AC Milan gets scared in Bratislava
In the other match of the first part of the evening, AC Milan won 2-3 after being scared against Slovan Bratislava, bottom of the Champions League standings. Paulo Fonseca’s men woke up in the second period thanks to successive goals from Rafael Leao (68th) and Tammy Abraham (71st) and won despite the reduction of the gap by Nino Marcelli (88th). Christian Pulisic opened the scoring for the ‘Rossoneri’ in the first period (21st) before the Slovaks, where Siemen Voet played 76 minutes, equalized via the Armenian Tigran Barseghyan (24th).
In the ranking, Atlético and AC Milan temporarily moved closer to the top 8 by taking ninth and tenth place respectively, with 9 units for the two clubs. Sparta Prague, provisionally 28th with 4 points, sees its chances of qualifying dwindling while Bratislava remains bottom with no points collected.
Champions League: Openda and De Ketelaere starters, KDB and Trossard on the bench (Multilive C1)
Brest concedes to Barcelona its first defeat in the competition
Brest was beaten 3-0 (halftime: 1-0) by Barcelona, who largely dominated the match, thus losing their unbeaten run in the competition on Tuesday in Catalonia.
Barcelona opened the scoring with a penalty converted by Robert Lewandowski who wrong-footed Marco Bizot for his 100th goal in the premier competition of European football. Dani Olmo doubled the lead by scoring from close range after controlling a low cross from the left (66th). Lewandowski achieved the double in added time by scoring from close range after a mix-up by the Brest defense (90+2).
