🔴 CL live blog: VfB shoots down Bern, goal festival at Barça and Dortmund

Once again, we would like to thank everyone who followed this wild evening in the premier class in our live blog. We wish you a pleasant evening and see you next time!

BVB slipped to ninth place due to the narrow defeat and would therefore not have qualified directly for the round of 16. Stuttgart is now in 26th place with seven points and has a realistic chance of reaching the second round again. Pep’s struggling Citizens slip to 22nd place, Barcelona and Arsenal jump to second and third place thanks to their victories.

The second halves delivered as hoped. Barcelona won a spectacular game 3-2 in Dortmund, VfB defeated the Young Boys 5-1 and Arsenal comfortably beat Monaco 3-0. Juventus worsens Guardiola’s crisis with a 2-0, Milan beats Belgrade 2-1 and Rotterdam beats Sparta Prague 4-2. Benfica and Bologna draw 0-0.

Shortly before the end, the solution. In an act of will, Tammy Abraham scores for Milan to make it 2-1.

The mood among Manchester City supporters is also likely to be absolutely depressed.

From our own corner it becomes 2:3. This is BVB’s own fault here. Ferran Torres scored a brace after an outstanding assist from Lamine Yamal. That shouldn’t have happened to the Black and Yellows.

First Flick shows a good hand and substitutes Ferran Torres, who scores to make it 2-1 for Barcelona after four minutes on the field, then Serhou Guirassy shows that he is simply a relaxed guy who likes to score twice. 2:2!

It is slowly becoming clear that Man City cannot free itself from the crisis even today. Former Schalke player McKennie increased Juventus’ score to 2-0. This can get really bitter.

Ever since the 5-1 defeat that Stuttgart received in Belgrade, it has been clear that Red Star should not be underestimated. That also applies today. The score is 1:1 between the Serbs and AC Milan.

After a long VAR check, the thing is through. Rieder wasn’t over the goal line with the ball, Millot’s thing also counts. This could be a really important thing for the Canstatters.

But this time from the Barcelona fans. Raphinha makes it 1-0. Is that bitter for BVB?

You probably heard it echoing throughout the Ruhr area. Unfortunately, the joy doesn’t last long. Gittens are in Flick’s offside trap.

By the way, Yan Couto comes on for Ryerson for BVB in the second half.

There was only really much going on in Rotterdam and Stuttgart. However, it remains exciting at all levels. Here’s to a great second half!

That doesn’t look good at all.

Crvena Zvezda was able to keep the score for almost 40 minutes, then Rafael Leao came and picked up the box + the style points while celebrating.

Namely the 1-0 win against AS Monaco. Once again it’s Saka. Can you actually keep the boy at the moment?

There has not yet been any netting in Dortmund, Turin, Lisbon and Milan. Let’s hope that slowly changes.

The response from Stuttgart doesn’t take long to arrive. After a cross from Vagnoman, Angelo Stiller scores the equalizer. Everything here again!

Barça & BVB miss great opportunities

The Catalans are doing well in the Westfalenstadion so far, but it wasn’t meant to be so far. The same applies to the hosts, who can also already take the lead. You can find out more about Sabitzer’s big opportunity here.

The Dutch don’t want to give rise to false hope for Sparta Prague today. After ten minutes and a double strike, they are leading 2-0 at home against the Czechs.

The Bernese people’s celebration afterwards has a tragic background. The Swiss, playing in mourning, held up the jersey of their teammate Elia Meschack, whose son died unexpectedly this week after a short illness.

…in Swabia. Unfortunately for Stuttgart, it was in their own goal. After a precise shot from Łakomy, all Nübel can do is see what happens afterwards.

“But where is my Reus?”

OSC Lille was able to take on Sturm Graz at 6:45 p.m. After Graz were able to equalize LOSC’s 2-0 lead, the team led by star striker Jonathan David ultimately won 3-2. Atletico Madrid won comfortably 3-1 against Slovan Bratislava.

Two names that Nuri Sahin knows today come as a bit of a surprise. Gio Reyna can start for the first time this season after his groin strain, and 18-year-old Julien Duranville also gets the chance to prove himself against the giants from Catalonia.

Tonight should be groundbreaking for BVB. Nuri Sahin’s team is only one place behind Barça on points and could take a big step towards qualification without playoffs with a win. This is actually a must win for VfB today if they want to keep their chance of reaching the second round. With four points, the Swabians are in 26th place in the table, but a win would bring Stuttgart very close to the play-off places. Let’s see what’s going on today.

We would also like to extend a warm welcome to this CL Wednesday. BVB has FC Barcelona as guests, Pep will at least make up for the past few weeks with the old lady, Stuttgart welcomes the Young Boys from Bern and so on and so forth. We can once again expect a lot of goals this CL Wednesday.