Club Continental Football

Day 1 and 2 of the first-leg of the 2018/19 UEFA Champions League – PSG and Tottenham take a healthy lead.

Four games in and four more to go. The opening round of matches for the ‘Rouind of 16′ matches for the 2018/19 UEFA Champions League brought no stalemates.

Paris St. Germain and Tottenham Hotspurs look to have taken a massive advantage into the second-leg, while Roma and Real Madrid seem to have some more work to do despite their victories. 

 

UEFA Champions League
Round of 16 (First Leg)

February 12, 2019
Manchester United 2-0 Paris St. Germain
Paris St. Germain – Presnel Kimpembe 53’ Kylian Mbappe 60’

Kylian Mbappe covered the shift of the missing ⅔ of Paris St. Germain attacking threat.
The absence of Neymar and Edinson Cavani didn’t stop Paris St. Germain from a win at Old Trafford. The result in addition to the sending off of Paul Pogba has Manchester United might be what knocks the wind out of Manchester United’s sail in the next round. Manchester United will need to make up the 2 away goals before thinking about a victory in the second-leg.

Roma 2-1 Porto
Roma – Nicolo Zaniolo 70’ 76’
Porto – Adrian Lopez 79’

Adrian Lopez goal for Porto gave his sides some hope after cutting the lead in half. Nicolo Zaniolo scored two goals to guide Roma to a home win against Porto.

 

February 13, 2019
Tottenham Hotspur 3-0 Borussia Dortmund
Tottenham Hotspur – Heung-Min Son 47’ Jan Vertonghen 83’ Fernando Llorente 86’

Spurs put three past Dortmund at Wembley
Three goals in the second-half gave Tottenham a huge ‘3-0’ victory over Dortmund.
With no goals conceded in the first leg, Tottenham has taken a giant step toward the quarter-finals. It will take a miracle and the best of Signal Iduna Park to see Dortmund make up the margin.

Ajax 1-2 Real Madrid
Ajax – Hakim Ziyech 75’
Real Madrid – Karim Benzema 60’ Marco Asensio 87’

Real Madrid score late to win in Amsterdam
Before Marcos Asensio gave Real Madrid the vital goal to get an away win against Ajax, Karim Benzema became the 4th player to reach 60 goals when he scored the opening goal of the match to give Real Madrid the lead in the 60th minute. Ajax was first to hit the back of the net, but the VAR canceled out that goal.

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