The protagonist of the protocol
“Sporting” - “Bayern” - 0: 1. For two years in a row, Bayern started in the Champions League with two victories, encountering problems only in the third matches. But this time it turned out even more impressive: a trip to Lisbon approved the Munich team as the sole leader of the group. At the 19th minute, Bastian Schweinsteiger remembered how he twice struck Sporting goalkeeper Ricardo in the match for third place at the World Cup, and dared to score a crazy long-range shot. However, Schweini did not want to remain the hero of the match, and soon his last name was added to the protocol twice more: warning and deletion. Remaining ten with them right after the break, Bayern naturally lost the initiative. But the great Oliver Kahn prevented foreign objects from getting into his gates. In Kahn’s game, remaining “dry” in the games of the current League, Bild observers instantly saw another belated greetings to Jens Lehmann, who had missed from CSKA. The Munich team is almost in the playoffs.
Inside-out competition
“Valencia” - “Shakhtar” - 2: 0. This year not only Kiev Dynamo is claiming the title of champions losers - the eternal rival of white and blue in the Ukrainian championship has challenged the right to a record. Shakhtar now has 8 away defeats and 25 away goals. Question: “How did you manage to do this?” - it is worth redirecting the defense team. The first goal was organized by Leonardo, who led David Vilyu to his goal. Goalkeeper Pletikosa tried to knock the striker down, but properly crashed only into his own defender. And after a perfect cross from Joaquin to the right, Villa took a double, productively nodding his head thanking the Spanish fans for their support, and Pletikos for an error on the way out. The picture of Shakhtar Defense with a juicy red stroke was supplemented by Svidersky, removed from the field 15 minutes before the end.
Sofia Progress
“Werder Bremen” - “Levski” - 2: 0. While Chelsea and Barca played the fifth act of their confrontation in the League before the fans, Werder needed to confirm their claim to leave the group in matches with a supplier of points from Bulgaria. The Bremen coped with the task to beat Levski at home. The initiative was the goal of Naldo, who outdid Daniel Carvalho in the search for loopholes between the defenders in the execution of penalties. The builders from the Levski players turned out to be worthless, but the fishermen were good: the ball went through the “wall” and was caught in the net. In the second half, the hosts secured the success of the hosts. However, the progress of the team of Stanimir Stoilov in passing the balls is to be recognized as obvious: first 5, then 3, now 2. Will something be in Sofia?
Fortune telling at Crouch
“Bordeaux” - “Liverpool” - 0: 1. Constantly changing the starting line-up, the squad of Rafa Benitez surprised the French public with Bolo Zenden who left the first minutes. But the Dutchman showed nothing and still reduced the result of the Liverpool game to fortune-telling: if he scored, Crouch would not score. The tall forward had a couple of good moments in the first half, but scored only after an hour of play, bowing his head to the height of human growth and butting the ball into the goal after a corner. Despite the lack of “red” Gerrard, “Bordeaux” could not take control of the center of the field. And to the gate, according to coach Ricardo Gomez, the hosts didn’t reach 20-30 meters at all. In anticipation of a major match against Manchester United, Benitez may be pleased with the tortured leadership in Group C.