Matteo Gabbia’s analysis: “There are still six games, we must remain confident”

Milan defender Matteo Gabbia thus commented to ‘MilanTV’ on the defeat suffered this evening at the BayArena against Bayer Leverkusen. The match valid for the second day of the ‘championship phase’ of the Champions League ended 1-0, decided by a goal at the start of the second half from Victor Boniface: “The reaction after the goal was very positive. Throughout the match there was willingness, there was organisation, there was a team on the pitch that tried to overcome the difficulties that are normal against a great team We have to analyze this match and take the positive, keep the anger as well as the disappointment, but then think about Sunday which is the most important thing now.”

What opponent is Bayer Leverkusen?
“It’s a very strong team, which has a lot of quality, with a lot of speed and skill. I think we prepared the match well, we played as we had to: all united, all compact, we had our chances. We’re sorry for the goal taken, there is a lot of anger about this, but now the most important thing is that there are still six games left: we must remain confident, we must think about the future and try to change the results this season.”

Final result: Bayer Leverkusen-Milan 1-0

CLASSIFICATION
Dortmund 6 (+9 goal difference)*
Brest 6 (+5)*
Leverkusen 6 (+5)
Manchester City 4 (+4)*
Inter 4 (+4)*
Sparta Prague 4 (+3)*
Sporting 4 (+2)*
Arsenal 4 (+2)*
Bayern 3 (+7)
Barcelona 3 (+4) *
Aston Villa 3 (+3)
Liverpool 3 (+2)
Juventus 3 (+2)
Real Madrid 3 (+2)
Benfica 3 (+1)
Munich 3 (+1)
Atl. Madrid 3 (+1)
PSG 3 (-1)*
Celtic 3 (-2)
Bologna 1 (0)
Shakhtar 1 (0)
Atalanta 1 (0)
Stuttgart 1 (-2)*
PSV 1 (-2)
Girona 0 (-1)
Sturm Graz 0 (-1)
RB Leipzig 0 (-1)
Lille 0 (-2)
Milan 0 (-3)*
Club Brugge 0 (-3)
Feyenoord 0 (-4)
Red Star 0 (-5)
Dinamo Zagreb 0 (-7)
Salzburg 0 (-7)*
Young Boys 0 (-8)*
Slovan Bratislava 0 (-8)*

*two games

Tonight’s results
Salzburg-Brest 0-4
(Sima 24′, 70′, Camara 66′, Pereira Lage 75′)
Stuttgart-Sparta Prague 1-1
(Millot 7′ (St), Kairinen 32′ (SP))
Arsenal-PSG 2-0
(Havertz 20′, Saka 35′)
Barcelona-Young Boys 5-0
(Lewandowski 8′, 51′, Raphinha 34′, Iñigo Martínez 37′, author Hadjam 81′)
Dortmund-Celtic 7-1
Can 7′ (B), Maeda 9′ (C), Adeyemi 11′, 29′, 42′ (B), Guirassy 40′, 66′ (B), 79′ Nmechea (B))
Inter-Stella Rossa 4-0
(Çalhanoğlu 11′, Arnautović 59′, Lautaro Martinez 71′, Taremi pen. 81′)
Leverkusen-Milan 1-0
(Boniface 51′)
PSV-Sporting 1-1
(Schouten 15′ (P), Bragança 84′ (S))
Slovan Bratislava-Manchester City 0-4
(Gündoğan 8′, Foden 15′, Haaland 58′, McAtee 74′)

Tomorrow’s program
6.45pm Shaktar-Atalanta
6.45pm Girona-Feyernoord
9.00pm Liverpool-Bologna
9.00pm Lille-Real Madrid
9.00pm Aston Villa-Bayern Munich
9.00pm Benfica-Atletico Madrid
9.00pm Dinamo Zagreb-Munich
9.00pm Sturm Graz-Brugge