In the first leg of the UEFA Champions League Round of 16, the matches between PSG — Liverpool, Bayern — Bayer, and Benfica — Barcelona took place.
In the first match of the UEFA Champions League playoff stage, PSG suffered a painful defeat to Liverpool. The reason was that the Parisians, who dominated the match, lost due to a last-minute goal.
PSG — Liverpool 0:1
Goal: Elliot (87).
PSG — Donnarumma, Marquinhos, Pacho, Hakimi, Mendes, Vitinha, Ruiz (Zaire-Emery, 78), Neves, Barkolya (Due, 66), Dembele, Kvaratskhelia (Ramush, 78).
Liverpool — Alisson, Alexander-Arnold, Konate, van Dijk, Robertson, Gravenberch (Endo, 79), Szoboszlai, Mac Allister, Dias (Jones, 67), Salah (Elliot, 86), Jota (Nunez, 67).
Warnings: Marquinhos (38), van Dijk (70).
Check out the statistics recorded in the match:
Possession: 70 % - 30 %
Total shots: 27 – 2
Shots on target: 10 – 1
Missed goal opportunities: 3 – 1
Blocked shots: 9 – 0
Passes: 694 – 295
Accurate passes: 630 (91 %) – 220 (75 %)
Fouls: 3 – 7
Offsides: 3 – 0
Corner kicks: 14 – 2
Xg: 1.82 - 0.27
Alisson Becker from Merseyside was named the best player of the match.
As a note, the return match is scheduled to take place on the night of March 11 to March 12 at 01:00.
In the first leg, Bayern hosted Bayer at home and won 2:0. In the 9th minute of the match, Kane opened the scoring with a header, and in the 61st minute, Musiala increased the lead to 2:0. In the 75th minute of the clash, the English forward scored a penalty to complete his double.
Bayern — Bayer 3:0
Goals: Kane (9, 75 penalty), Musiala (54).
Bayern — Neuer (Urbig, 58), Laimer (Stanischich, 68), Upamecano, Kim (Dayer, 89), Davies, Kimmich, Goretzka (Palinja, 89), Olise, Musiala, Coman (Sane, 68), Kane.
Bayer — Kovar, Ermoso, Ta, Inkapie, Mukiele, Palacios, Xhaka (Garcia, 81), Grimaldo (Buendia, 87), Frimpong (Artur, 81), Wirtz (Shick, 81), Adli (Tapsoba, 68).
Warnings: Mukiele (39), Laimer (39), Goretzka (51), Tapsoba (74), Ta (75).
Red card: Mukiele (62).
In the first leg, Barcelona achieved a 1:0 victory over Benfica in Lisbon. In the first half, the Spanish defender Kubarsi was penalized with a red card. In the 61st minute of the match, Rafinha scored the only goal of the game.
Benfica — Barcelona 0:1
Goal: Rafinha (61).
Benfica — Trubin, Araujo (Dal, 57), Silva, Otamendi, Fernandes, Kokchu (Sanches, 84), Eurnsnes, Barreyro (Belotti, 70), Akturkoglu, Shelderup (Rego, 70), Pavlidis (Kabral, 84).
Barcelona — Szczesny, Kounde, Kubarsi, Martinez, Balde, De Jong (Casado, 79), Pedri, Olmo, Rafinha, Yamal (Torres, 56), Lewandowski (Martin, 79).
Warnings: Barreyro (45), Martinez (45+2), Silva (45+5), Fernandes (73), Rego (90+1).
Red card: Kubarsi (22).
In the first match of the Champions League playoff stage, Inter achieved a 2:0 victory over Feyenoord.
In the 38th minute of the match, Thuram opened the scoring, and in the 50th minute of the second half, Martinez doubled the lead.
Feyenoord — Inter 0:2
Goals: Thuram (38), Martinez (50).
Missed penalty: Zielinski (65).
Feyenoord — Vellenroyter, Mitchell, Belen, Hansko, Bueno, Moder, Smal, Payshao, Haj Musa, Usmon, Karranza (Ueda, 59).
Inter — Martinez, Pavard, de Vrij (Bissek, 72), Acherbi, Bastoni, Dumfries, Barella (Frattezi, 72), Aslani (Chalxono'g'li, 81), Zielinski, Martinez (Arnautovich, 81), Thuram (Torimiy, 62).
Warnings: Mitchell (68), Vellenroyter (71), Bastoni (74), Usmon (76).
