The first halves of today’s two Champions League matches at 6.45pm have concluded, matches valid for the 4th day of the competition. PSV Eindhoven took the lead for the quarter of an hour of play on the throw-in and a rugby strike for Flamingo’s winning pass on Girona’s dozing defence. Michel’s crew messed up in the 33rd minute and Tillman burst into the area undisturbed to extend the lead to 2-0.
Slovan Bratislava takes the lead for the first time in this edition of the tournament: Strelec, as a predator in the area, collects a rebound on the goal line. Dinamo Zagreb immediately equalised, breaking through to the near post with Spikic in the 10th minute. With Pjaca’s lunge and an impeccable cross he finds Sucic to make it 2-1.
The lineups for the 6.45pm matches
PSV (4-3-3): Benitez; Karsdorp, Flamingo, Woods, Dams; Til, Mauro Junior, Tillman; Bakayoko, De Jong, Lang. Trainer: Bosz.
Girona (4-3-3): Gazzaniga; Martinez, D. Lopez, Krejci, Blind; Club, Herrera, Van de Beek; Bryan Gil, M. Gutierrez; Miovski. Trainer: Michel.
Slovan (4-2-3-1):Takac; Blackman, Kashia, Bajric, Voet; Inhatenko, Savvidis; Barseghyan, Tolic, Marcelli; Strelec. Trainer:Weiss.
Dinamo Zagreb (4-2-3-1): Zagorac; Ristovski, Theophile-Catherine, Torrente, Ogiwara; Sucic, Misic; Spikic, Baturina, Pjaca; Kulenovich. Trainer: Bjelica.
Partial results at 6.45pm
PSV – Girona 2-0
(Flamingo 16′, Tillman 33′)
Slovan – Dinamo Zagreb 1-2
(Strelec 5′, Spikic 10′, Sucic 30′)
The updated Champions League standings
1. Aston Villa 9 (dr +6)
2. Liverpool 9 (dr +5)
3. Manchester City 7 (dr +9)
4. Monaco 7 (dr +5)
5. Brest 7 (dr +5)
6. Leverkusen 7 (dr +5)
7. Inter 7 (dr +5)
8. Sporting 7 (dr +4)
9. Arsenal 7 (dr +3)
10. Barcelona 6 (dr +7)
11. Dortmund 6 (dr +6)
12. Real Madrid 6 (dr +4)
13. Benfica 6 (dr +3)
14. Juventus 6 (dr +2)
15. Lille 6 (right +1)
16. Feyenoord 6 (dr -1)
17. Atalanta 5 (dr +3)
18. Stuttgart 4 (dr -1)
19. PSG 4 (dr -1)
20. Celtic 4 (dr -2)
21. Sparta Prague 4 (dr -2)
22. Dinamo Zagreb 4 (dr -5)
23. Bayern Munich 3 (dr +3)
24. Girona 3 (dr 0)
25. Milan 3 (dr -1)
26. Club Brugge 3 (dr -4)
27. Atletico Madrid 3 (dr -5)
28. PSV 2 (dr -2)
29. Bologna 1 (dr -4)
30. Shakhtar 1 (dr -4)
31. RB Leipzig 0 (dr -3)
32. Sturm Graz 0 (dr -4)
33. Stella Rossa 0 (dr -9)
34. Salzburg 0 (dr -9)
35. Young Boys 0 (dr -9)
36. Slovan Bratislava 0 (dr -10)
The program for Tuesday 5 November
6.45pm PSV – Girona 2-0
18:45 Slovan Bratislava – Dinamo Zagreb 1-2
9.00pm Bologna – Monaco
9.00pm Celtic – RB Leipzig
9.00pm Dortmund – Sturm Graz
9.00pm Lille – Juventus
9.00pm Liverpool – Bayer Leverkusen
9.00pm Real Madrid – Milan
9.00pm Sporting – Manchester City
The program for Wednesday 6 November
6.45pm Club Brugge – Aston Villa
6.45pm Shakhtar Donetsk – Young Boys
9.00pm Bayern Munich – Benfica
9.00pm Feyenoord – Salzburg
9.00pm Inter – Arsenal
9.00pm PSG – Atletico Madrid
9.00pm Sparta Prague – Brest
9.00pm Red Star – Barcelona
9.00pm Stuttgart – Atalanta