, Keita, Vermeeren, Muga (83′ Valencia), Eckelenkamp (61′ Yussuf), Baliquisa (61′ De Lat), Janssen (60′ Ilenikena)
Porto cleaned up from the first half hour
Porto needed just 29 minutes to break the stalemate Shakhtar with 3-1 in Hamburg, which the Ukrainians use as their home ground, and will be the second favorite to qualify for the knockout round from the 8th group.
Galeno was the Dragons’ star in the game after scoring two goals in the first quarter. Despite Kelvin’s equalizer in the 13th minute, the visitors were better and with high pressure they led Shakhtar to many mistakes, which they converted into chances and goals.
In the 29th minute, Galeno turned into a goalscorer and Mehdi Taremi opened the gap between the two teams. The Ukrainians failed to seriously endanger the Portuguese in the two finals and therefore they reacted more decisively in the second part.
But the shot attempts were poor and Diogo Costa was out of danger as Porto secured the double at the Volksparkstadion and started the competition with a win for the first time since 2014/15.
- SHACHTAR: Riznik, Konoplia (76′ Goholeishvili), Lemkin (65′ Azarovi), Rakitsky, Mirosi, Nazarina, Stepanenko (65′ Kaschuk), Sudakov, Zubkov, Sikan, Kelsey (65′ Bodarenko)
- POSTAGE: Costa, Mario (73′ Sanchez), Pepe, Carmo, Sanussi (46′ Wendell), Varela, Eustaquio, Jaime (73′ Gondaleth), Franco (82′ Borges), Galeno (90+1′ Conceição), Taremi
The results of the 1st round
- Barcelona – Antwerp 5:0 (11′, 66′ Felix, 19′ Lewandowski, 22′ auto. Batey, 54′ Gavi)
- Shakhtar – Porto 1-3 (13′ Kelsi / 8′, 15′ Galeno, 29′ Taremi)
The whole program
- 04/08 7:45 p.m Antwerp – Shakhtar
- 04.08. 22:00 O’clock Porto – Barcelona
- 10/25 7:45 p.m Barcelona – Shakhtar
- 10/25 22:00 O’clock Antwerp – Porto
- 11.07. 7:45 p.m Shakhtar – Barcelona
- 07/11 22:00 Porto – Antwerp
- November 28th 7:45 p.m Shakhtar – Antwerp
- November 28th 22:00 O’clock Barcelona – Porto
- 13.12. 22:00 O’clock Porto – Shakhtar
- 13.12. 22:00 O’clock Antwerp – Barcelona
Source: Sport 24
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Champions League
Pedri commented on the new format of the Champions League: An unexpected look from a football player
Barcelona midfielder pedri He answered the question about his attitude towards the new format of the Champions League with the general group stage.
“Do I like the new format of the Champions League? I can’t say with 100% certainty which format I like more: this one or the previous one?”
If I have to choose, I will do something new: There were more matches between strong teams in the first stage,” said Pedri, as quoted by Esquire.
Before the 2024/2025 season, the group stage of the Champions League consisted of eight groups of four clubs each. All participants played six matches in their respective foursomes, home and away, against each of the three opponents.
From the 2024/2025 season, a new Champions League format comes into force with a common group stage of 36 clubs; each participant plays eight matches, four away and four at home; The opponents are determined by lot.”
Source: Sport UA
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Champions League
Guardiola: In football you will be able to perform better in the future
Earlier, English Manchester City played a match against French Monaco in a new round of the UEFA Champions League.
After the match, the head coach of the “Locals” Pep Guardiola commented on the performance of the powerful team.
“In football you can always perform better – and this is the result. Our game today was very good in many ways. And step by step we will improve our results.”
Ale mi gave many speeches today in the right way. We created many scoring opportunities and found Phil Foden active in the first half. Most Gravians played at a fairly high level.
Previously, they did not let their opponents create anything, but created the chances themselves. We adapted very well to the superniks and played very well. This is my opinion.
If you get a good match on the right side, of course you have to… Today we got a great ball, that’s all I can tell you right away.
Holland? It’s really good. He plays to score goals. He struggled with three centre-backs and two supporting defenders in front of him, and it wasn’t easy for his partners to know that. Ale, we can work hard to score goals.
Tse bula spravdi garna gra. We created a lot of chances, but unfortunately in the end we didn’t defend perfectly against a free kick, which would have been quite a few, and we conceded a penalty, which was awarded when the ball hit the first one… well, that’s it.
Referee? “I have nothing to say to the Spanish referees,” said the Spanish footballer.
In the coming round, English Manchester City will visit Spanish Villarreal.
Source: Football UA
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Champions League
Borussia Dortmund – Athletic Bilbao 4:1 Video of goals and match review 01.10.2025
Borussia Dortmund defeated Bask Athletic (4:1) in the match of the other round of the UEFA Champions League.
Problems for the Spanish team started to arise in the first half, when their opponents took away their goal and scored the first goal against their team.
Immediately the “jmeli” got the advantage, after which Athlete won one ball, but ultimately missed two more.
Kind regards, video of the highlights of the match between Borussia Dortmund and Athletic Bilbao in the 2nd round of the UEFA Champions League 2025/26:
Borussia Dortmund — Athletic Bilbao 4:1
Goli: Svensson, 29, Chukwuemeka, 51, Girassi, 82, Brandt, 90+1 – Guruseta, 61
Borussia Dortmund: Male – Sule (Schlotterbeck, 70), Anton, Bensebaine – R’erson, Sabitzer, Bellingham (Nmecha, 69), Svensson – Adeyemi (Bayer, 63), Chukwuemeka (Brandt, 63) – Girassi (Silva, 87)
Athletic Bilbao: Simon – Gorosabel, Vivian (Arezo, 46), Paredes, Lecue – Jauregisar (Laporte, 46), Rego – Williams (Ruiz de Galarreta, 46), Navarro, Gomez (Serrano, 63) – Sannadi (Sanchez, 80)
Next: Bayer-Paredes, Gorosabel
Source: Football UA
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