Manchester Cityfrom England, with five goals from the Norwegian Erling Haaland, who equaled a mark by Lionel Messi, today thrashed Leipzig, from Germany with a 7-0 victory that qualified them without problems to the quarterfinals of the Champions League, the same instance to which the Inter of Lautaro Martinez.
Haaland, the figure of the night in the city of Manchester, converted five times (PT 22m -penalty-, 24m and 45+2m and ST 8 and 12m), while the German Ilkay Gündogan (ST 4m) and the Belgian Kevin De Bruyne (ST 45+2m) completed the win.
The English team went smoothly to the next stage for the sixth consecutive time, and closed the series 8-1 in their favor, after the 1-1 draw in the first leg.
Haaland equaled the historical mark of Lionel Messi with Barcelona, from Spain (2012) and the Brazilian Luiz Adriano with Shaktar Donetsk, from Ukraine (2014), who scored five goals in the same game, during the group stage of the Champions League.
Messi scored against Germany’s Bayer Leverkusen in a 7-1 win, while Luiz Adriano scored against Belarus’ Bate Borisov in a 7-0 win.
The 22-year-old Norwegian attacker became the current Champions League scorer with 10 goals and surpassed Egyptian Mohamed Salah (8).
In turn, Haaland registers an impressive mark: 33 goals out of 25 games played in the Champions League. So far this season, the Manchester City forward has accumulated 39 victories out of 36 games.
Haaland was replaced 17 minutes into the second half by the forward Julian Alvarezworld champion with Argentina in Qatar 2022, cheered by each of the spectators who attended the Etihad Stadium in Manchester.
Haaland scored his second hat-trick in the Champions League. The first occurred as a player from Salzburg from Austria (09/17/2019) in the 6-2 against Genk from Belgium.
Messi is the footballer who has scored three goals or more in the same game the most times, along with the Portuguese Cristiano Ronaldo (8). The list continues with Robert Lewandowski (6), Karim Benzema (4), Filippo Inzaghi, Mario Gomez, Luiz Adriano and Neymar (3).
The Norwegian is the third player to convert a hat-trick in this edition of the Champions League after Lewandowski and Salah.
For his part, Inter, from Italy, with Lautaro Martinez As a starter, they drew 0-0 against Porto, from Portugal, as a visitor, and got a ticket to the quarterfinals after a 1-0 win in the first leg.
The world champion attacker with Argentina in Qatar 2022 played as a starter, while Valentín Carboni and Joaquín Correa were substitutes.
The Italian club advanced to the quarterfinals of the Champions League for the first time since the 2010/2011 season, when they became champions with Diego Milito as figure and scorer.
The rematch of the Champions League round of 16 will continue tomorrow with these matches:
5:00 p.m.: Real Madrid, from Spain (5)-Liverpool, from England (2) and Napoli, from Italy (2)-Frankfurt, from Germany (0).
So far, those classified to the quarterfinals are: Manchester City, Inter, Benfica, from Portugal, Chelsea, from England and Milan, from Italy.
The draw for the Champions League quarterfinals will take place on Friday, March 17, at the home of European football in Nyon, Switzerland.
The first legs of the quarterfinals will take place between Tuesday 11 and Wednesday 12 April, and the second legs between 18 and 19 April. The semifinals will be on May 9/10 and May 16/17, and the final on Saturday June 10.
Source: Ambito
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