{"id":137610,"date":"2024-09-19T02:54:26","date_gmt":"2024-09-19T02:54:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.talkwithrattan.com\/index.php\/2024\/09\/19\/champions-league-round-up-manchester-city-inter-milan-play-0-0-draw-psg-beat-girona-with-late-winner-football-news-times-of-india\/"},"modified":"2024-09-19T02:54:26","modified_gmt":"2024-09-19T02:54:26","slug":"champions-league-round-up-manchester-city-inter-milan-play-0-0-draw-psg-beat-girona-with-late-winner-football-news-times-of-india","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.talkwithrattan.com\/index.php\/2024\/09\/19\/champions-league-round-up-manchester-city-inter-milan-play-0-0-draw-psg-beat-girona-with-late-winner-football-news-times-of-india\/","title":{"rendered":"Champions League Round-up: Manchester City, Inter Milan play 0-0 draw; PSG beat Girona with late winner | Football News &#8211; Times of India"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"text-align:center\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1280\" height=\"720\" src=\"https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/static.toiimg.com\/photo\/msid-113474374,imgsize-84850.cms?fit=1280,720&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"attachment-post-thumbnail size-post-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"Champions League Round-up: Manchester City, Inter Milan play 0-0 draw; PSG beat Girona with late winner | Football News &#8211; Times of India\" title=\"Champions League Round-up: Manchester City, Inter Milan play 0-0 draw; PSG beat Girona with late winner | Football News &#8211; Times of India\" \/><\/div>\n<div>Manchester City and <!-- -->Inter Milan<!-- -->&#8216;s scoreless draw in their <a href=\"https:\/\/timesofindia.indiatimes.com\/topic\/champions-league\" styleobj=\"[object Object]\" class=\"\" frmappuse=\"1\">Champions League<\/a> on Wednesday, coupled with Bologna and Shakhtar Donetsk&#8217;s inability to find the back of the net, marked an uncharacteristically goal-scarce night for Europe&#8217;s premier club competition.<br \/>A mere 13 goals were scored across six matches, contrasting sharply with the previous day&#8217;s tally of 28, which included Bayern Munich&#8217;s impressive nine-goal haul.<br \/>The occurrence of two goalless draws after just 12 games is a significant deviation from the norm, considering that last season&#8217;s group stage, now discontinued, witnessed only four such results in 96 matches. The 2022-23 tournament boasted an average of three goals per game.<br \/>Girona, making their debut in the competition, appeared destined for a scoreless draw against <!-- -->Paris Saint-Germain<!-- --> but Nuno Mendes had other ideas. In the first minute of stoppage team, he netted the game&#8217;s only goal that turned out to be the winner. <br \/>Borussia Dortmund<!-- --> secured a 3-0 victory against Club Brugge, thanks to late goals from substitutes Jamie Gittens, who scored twice, and Serhou Guirassy, who converted a stoppage-time penalty.<br \/>The Champions League, Europe&#8217;s premier club competition, has seen the introduction of new teams and the return of long-absent clubs in its latest edition.<br \/>Sparta Prague put up a spirited show with a 3-0 win over Salzburg.<br \/>Despite its attacking intent, Bologna, which made its return to the competition after a 60-year absence, was unable to capitalize on its chances against the experienced Shakhtar Donetsk, who had a penalty saved in the fourth minute.<br \/>Slovan Bratislava, playing in the Champions League for the first time since the 1992-93 season, which marked the competition&#8217;s rebranding from the European Cup, found the going tough. The Slovakian side fielded 37-year-old Georgian defender Guram Kashia, who made his debut in the competition.<br \/>Celtic demonstrated their dominance with a resounding 5-1 victory in Glasgow. The Scottish champions&#8217; goals were scored by a diverse group of players, including Liam Scales and Adam Idah from Ireland, Kyogo Furuhashi and Daizen Maeda of Japan, and Arne Engels of Belgium.<br \/>The Champions League is set to feature an unusual Thursday lineup, with high-profile matches such as Barcelona&#8217;s trip to Monaco, Arsenal&#8217;s visit to Atalanta, and Bayer Leverkusen&#8217;s clash with Feyenoord.<br \/>The new Champions League format has been unveiled, with a packed schedule of six matches per night for three consecutive evenings. The competition now includes 36 teams, each facing eight different opponents until January. The results will be compiled into a single league table, determining which teams progress to the knockout stages.<\/div>\n<p><script>\nvar _mfq = window._mfq || [];\n_mfq.push([\"setVariable\", \"toi_titan\", window.location.href]);\n!(function(f, b, e, v, n, t, s) {\n    function loadFBEvents(isFBCampaignActive) {\n      if (!isFBCampaignActive) {\n        return;\n      }\n      (function(f, b, e, v, n, t, s) {\n        if (f.fbq) return;\n        n = f.fbq = function() {\n          n.callMethod ? n.callMethod(...arguments) : n.queue.push(arguments);\n        };\n        if (!f._fbq) f._fbq = n;\n        n.push = n;\n        n.loaded = !0;\n        n.version = '2.0';\n        n.queue = [];\n        t = b.createElement(e);\n        t.async = !0;\n        t.defer = !0;\n        t.src = v;\n        s = b.getElementsByTagName(e)[0];\n        s.parentNode.insertBefore(t, s);\n      })(f, b, e, 'https:\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_US\/fbevents.js', n, t, s);\n      fbq('init', '593671331875494');\n      fbq('track', 'PageView');\n    };\n    function loadGtagEvents(isGoogleCampaignActive) {\n      if (!isGoogleCampaignActive) {\n        return;\n      }\n      var id = document.getElementById('toi-plus-google-campaign');\n      if (id) {\n        return;\n      }\n      (function(f, b, e, v, n, t, s) {\n        t = b.createElement(e);\n        t.async = !0;\n        t.defer = !0;\n        t.src = v;\n        t.id = 'toi-plus-google-campaign';\n        s = b.getElementsByTagName(e)[0];\n        s.parentNode.insertBefore(t, s);\n      })(f, b, e, 'https:\/\/www.googletagmanager.com\/gtag\/js?id=AW-877820074', n, t, s);\n    };\n    function loadSurvicateJs(allowedSurvicateSections = []){\n      const section =  window.location.pathname.split('\/')[1]\n      const isHomePageAllowed = window.location.pathname === '\/' && allowedSurvicateSections.includes('homepage')\n      if(allowedSurvicateSections.includes(section) || isHomePageAllowed){\n        (function(w) {\n         function setAttributes() {\n                    var prime_user_status = window.isPrime ? 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