As usual: Real Madrid returns against Borussia with a hat-trick from Vinicius
Vinicius Junior scored a hat-trick as Real Madrid went from cheers to cheers by beating Borussia Dortmund 5-2 on Tuesday in a Champions League matchday in which Paris Saint-Germain gave away more points and more one goal from John Duran helped maintain Aston Villa’s perfect game. step.
Madrid went into the break 2-0 down in a repeat of last season’s final but turned things around thanks to three goals from Vinicius Junior, who also scored in the final in May, as well as goals from Antonio Rudiger and Lucas Vazquez.
To condemn the lackadaisical performance, fans at the Santiago Bernabeu stadium whistled for their team when the whistle blew at the end of the first half. Everything indicated that the Merengues would suffer their second consecutive defeat in the tournament after an unbeaten run of 14 games.
“This is our competition and we want to win it again,” Vinicius stressed. “We know that when we are at home, with our fans, anything can happen and when we got to the dressing room we knew that if we scored first we would be back again, but we need to improve and play like that from the start.” start.”
The Brazilian star, one of the leading contenders to win next Monday’s Ballon d’Or, said they were “very quiet” in the dressing room.
“We only listened to the coach (coach Carlo Ancelotti) and he only said one thing: if we score first, we will come back again,” he added. “And we did it thanks to the fans. And to a team that gave everything.
Dortmud showed their dominance in the first half with goals from Donyell Malen and Jamie Bynoe-Gittens in the 30th and 34th minutes respectively.
Arsenal is recovering, but Aston Villa remains perfect
Arsenal turned things around after losing 2-0 to Bournemouth in the Premier League at the weekend and winning 1-0 at Shakhtar Donetsk.
The English defeated Shakhtar thanks to an own goal. Brazilian Gabriel Martinelli’s shot hit the post and bounced off goalkeeper Dmitry Riznik’s buttock and into the net in the 29th minute at Emirates Stadium. Riznik redeemed himself by blocking Leandro Trossard’s penalty in the 77th.
In Europe’s premier competition for the first time in 41 years, Aston Villa are the only team with three wins after beating Bologna 2-0.
John McGinn and Colombian Duran scored in the second half at Villa Park. Durant is fresh off a 1-0 win over Bayern Munich earlier this month.
Shortly after scoring in the 64th minute with the final score 2-0, Duran was substituted and did not take it well. In response, the attacker kicked the bench and left through the tunnel.
Liverpool, Bayer Leverkusen, Brest and Benfica can join Villa on nine points at the top of the 36-team table. On this Wednesday they play their games.
Olympic goal
Christian Pulisic scored an Olympic goal to lead Milan to a 3-1 victory over Club Brugge on Tuesday, the Italian club’s first win of the tournament.
The American striker couldn’t believe his goal in the 34th minute when he sent in a corner from the left for the Rossoneri, who had lost their first two games in the tournament’s reconfigured format.
Brugge were shorthanded for most of the match after Raphael Onyedika was sent off in the 40th minute, but the Belgian club temporarily equalized in the 51st through Kyriani Sabba. Dutch midfielder Tijani Reynders scored a brace in the final period to give Milan the victory they so desperately needed.
Francesco Camarda, a 16-year-old striker, came on in the 75th minute to become the youngest Italian debutant in Champions League history. He briefly believed he had set the record for the earliest goalscorer in the tournament’s history, but his header into the net was disallowed for offside after VAR intervention.
PSG saves a draw
After losing to Arsenal the day before, Achraf Hakimi’s goal allowed PSG to salvage a 1-1 draw against Dutch club PSV Eindhoven.
Bilal Toure scored in stoppage time as Stuttgart won 1-0 away at Juventus, who finished their second straight Champions League game with 10 men.
Meanwhile, Ivorian defender Wilfried Singo scored from 30 meters out in Monaco’s comprehensive victory over visiting Serbia. The principality club has seven points based on the results of the first three days.
Girona won the Champions League by beating Bratislava Slovan 2-0 at home. Lisbon Sporting defeated Sturm Graz with the same score.