Before it became known that Barça would leave Milan empty-handed, Bayern Munich confirmed their favoritism against Viktoria Pilsen and put their ticket to the knockout stages of the Champions League on track. In one of the two late matches of matchday three, the Bavarians mercilessly thrashed the weak Czech team. It was not the only goleada of the night. Napoli's display in Amsterdam allows the Serie A leaders to continue counting their games for victory in the tournament.
Luciano Spalletti's Napoli is leader of Serie A and also in group A of the Champions League, with 9 points in three games. Yesterday he had fun at the Johan Cruyff Arena against Ajax, who took the early lead through Kudus. But the Neapolitans came from behind and shattered the Ajacied defense and goalkeeper Pasveer with six goals: Raspadori (2), Di Lorenzo, Zielinski, Kvaratskhelia and Gio Simeone. Instead, Liverpool healed the wounds of the Premier defeating Rangers (2-0).
In addition to Atlético's defeat at Club Brujas, Porto got their first victory of the season by beating Bayer Leverkusen in a showy match (2-0). Goals from Sanusi and Galeno allow for a three-way tie with Atlético and Leverkusen, while Brugge is the surprising leader with nine points.
Another team with plenty of victories in this Champions League is Bayern, with nine goals for and none against. The little hand against the lazy Viktoria Pilsen had no history. In 20 minutes Nagelsmann's men already dominated 3-0. Sané, twice, Gnabry, Mané and Choupo-Moting were the protagonists of the goal at the Allianz Arena.
Bayern is the group leader and is followed by Inter, with six, after their triumph over Barça, with three. The Viktoria has still been unable to score in the group of death.
Sporting Club maintains the leadership of their group despite the thrashing that Olympique de Marseille endorsed them in a Velodrome without an audience due to the UEFA sanction. The horrible afternoon of the Spanish goalkeeper Adán made the task easier for the French despite the fact that ex-Blaugrana Francisco Trincao put his team ahead in the first minute of play.
Another former Barça player, Alexis Sánchez, put the equalizer on the scoreboard. Harid made it 2-1 shortly before Adan was sent off for a handball outside the box. Balerdi and Mbemba, a former Porto player, closed the scoring. In the other group match, Eintracht and Tottenham drew goalless.
