US EditionBarcelona Routs Olympiakos 6-1 After Bizarre Red Card for Santiago Hezze in Champions League
- On Tuesday, FC Barcelona, European champions, defeated Olympiacos, Greek champions, 6-1 in Gameweek 3 at Montjuïc, Barcelona.
- Coach Flick's selection enabled early possession dominance as Barcelona built a sizeable lead to allow rest ahead of Saturday's El Clásico.
- Fermín López starred with a hat trick, his first Champions League treble and the first by a Spaniard for Barcelona, while Marcus Rashford scored twice, totaling four goals in three games.
- Match officials and VAR influenced key moments as VAR awarded Barcelona a penalty after Marcus Rashford was fouled and Santiago Hezze received a second yellow for minimal contact, reducing Olympiacos to 10 men.
- Possession statistics show Barcelona's control as they dominated match statistics with 68% possession and scored four goals in 11 minutes after Olympiacos went down to 10 men.
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The current champion Paris SG, the runner-up Inter, and the aspiring Arsenal and FC Barcelona claimed their legitimate ambitions in the Champions League after their respective goals this Tuesday in a third fecund day in goals (43 in 9 games).The PSG endorsed a 2-7 Bayer Leverkusen in Germany, but that was not the bulkiest result of the European night.The same difference of goals was seen the Montjuic, where the Barça crushed with a 6-1 to a Gree…
Paris Saint-Germain and FC Barcelona largely won for the third day of the league stage on Tuesday, 21 October. The Parisians beat the Germans of Bayer Leverkusen (7-2) and the Catalans crushed the Olympiakos (6-1). Find all the results of the evening.
Barcelona comfortably defeated Olympiakos of Greece 6-1 in the third round of the Champions League. PSV humiliated Napoli at home (6-2), and PSG was even more reliable on the road at Bayer Leverkusen, winning 7-2. In nine Tuesday matches, we saw 43 goals, or an average of almost five per game.
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