The tournament "Champions Cup" organized by the strongest European clubs continues in the USA. On Saturday, victories were achieved by the clubs "Manchester United", "Liverpool", and "Olympiakos". The final will be between "Manchester United" and "Liverpool".
In the most intriguing match of the evening, "Manchester United" won 3:1 against Madrid's "Real" and secured a spot in the tournament's final. These matches also broke the attendance record for football matches in the USA. More than 109,000 spectators watched them at the Michigan stadium.
In the 21st minute, Ashley Young scored the first goal into Iker Casillas' goal after a great attack and D. Welbeck's pass. In the 27th minute, Gareth Bale equalized the score with a penalty kick from 11 meters when Michael Keane brought him down in the penalty box. Ten minutes later, Ashley Young again put "Manchester United" ahead.
In the 80th minute, Javier Hernandez's goal secured the win in these matches.
Cristiano Ronaldo appeared on the field with 15 minutes left but couldn't change anything.
In earlier matches of this group, "Inter" defeated "Roma" 2:0, so Manchester's club needed a victory to reach the final.
In other matches, the third victory was achieved by the footballers of "Liverpool", who won 2:0 against "Milan".
The English team took the lead in the 17th minute after Joe Allen's goal. The lead could have been doubled in the 28th minute when the Italians illegally stopped Raheem Sterling in the penalty area. Rickie Lambert was entrusted with the penalty kick, who had converted 34 consecutive penalties while playing for "Southampton", but this time his shot was saved.
Liverpool scored their second goal only in the 90th minute, with Suso scoring from a distance.
In other matches, Piraeus' "Olympiakos" won 5:4 against "Manchester City" after a penalty shootout.
England's goalkeeper Joe Hart saved two penalties during the match, but later lost in the penalty shootout.
The first goal of the match fell on the 35th minute, scored by Stevan Jovetic. Soon an equalizer was scored by Dimitrios Diamantakos.
In the 52nd minute, "the citizens" were back in the lead thanks to Aleksandar Kolarov, but Dimitrios Diamantakos equalized the score once again.
In the penalty shootout, J. Hart and Roberto saved two penalties each. "Manchester City" lost due to Richardson's missed shot, after which the Greeks secured the victory.
In a friendly match in France, the "Barcelona" club failed to defeat the footballers of "Nice". The match ended in a 1:1 draw.
The hosts took the lead first, when Gerard Pique committed a foul in the penalty area on Dario Cvitanich. He easily converted the penalty kick.
In the second half, the "Nice" team lost their goalkeeper Mouez Hasse, who had to leave after an injury in a collision with Gerard Deulofeu, and Xavi equalized the score with a penalty kick.
In the "Barcelona" club, the debut in these matches was made by the newly joined players Jeremy Mathieu and Ivan Rakitic.
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