Julián Álvarez scored one of the goals and provided two assists after previous recoveries with which his team, Manchester City, beat Sevilla 3-1 at home, led by Jorge Sampaoli, who lined up Marcos Acuña from the beginning, Alejandro “ Papu” Gómez and Gonzalo Montiel, and went to the round of 16 of the Champions League as the broad leader of Zone G, when the group stage of the contest closed today.
The productive afternoon began for the “Spider” as soon as the complement began, when he recovered high for the first time and opened to the right so that the youthful winger for that sector, Rico Lewis, 17 years old (he will turn 18 on November 21) , will finish high and achieve equality for the “Citizens”.
Later, 25 minutes into the second half and with Sevilla on the attack (they lost 1-0 to a goal from the Spaniard Rafa Mir half an hour into the first half), the Belgian Kevin De Bruyne enabled Álvarez with a long pass so that The Argentine dribbled past the goalkeeper and defined with his left foot from a closed angle. A few minutes later the ex-River Plate enabled Riyad Mahrez after another high comeback and the Algerian scored the third for those led by Pep Guardiola.
In that same stage, Sampaoli brought in ex-River Plate Erik Lamela, after having removed Acuña and “Papu” Gómez at halftime, two of his former managers in the Argentine team.
In the same group, in a match played in Denmark, the local Copenhagen and Borussia Dortmund tied 1-1. In this zone, City and the Germans from Dortmund went to the round of 16 and Sevilla to the Europa League.
In the E, Chelsea came first by beating Dinamo Zagreb 2-1 in London, while second place in the round of 16 went to Milan, who thrashed at home and 4-0 to Salzburg, who despite the defeat will play the Europe League.
In Group F, Real Madrid qualified first by thrashing Scottish Celtic 5-1 at the Santiago Bernabeu stadium. The other place in the knockout stages of the Champions League went to RB Leipzig, who in Warsaw thrashed Shaktar, from Ukraine, 4-0, who still managed to get through to the Europa League.
The UEFA Champions League round of 16 draw will take place on Monday 7 November 2022 in the Swiss city of Nyon.
