The second group stage round of the Champions League tested magnificent.
Barcelona survived the challenge from Bayer Leverkusen, 2-1, but Arsenal and Chelsea fell heavily.
football giant Barcelona is shaken – but not broken.
The reigning champions of the Champions League has received knocks on the assembly line the last time. The pending group stage premiere away against Roma was a disappointment, the big league loss against John Guidettis Celta Vigo (1-4) a rarely seen collapsing and Lionel Messi’s knee injury – which keeps the Argentine sidelined for up to eight weeks – a shock.
Champions League meeting with Bayer Leverkusen started not good.
Halfway into the first half was Jérémy Mathieu as the adult in the lawn when Hakan Çalhanoğlu curled a corner from the left towards the near post. Leverkusen central defender Kyriakos Papadopoulos chose to jump and could relatively easily control up 1-0 with his head. The goalie Marc-André ter Stegen, who ended up on the intermediary, chose to scold Luis Suárez.
The time passed quickly at the Camp Nou, but in the 80th minute could substitute Sergi Roberto first on a rebound and bumped into 1-1. Segerjublet followed just two minutes later when Luis Suárez floated in 2-1 goal.
Deep forehead creases
At home at the Emirates Stadium in London, Arsenal would take revenge for the loss of Zagreb in the first round.
On the bench sat coach Arsène Wenger with deeper creases on the forehead – in spite of two acknowledgments, there was no point dividends for Arsenal.
+ Colombian Felipe Pardo opened the scoring for Olympiakos when he found the right following a corner in the 33rd minute, with Arsenal’s Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain.
+ Five minutes before the break succeeded home keeper David Ospina not hold Kostas Fortounis inward curled corner on the right side finish line.
+ Just minutes after Arsenal’s second equalizer (Alexis Sánchez) remained understudy spirit Icelander Alfred Finnbogason front and steered 3-2.
pointless Chelsea
Bayern top the group on six points and 8-0 in goal difference after the impressive 5-0 at home against Dinamo Zagreb. The Polish national team striker Robert Lewandowski scored five goals in nine minutes against Wolfsburg in the German league last week. Against Zagreb, he contented himself with three direct hits in just over half an hour.
Jose Mourinho was back at his former home in Porto but it was not a triumphant evening for the 52-year-old and his Chelsea.
André André made the 1-0 Porto, Willian equalized on a free kick before Maicon headed the winning goal on a corner, to the Dragão stadium’s joy.
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