The PSG artists have spoken, Lionel Messi in the lead. But to find rains of goals, it was necessary to look at other lawns than that of Estadio da Luz de Benfica, Wednesday October 5, in the Champions League. Manchester City was particularly pleased against Copenhagen. And when City blazes, so does Erling Haaland. The Norwegian was not the only one to score twice. Adrien Rabiot did the same with Juventus. Throwback to a big evening of C1.
Juventus finally wins, Rabiot and Di Maria men of the match
It took former Parisians for Juventus to finally launch its European season in the PSG group. After two defeats, the Bianconeri dominated Maccabi Haifa (3-1) at home. This success bears the mark of Adrien Rabiot and Angel Di Maria. The French international scored twice, the second of his career after Paris-Toulouse in February 2015. Rabiot was served on a set by a great night Angel Di Maria, author of three assists. Juve scored their first three points, even if the draw between Benfica and Paris didn’t really help.
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✅ Juventus has finally won this season on the European scene against Maccabi 3-1!
Adrien Rabiot released a great performance, as did Di Maria: triple passer!#JUVMAChttps://t.co/kFnuarFb22— beIN SPORTS (@beinsports_FR) October 5, 2022
Another double: but who will stop Erling Haaland?
The stock of superlatives is already exhausted to evoke the form of Erling Haaland. Manchester City’s star rookie cracked down again, and the Copenhagen Danes tasted it. The Norwegian scored his first two goals, leaving his coach Pep Guardiola flabbergasted. Here he is with 28 goals in the Champions League, already one more than Luis Suarez. With the difference that it only took Haaland 22 games to achieve this, against 51 more for the former goleador of Barca. And to think that he came out at the break, in the middle of the great success of the Citizens (5-0)…
In the other Group G match, Sevilla FC once again sank, slapped 4-1 at home by Borussia Dortmund, which led to the Andalusian club parting ways with coach Julen Lopetegui minutes after the blow. final whistle.
ℹ️ Julen Lopetegui has been relieved of his duties.
— Sevilla FC (@SevillaFC_ENG) October 5, 2022
Chelsea outclass AC Milan but worried about Wesley Fofana
Funny evening for French defender Wesley Fofana. Chelsea’s flagship summer rookie in defense had started his match against AC Milan perfectly by opening the scoring opportunistically. But the former Stéphanois only spent 38 minutes on the lawn of Stamford Bridge, before going out, hit in the knee. Fofana missed most of last season with a broken fibula.
This bad news for the player, and possibly for the Blues with a view to the World Cup, did not spoil the party, and the Blues’ easy victory over their Milanese counterpart (3-0), for Graham’s first European Potter on the bench. Back in London in front of his former audience, Olivier Giroud was very discreet.
The results
Group E
Chelsea v AC Milan: 3-0
RB Salzburg-Dinamo Zagreb: 1-0
Group F
RB Leipzig-Celtic Glasgow: 3-1
Real Madrid-Shakhtar Donetsk: 2-1
Group G
Sevilla FC-Borussia Dortmund: 1-4
Manchester City-FC Copenhagen: 5-0
Group H
Juventus Turin-Maccabi Haifa: 3-1
Benfica-PSG: 1-1