On Wednesday evening, October 2, a number of matches of the second round of the general stage of the Football Champions League took place.
There were also unexpected results. Among them, the most notable were the defeats of Real Madrid and Atletico Madrid, as well as Bayern Munich.
As for the "creamy" team, their offender was the French "Lille". At home, they beat the guests from the capital of Spain with a score of 1:0.
First defeat
This defeat was Real's first this season – in all competitions.
The only goal (and the winning one) for Lille was scored by Jonathan David, who converted a penalty in the 3rd minute of added time in the first half.
After two rounds, Carlo Ancelotti's team is in 17th place in the standings with 3 points, while Lille is in 19th place with the same number of points.
German Bayern Munich had an unsuccessful trip to Birmingham. There they were defeated by Aston Villa.
The only goal in this match was scored by John Duran in the 79th minute. Now the English are in 6th place in the table, the Germans are in 15th.
The failure of the "mattress makers" and "miners"
In Lisbon, local Benfica crushed Madrid Atletico, scoring four unanswered goals.
The goals were scored by Kerem Akturkoglu (13th minute), Angel Di Maria (52, penalty), Alexander Ba (75) and Orkun Kökcü (84, penalty).
Based on the results of two rounds, Benfica is in 3rd place with 6 points, the “mattress makers” are in 23rd place with three.
Donetsk Shakhtar also played poorly in the second round, losing dry to Italian Atalanta – 0:3.
The winning team's goals were scored by Berat Djimsiti (21st minute), Ademola Lookman (44) and Raul Bellanova (48).
Atalanta is currently in 11th place with 4 points, while Shakhtar is in 27th place with one point.
How did the others play?
Among other Champions League games on October 2, we note Girona's defeat to Feyenoord (2:3) and Leipzig's defeat to Juventus with the same score.
British Liverpool defeated Italian Bologna (2:0).
AS Monaco drew away to Croatian Dynamo (2:2), while Sturm lost at home to Brugge (0:1).
