Round-up Champions League – Okafor scores again – PSG drop points in Lisbon – Sport

• Noah Okafor also scores in the 3rd group game of the Champions League and wins with Salzburg against Dinamo Zagreb.
• Real Madrid are keeping their clean slate, but have to tremble against Shakhtar at home in the Bernabeu.
• Leipzig celebrates a deserved win against Celtic, but loses keeper Gulacsi, who tears his cruciate ligament.
• In the top game of Group H, PSG have to settle for a draw away against Benfica.
• In Group G, Dortmund and ManCity celebrate clear victories.

Group E: Okafor can also do it from the point

• Salzburg 1-0 Dinamo Zagreb

Noah Okafor and the Champions League – that fits. The Nati striker also scored a goal in RB Salzburg’s 3rd group game. While the Austrians had drawn 1-1 in the previous two games, Okafor’s goal against Dinamo Zagreb spelled victory. The 22-year-old converted a foul penalty in the 71st minute. With Josip Drmic, another Swiss almost became a spoilsport. The substitute striker scored the supposed equalizer in injury time, but it didn’t count because of an offside position. In the end, the Swiss Salzburg goalkeeper Philipp Köhn was left with a zero.

Group F: Leipzig wins for the first time, but loses Gulacsi

• RB Leipzig – Celtic Glasgow 3: 1

With 0 points on their account, RB Leipzig were under a lot of pressure before the home game against Celtic Glasgow. And with the early substitution of Peter Gulacsi – the keeper got stuck in the grass after a back pass – the game got off to a bad start for the Saxons. But if you know a Christopher Nkunku in your ranks, you don’t have to stick your head in the sand right away. The first goal of the French striker (18th), who delivered a very strong game, was disallowed for offside, but the second goal almost 10 minutes later counted. And Leipzig also had an answer to the equalization of the Scottish guests shortly after the break. Andre Silva (64th/77th) secured Marco Rose’s team their first win with a brace. Also with the kind help of Celtic goalie Joe Hart, who made a bad bad pass before the 2-1 build-up.

• Real Madrid – Shakhtar Donetsk 2:1

The Madrilenians strained the nerves of their own fans at the Bernabeu to the bitter end. The defending champion played superior in the first half, but didn’t use enough of the many chances. Only Rodrygo (13th) and Vinicius Junior (28th) sank the ball in the net. Because Shakhtar reduced the deficit to 1: 2 with the first real chance (39th), Real began to tremble. Even after the break, the stronger Madrid couldn’t increase the score, at the same time the Ukrainians kept poking a needle. In the end, the Spanish audience could still breathe a sigh of relief: After three wins from three games, they are on course for the round of 16.

Group H: No winner in the top duel

• Benfica Lisbon – Paris St-Germain 1: 1

In the Estadio da Luz, Benfica and PSG, the two teams from Group H who still had no points, met. Neither the Portuguese nor the French were able to keep their clean slate in an intense game. The home team set the tone in the first half, the guests from Paris had advantages after the break. Worth seeing was the opening goal by Lionel Messi (22nd), who completed a nice attack with a curl into the corner. The fact that more goals were not scored in Lisbon was also due to the two strong goalkeepers.

• Juventus 3-1 Maccabi Haifa

Juventus Turin meanwhile secured the first points of the current Champions League campaign in the parallel game against Maccabi Haifa. Turin were clearly the better team. Adrien Rabiot’s opening goal (35′) came just as the guests from Israel had their best period of the first half. After the break, Dusan Vlahovic (50th) increased after a great pass from the eye-catching Angel di Maria. Although Dean David shortened the lead fifteen minutes before the end, Rabiot (83rd) restored the reassuring two-goal advantage.