Lukas Hradecky had to do the work in the second half to protect Leverkusen’s 1-0 lead until the end in the Champions League on Tuesday.
Finnish national team goalkeeper Lukas Hradecky skipper Leverkusen overthrew Italian Milan by Victor Boniface with a goal at the beginning of the second half 1–0 and grabbed his second victory in the second round of the football Champions League stage.
– Matches like this are every footballer’s dream, there is always enough energy for these. The fans were winging us until the end today, Hradecky praised the loud Leverkusen home crowd.
In the second half, the German champions needed a lot of great saves from Hradecky and a bit of luck to maintain their lead and secure a second consecutive clean sheet in the UCL. In total, the clean sheet was the Fifth of Hradecky’s career in the UCL.
In the struggle, Leverkusen won the scoring attempts 16–14, the shots on goal 9–5, and the expected goal 3.24–1.37.
Germany’s series four is handsomely third in the Champions League with six points and a goal difference of 5–0. The loss for Serie A’s third-placed Milan was already the second in the league.
Dortmund scored seventh, Arsenal beat PSG
Karim Adeyemi led Dortmund’s effective night with a hat-trick in the opening period, where Celtic suffered a humiliating 1-7 away defeat. Dortmund is at the top of the UCL standings with six points and a goal difference of 10–1. Viljami Sinisalo sat as usual on the bench when Celtic’s defensive responsibility was borne Kasper Schmeichel.
Barcelona, who lost to Monaco in the opening round, and Manchester City, who played to a goalless draw with Inter, grabbed the opening victories of the renewed Champions League phase in an easy way.
Robert Lewandowski started the scoring for Barcelona and with his two successes led the Catalan club to a 5–0 home win over the Swiss Young Boys. City had a good time in Bratislava, where they softened up Slovan with a 4-0 win, where they hit İlkay Gündoğan, Phil Foden, Erling Haaland and James McAtee.
Mikel Arteta piloted by Arsenal was too big for Paris SG at home. Kai Havertz and Bukayo Sakan the opening half’s hits were enough for the tame Parisian crew.
Daniel Bragança lifted Sporting Lisbon to a 1-1 away draw against PSV Eindhoven with his 84th minute strike.
All results and goals here