"Pharmacists" won the second match in a row at the start of the main European tournament.
“Bayer” beat “Milan” on their home field by a minimum score in the match of the second round of the main stage of the Champions League of the 2024/25 season. The match at the “BayArena” in Leverkusen ended with a score of 1:0.
Xabi Alonso's charges could have taken the lead in the middle of the first half, but Victor Boniface's goal in the 21st minute was cancelled after reviewing the video replay (VAR) due to offside.
So the first half passed without any goals. But at the beginning of the second half of the match, the German champion finally opened the scoring against the Italian opponent – in the 51st minute, Boniface played successfully on the rebound after the Rossoneri goalkeeper Mike Maignan parried a shot by Jeremie Frimpong.
The team of the former coach of Donetsk Shakhtar Paulo Fonseca did not have the strength to respond to the missed goal and save themselves from defeat.
Review of the match “Bayer” – “Milan”
After this victory, Bayer (6 points) rose to third place in the overall standings of the main round of the Champions League. “Milan” is only in 29th position, without a single point.
It should be noted that in the first round of the most prestigious European tournament, “Bayer” defeated the Dutch “Feyenoord” (4:0), and “Milan” lost to the English “Liverpool” (1:3).
In the third round of the Champions League, on October 23, the “pharmacists” will play away against the French “Brest”, and the “Rossoneri” will host the Belgian “Bruges” the day before.
The eight best teams of the main stage of the Champions League will reach the 1/8 finals. The clubs that take places from 9th to 24th in the overall standings will play paired play-off matches for a place in the 1/8 finals. The rest will finish their performance in the European Cups.