Giroud points the tip of his nose, sensational goal for Haaland… What to remember from Wednesday’s other matches

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Winner of Maccabi Haifa without shining (3-1), PSG was not the only big club to be in difficulty, Wednesday September 14, for the last meetings of the second day of the Champions League. Chelsea were hooked by Salzburg (1-1), when Real Madrid, Manchester City and Napoli took time to see their victory take shape. The evening was also marked by the goal of Olivier Giroud, the crazy volley of Erling Haaland and the new defeat of Juventus, against Benfica Lisbon.

The call of Olivier Giroud’s foot to Didier Deschamps

The timing couldn’t have been better for Olivier Giroud. On the eve of the announcement of Didier Deschamps’ list for the next gathering of the France team, the Milan striker shook the nets. In AC Milan’s victory against Dinamo Zagreb (3-1), he opened the scoring from the penalty spot (45th), an exercise in which he converted 24 of his last 25 attempts.

Not selected in June with the Blues, Olivier Giroud can hope to find Clairefontaine thanks to his first goal in the Champions League with the Rossoneri. Karim Benzema injured in the right thigh, this is not utopian.

Erling Haaland’s Zlatanesque Volley

The clinical sense of Erling Haaland’s goal is well established. And yet, on Wednesday, against his former club Borussia Dortmund, the Norwegian still managed to surprise us with a gesture out of nowhere. Upon receiving a nice cross from the outside of Joao Cancelo’s foot, the “Cyborg” threw himself at an impressive height to score with the sole (84th). His 13th goal – worthy of Zlatan Ibrahimovic – in nine games this season allows the Skyblues to snatch victory (2-1) when they were still trailing ten minutes from the end, before the equalizer from John Stones (1-1, 80th), just as spectacular.

Benfica put Juventus in trouble

Defeat in Paris (2-1), Tuesday September 6, to start the Champions League, Juventus Turin had the opportunity to recover at home against Benfica Lisbon. Missed opportunity. Despite the opener of the former Marseillais Arkadiusz Milik (4th), the “Old lady” was overthrown at home by the Lisboètes (2-1).

Joao Mario (43rd) then David Neres (55th) gave Benfica their second victory in as many games. The Portuguese club are tied with PSG at the top of Group H before their direct confrontation in Portugal on October 5. For its part, Juventus is already dropped and cannot extricate itself from its bad series of four games without a win in all competitions.


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