Matchday 8 of the European Champions League – Expulsion of the football giants – 2

In another noteworthy game, underperforming Bayern Munich FC, which had fallen from first place to fifth in the German Bundesliga, edged out Europe’s most successful team, Real Madrid FC, 2 goals to one to go out. of the championship this season. league tournament

With Real leading by three goals to two since the previous first leg played in Madrid, all they needed was a draw to qualify.

However, all their game plans were drastically altered when Real conceded an early goal in the twelfth minute of the game. The goal, which is the fastest goal in the history of the Champions League, came just after the game started.

Real found it difficult to get back into the game after that, and Bayern Munich later got their second goal in the second half. Although Real Madrid got a late penalty goal from Ruud van Nistelrooy, it was not enough to get the desired result as they were knocked out of the competition on the away goals rule.

This early departure leaves Real Madrid with only one likely trophy in sight: La Liga. However, they are currently fourth in the table and are separated by four points from the leaders. It will be necessary to see if Real has what it takes to overcome Barcelona FC and Sevilla FC for the title, or if it will be another season without a trophy for the team, the fourth without winning any trophy.

England’s Arsenal FC could only manage a draw against PSV Eindhoven of the Netherlands on home soil. Having lost the first leg by just one goal, Arsenal needed an outright win to qualify for the quarter-finals. They scored early in the second half, only to lose their lead with just a few minutes left in the match.

The match ended in a draw, meaning Arsenal lost on aggregate score of two goals to one.

For Arsenal fans, seeing their team fall out of three competitions in just eleven days must have been a painful blow.

The club can only hope to qualify for Europe next season if it places third or fourth in the top spot.

Lyon, the dominant team in France, also lost. They were defeated by Roma FC of Italy by two goals to nil. It was a shocking result, given that the first leg ended in a draw in Rome. Given Lyon’s strength, everyone expected them to easily defeat Roma. The result turned out to be a disaster for them in the end.

Italy’s Inter Milan FC, the runaway league leaders in Serie A, were defeated by Spain’s Valencia FC on the away goals rule. Having played out a 2-2 draw in the first leg in Milan, the two teams played out a goalless draw to secure Valencia’s victory. However, the match would be remembered more for the gruesome fight scenes than the match itself.

At the beginning of the season, many experts had predicted that four teams from Inter Milan, Lyon, Arsenal, Barcelona and Real Madrid would surely be in the semi-finals of the championship.

Now, with these great teams gone, it remains to be seen which of the remaining teams in the race will finally lift the trophy in Athens in May.

It has become really difficult to predict a winner. Or would someone reading this want to try and predict a winner?