Atletico Madrid’s victory over Porto… and Club Brugge drop Leverkusen

 

 

The second group matches of the Champions League groups ended in the first round, with a fatal victory for Atlético Madrid, 2-1, against Porto at the Civitas Metropolitano stadium.

 

The match witnessed many attempts between the two sides, in order to kidnap the 3 points at the beginning of the group stage, and the first goal of Atletico Madrid came in the second minute of stoppage time of the second half.

 

The goal came through Mario Hermoso, with an industry from Korea, before Matthias Oribe equalized the score for Porto in the 90 + 6 minute, and everyone was waiting for the final whistle.

 

But Griezmann, who came on as a substitute in the 61st minute, managed to snatch the victory in the 11th minute of overtime with a more than impressive header.

 

The match witnessed the expulsion of Mahdi Tarmi, the Portuguese player from Porto, after receiving two yellow cards in the 71st and 82nd minutes.

 

In the second match, Club Brugge managed to snatch the victory against Bayer Leverkusen with a single goal in the match that was held between them at the Jan Bridal stadium.

 

Three minutes before the end of the first half, Abker Sila scored the only goal of the match, which was the goal of the second group standings.

 

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