The first stage of the eliminatory series of the UEFA Champions League took place Tuesday and Wednesday without lacking fascinating results. Some, as Ousmane Dembele-inspired Paris Saint-Germain’s Routine 3-0 Win Away Stade Brestois 29went as planned but little would have bet on Manchester City who directs Real Madrid as close as the team of Pep Guardiola, although they finally died of white junior influence of Carlo Ancelotti. Borussia Dortmund and Juventus also had to win, but the victory of Club Brugge over Atalanta BC was against the chances, just like the Home Victory of Feyenoord against Milan.
Here is our XI of this game of the week:
GK: Gregor Kobel, Dortmund
It was a white sheet and an exhibition composed for the bvb scorer while one cannot say the same for the tastes of Gianluigi Donnarumma of the PSG which managed to look trembling despite the simple victory of the French Giants on League 1 Brest rival. Kobel is no stranger to be a reliable presence for Dortmund in the Champions League when he played during last year’s race in the final. He beat another Timon Wellenreuther competition, Manuel Neuer, Anatoliy Trubin and Radoslaw Majecki to make our cut.
RCB: Marquinhos, PSG
The Brazilian made his 100th appearance in the Champions League with Paris and celebrated it with a performance authority in the rear guard of Luis Enrique. Although Donnarumma and Achraf Hakimi almost had moments of madness against Brest, Marquinhos was a serene presence throughout its recently improved form with that of his team. A superb interception ahead of the Ludovic Ajorque of the anchor was undoubtedly the choice of his contributions while making the history of Parisian on Tuesday evening.
CB: Federico Gatti, Juventus
It was a solid performance of the Italian on the right side of the defense which owed the tip of the hat to the star of the USMNT Tim Weah at the back. However, Gatti helped create the goal of Weston McKennie, which finally made the difference when the Bianconeri missed winners by a single home goal against PSV Eindhoven.
Watch: USMNT midfielder Weston McKennie, scores a superb goal from the Champions League against PSV
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LCB: Gijs Smal, Feyenoord
The Dutch outfit obtained a memorable victory over Milan at De Kuip despite having seen the star man Santiago Gimenez join the Rossoneri a few weeks earlier. The Mexican could have left, but Igor Paixaa was the hero with an early goal made possible by the assistance of SMAL. Although the 27 -year -old was reserved during his 70 -minute race on the field in Rotterdam, he was a winning contribution against the Italians of Sergio Conceica, including Joao Felix and Christian Pulisic.
CDM: Weston McKennie, Juventus
The American midfielder has scored an astonishing objective for the Giants of Turin and produced a perfectly convincing performance for the team of Thiago Motta who highlighted his value. This is surprising since McKennie was pushed towards the exit during the summer, but he fought for Juve with a USMNT Weah man also made a remarkable show here.
RM: Julian Brandt, Dortmund
The creative center for Bundesliga’s outfit, the German international provided two assists during the 3-0 victory against Sporting, Serhou Guirassy obtaining the opening before Karim Adeyemi ended the scoring in Portugal. Brandt has really become his during the dashboard last season at the UCL final and that his cunning could be influential if Niko Kovac not only wants to transform BVB’s fortune but lead them on another deep race.
LM: Vinicius Junior, Real Madrid
Another winning contribution from the Brazilian stressed its importance for Los Blancos, the South Americans increased the goals of 2-2 and 3-2 in six minutes while Brahim Diaz and Jude Bellingham overturned the game to City on his head. It may not be the best version of citizens, but it does not depreciate Vini Jr. and his contribution to a critical moment to transform Real’s game in the moment.
Cam: Jude Bellingham, Real Madrid
The international in England is like his teammate Vini Jr. in that he savor the intensification when the men of Actotti need him for the most. Although Kylian Mbappe also played a role in the double fight victory with a fortuitous first equalizer for real, it was Bellingham who provided the winning goal of the match to tear the victory of the jaws of the defeat while wearing a blow Wild to the hopes of the city of an unexpected round of 16 outings.
St: Serhou Guirassy, Dortmund
With a goal and a new decisive pass, it was the work of the solid evening for the man of Dortmund Target who broke the dead end thanks to the good work of Brandt before transforming the supplier of Pascal Gross to double the advantage Less than 10 minutes later. Adeyemi and Brandt would take care of the third goal, but Guirassy had already bvb out of sight in Lisbon.
St: Erling Haaland, Man City
The two goals of the Norwegian superstar had watched enough to win it for City before Real kneaded them to death and the first was a great team decision ended by Haaland after being helped by Josko Gvardiol. Regardless of what is happening on the second floor, it will be the key to what is happening for the title of title in the title in reigning premier who may not be in the upcoming champions League next season.
St: Ousmane Dembele, PSG
The incredible heat sequence of the French international continues with its 14th and 15th goals of 2025 while the PSG passed Brest. Dembele gathered in a sparkling form which coincided with the men of Luis Enrique seemed much more threatening in Europe. His nonchalance in scoring his second goal here says a lot about the confidence that currently crosses the star man of the Bets.
