Italian Milan narrowly lost to Bayer Leverkusen with a clean goal on Tuesday evening, as part of the matches of the second round of the Champions League groups for the current football season 2024-2025.
The match took place at the BayArena, Leverkusen’s home stadium, with the whistle of Swiss referee Sandro Scharer.
The only goal of the match was scored by Nigerian striker Victor Boniface in the 51st minute after he followed up on a shot inside the penalty area. On the other hand, Milan dominated the match length and breadth and wasted more than 4 goals achieved, amid a defensive contraction for the hosts.
Milan suffers its second defeat in a row
Lombard team He suffered his second defeat in a row, given his defeat at his home stadium, San Siro, in the first round against Liverpool, with a score of 1-3, while German League champion Leverkusen achieved its second win in a row, after its opening victory against Feyenoord 4-0.
Inter Milan sweeps Red Star by four
Inter defeated its guest, Serbian Red Star, 4-0, at its home stadium, Giuseppe Meazza, in Milan.
Inter raised its score to 4 points, from its victory over Red Star and its opening draw with Manchester City 0-0. The goals of the Nerazzurri were scored by Calhanoglu, Arnautovic, Lautaro Martinez and Mehdi Taremi in the 11th, 59th, 71st and 81st minutes, respectively.
Champions League standings after the Milan and Inter matches
With this result, Borussia Dortmund tops the group UEFA Champions LeagueFollowed by French club Brest and Bayer Leverkusen, each of which has 6 points with full marks.
As for Inter, it ranks fifth with 4 points, while Milan comes in 29th place without any points.
| arrangement | a team | match | Goal difference | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Borussia Dortmund | 2 | 7 | 6 |
| 2 | Brest | 2 | 5 | 6 |
| 3 | Bayer Leverkusen | 2 | 5 | 6 |
| 4 | Manchester City | 2 | 4 | 4 |
| 5 | Inter Milan | 2 | 4 | 4 |
| 6 | Prague | 2 | 3 | 4 |
| 7 | Lisbon | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| 8 | Arsenal | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| 9 | real madrid | 1 | +2 | 3 |
| 10 | Sporting Lisbon | 1 | +2 | 3 |
| 11 | Atletico Madrid | 1 | +1 | 3 |
| 12 | Benfica | 1 | +1 | 3 |
| 13 | Brest | 1 | +1 | 3 |
| 14 | Monaco | 1 | +1 | 3 |
| 15 | Paris Saint-Germain | 1 | +1 | 3 |
| 16 | Arsenal | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 17 | Atalanta | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 18 | Bologna | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 19 | Inter Milan | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 20 | Manchester City | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 21 | Shakhtar | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 22 | Barcelona | 1 | -1 | 0 |
| 23 | Leipzig | 1 | -1 | 0 |
| 24 | Sturm Graz | 1 | -1 | 0 |
| 25 | Red star | 1 | -1 | 0 |
| 26 | Girona | 1 | -1 | 0 |
| 27 | Eindhoven | 1 | -2 | 0 |
| 28 | Stuttgart | 1 | -2 | 0 |
| 29 | Milan | 1 | -2 | 0 |
| 30 | Club Brugge | 1 | -2 | 0 |
| 31 | Feyenoord | 1 | -3 | 0 |
| 32 | Red star | 1 | -3 | 0 |
| 33 | Dinamo Zagreb | 1 | -3 | 0 |
| 34 | Salzburg | 1 | -4 | 0 |
| 35 | Slovan Bratislavia | 1 | -4 | 0 |
| 36 | Young Boys | 1 | -7 | 0 |
