Champions League
Barcelona 2-1 Shakhtar: The new generation gave them their third win in three games
Barcelona reached 3/3 in Group 8 of the Champions League by defeating Shakhtar, largely thanks to the products of Masia, which Xavi entrusted to the team.
Xavi once again trusted a horde of teenagers and they left him pale-faced after Barcelona bowed out the game Shakhtar with 2-1 for his 3rd matchday 8th group and with the absolute number of points he is already very close to qualifying for the knockout round of the Champions League.
The Catalan coach threw Fermin and Lamin Yamal deep, while on the bench were Mark Casado, Ander Astraga, Mark Giou, Hector Fort, Alejs Garrido and Pau Koumbarsi, several of whom he used in the second half for a change.
The hosts (albeit on the Montjuic hill) were in complete control of the game at the start, missing chances and scoring their two goals within eight minutes. First, Ferran Torres scored a rebound onto Fermin’s crossbar in the 28th minute, and the young Spaniard was finally named the goalscorer in the 36th minute.
The 20-year-old midfielder was one of the most active footballers in the game, he missed other chances, he also had a goal post in the 2nd half and constantly disrupted the defense of the Ukrainians, who still managed to hold their own decently.
The goal they scored at the end of the hour on a counterattack with Giorgi Sudakov brought them into the game, but that was all they managed.
The VAR had a lot to do in the game as it disallowed home goals due to minor offsides and reviewed penalty cases on both sides.
- BARCELONA: Ter Stegen, Cancelo, Araujo, Martinez (82′ Christensen), Alonso (71′ Balde), Fermin (82′ Casado), Romeo, Guidogan, Yamal, Torres, Félix (75′ Giou)
- SHACHTAR: Riznik, Konoplia, Bondar, Matvijenko, Azarov, Stepanenko (90+3′ Ezwinaldo), Zubkov, Bodarenko, Sudakov, Kriskiff (63′ Newerton), Sikan (71′ Kelsey)
The results of the 3rd matchday in the 8th group
- Barcelona – Shakhtar 2-1 (28′ Torres, 36′ Fermin / 62′ Sudakov)
- 10/25 22:00 O’clock Antwerp – Porto
Full schedule and results
- 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)
- Antwerp – Shakhtar 2-3 (3′ Mouya, 33′ Balikuisa / 48′, 78′ Sikan, 71′ Rakitski)
- Porto – Barcelona 0-1 (45+1′ Torres)
- 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
- 12/13 22:00 O’clock Porto – Shakhtar
- 12/13 22:00 O’clock Antwerp – Barcelona
Source: Sport 24
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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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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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Bayer Leverkusen played in the match of the other round of the UEFA Champions League on the field in a defeat against the Dutch PSV (1:1).
The spectators had the chance to watch the release of the sustrcha until halfway through the other half, when the teams exchanged goals and parted ways.
Kind regards, video of the highlights of the match between Bayer Leverkusen and PSV in the 2nd round of the UEFA Champions League 2025/26:
Bayer Leverkusen-PSV 1:1
Goli: Kofane, 65 — Saybari, 72
Bayer Leverkusen: Fleken – Kwansa, Bade, Tapsoba – Tap, Garcia, Fernandez, Grimaldo – Tillman (Maza, 80), Poku (Ben Segir, 74) – Cofane (Echeverri, 80)
PSV: Kovarzh – Junior, Obispo (Flamingo, 67), Gaserovski, Salah-Eddin – Saybari, Schouten, Wehrman – Man (Driush, 74), Til, Perishic (Bajraktarevich, 74)
Subject: Til-Saibari
Source: Football UA
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