All the matches of the fifth round concluded yesterday Champions Leaguegroup stage, with mixed fortunes for our Italians. Juve can smile at the draw in Birmingham, while Bologna suffers yet another defeat in this European adventure at home, against Lille. Heavy successes for Liverpool, now the lone league leaders, and Borussia Dortmund. The results of Benfica and PSV Eindhoven were decidedly sensational, both 3-2, in comebacks against Monaco and Shakthar Donetsk. The Dutch in particular were historic, given that in the 86th minute they lost 2-0 and at the end of the match they collected the three points thanks to an all-American trio of goals in the space of 10 minutes, injury time included.
Wednesday 27 November
Red Star-Stuttgart 5-1
(5′ Demirovic (ST), 12′ Silas (SR), 31′ Krunic (SR), 65′ Ivanic (SR), 69′, 88′ Radonjic (SR))
Sturm Graz-Girona 1-0
(59′ Biereth)
Aston Villa-Juventus 0-0
Bologna-Lille 1-2
(44′, 66′ Mukau (L), 63′ Lucumi (B))
Celtic Glasgow-Club Brugge 1-2
(26′ aut. Carter-Vickers (CB), 61′ Maeda (C), 69′ Ju)
Dinamo Zagreb-Borussia Dortmund 0-3
(42′ Gittens, 57′ Bensebaini, 90′ Guirassy)
Liverpool-Real Madrid 2-0
(52′ Mac Allister, 77′ Gakpo)
Monaco-Benfica 2-3
(13′ Ben Seghir (M), 48′ Pavlidis (B), 68′ Magassa (M), 84′ Cabral (B), 88′ Amdouni (B))
PSV-Shakthar Donetsk 3-2
(8′ Sikan (S), 37′ Zubkov (S), 87′, 90′ Tillman (P), 95′ Pepi (P))
CLASSIFICATION
1. Liverpool 15 (dr +11)
2. Inter 13 (dr +7)
3. Barcelona 12 (dr +13)
4. Dortmund 12 (dr +10)
5. Atalanta 11 (dr +10)
6. Leverkusen 10 (dr +6)
7. Arsenal 10 (dr +6)
8. Monaco 10 (dr +5)
9. Aston Villa 10 (dr +5)
10. Sporting 10 (dr +3)
11. Brest 10 (dr +3)
12. Lilac 10 (dr +2)
13. Bayern 9 (dr +5)
14. Benfica 9 (dr +3)
15. Atl. Madrid 9 (dr +2)
16. Milan 9 (dr +2)
17. Manchester City 8 (dr +6)
18. PSV 8 (dr +3)
19. Juventus 8 (dr +2)
20. Celtic 8 (dr 0)
21. Feyenoord 7 (dr -3)
22. Club Brugge 7 (dr -3)
23. Dyn. Zagreb 7 (dr -5)
24. Real Madrid 6 (dr 0)
25. PSG 4 (dr -3)
26. Shakhtar 4 (dr -4)
27. Stuttgart 4 (dr -7)
28. Sparta Prague 4 (dr -9)
29. Sturm Graz 3 (dr -4)
30. Girona 3 (dr -5)
31. Red Star 3 (dr -8)
32. Salzburg 3 (dr -12)
33. Bologna 1 (dr -6)
34. RB Leipzig 0 (dr -6)
35. Slovan Bratislava 0 (dr -14)
36. Young Boys 0 (dr -15)