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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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.
Arsenal and Inter Milan are in the Champions League with the maximum score. Barça gives Olympiakos 6 goals.
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FC Barcelona complied with football logic and returned to the victory in the Champions League this Tuesday with a score of 6 to 1 at home against Olympiacos. However, the set that shows the result had little...
By Federico Leiva, CNN en Español FC Barcelona lived up to the hype and returned to winning ways in the Champions League on Tuesday with a 6-1 home thrashing of Olympiacos. However, the result had little to do with how the match unfolded over the 90 minutes. The game started well for the Catalans early on, with Fermín López sending the ball into the back of the net after a solo effort by Lamine Yamal just seven minutes into the match. The ease o…
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