Monaco have secured a prestigious victory in the Champions League. At home, the Monegasques and their captain Denis Zakaria beat Barcelona 2-1.
Victorious in their first 5 Liga matches, authors of 11 goals in their last 2 games, the Catalans gave way in the Principality. It must be said that they had to play 80 minutes with one man less on the pitch following the expulsion of Eric Garcia in the 11th minute.
Adi Hütter’s players took advantage of this in the 16th minute with a goal from Akliouche. Except that the nugget Lamine Yamal equalized in the 28th minute. But the Blaugrana conceded 2-1 in the 71st minute on a counter-attack concluded by the young Ilenikhena who had replaced Breel Embolo in the 59th minute. Note that the two other Swiss players in Monaco, goalkeeper Köhn and Denis Zakaria, played the entire game.
Atalanta and Arsenal back to back
In Bergamo, Atalanta and Arsenal shared the stakes (0-0). Atlético Madrid went for the victory (2-1) against Leipzig in the 90th minute thanks to José Maria Gimenez. And finally Brest, with Edimilson Fernandes who scored an own goal, beat Sturm Graz 2-1. Wüthrich went off in the 10th minute due to injury in the Austrian ranks.
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