On the night of February 26, the last series of the first play-off matches of the UEFA Champions League 2014-2015 season ended. Among the eight football matches, there were sensational results.
The first playoff matches of the 2014-2015 Champions League kicked off on 18 February. The games were held in Paris and Lviv. The French club PSG hosted at its stadium one of the contenders for the Champions Cup - London Chelsea. The hosts did not lose the match, but the result can hardly be considered positive for the French - the meeting ended with a score of 1 - 1. In Lviv, Shakhtar Donetsk made a sensation - in the match against Bayern Munich, the audience did not see any goals. The game ended in a goalless draw.
The next day, 19 February, Real Madrid confidently defeated the German Schalke 04 on the road. The Spaniards triumphed with the score 2 - 0. On the same day in the Swiss Basel, the fubol club of the same name fought with the Portuguese “Porto”. The Portuguese managed to get away from defeat by leveling the score in the second half from the penalty spot - the game ended with a score of 1 -1.
Some of the most interesting pairs of the first matches of the Champions League playoffs were the confrontation between Manchester City and Barcelona, as well as Juventus Turin and Borussia Dortmund. In Manchester, the Spaniards easily outplayed their rivals, although the score does not reflect the advantage of the Catholic club. Barcelona won 2 - 1. The game in Turin ended with the same result. Italian Juventus have outplayed their longtime rival Borussia.
The last series of games of the first matches of the Champions League playoffs 2014 - 2015 ended on the night of February 26, Moscow time. The main sensation was the victory of the French “Monaco” in London over “Arsenal”. The home team were defeated 1 - 3. In Liverkusen, German Bayer hosts Atletico Madrid. The hosts showed very good physical fitness, expressed in the game at high speeds. The result of the meeting - the victory of the Germans 1 - 0.
