Lennart Karl and Konrad Laimer score as Bayern Munich beat Atlético Madrid
Bayern Munich beat last season’s fellow Champions League semi-finalists Atlético Madrid in a match that was rarely sparkling but in which the German side were superior almost from the start. Atlético held out until the 54th minute, when Lennart Karl scored; Konrad Laimer then added a second on a night Bayern had 19 shots and reached half-time with nearly 70 percent possession, much of it in a strip in front of Atlético’s box. Harry Kane did not score on his first European outing since winning the Ballon d’Or, at the stadium where he lost the 2019 final; he had said the venue brought back bad memories and hoped to replace them, with a possible return on 5 June. Julián Alvarez bent a shot just wide after 115 seconds and later tried from about 70 yards with Manuel Neuer off his line; Marc Pubill’s cross almost reached Alexander Sørloth, who also briefly seemed to escape Dayot Upamecano. Diego Simeone’s side was pushed steadily back.
Elsewhere, Paris Saint-Germain set a record as the quickest team to score four Champions League goals, leading Villarreal 4-0 after 17 minutes through João Neves, Desiré Doué, Senny Mayulu and Fabián Ruiz, then winning 6-0 after Ruiz’s second and substitute David Boly’s goal, staying 100 percent in the competition and three points clear at the top. After taking two points from their first three Ligue 1 games, including a 2-1 home defeat to Monaco, PSG have won 10 successive matches in all competitions. Inter beat Feyenoord 3-0 at De Kuip (Yann Bisseck, Pio Esposito, Piotr Zielinski). Sporting Lisbon beat Shakhtar Donetsk 1-0 under reserve coach Tiago Fernandes a day after parting with Rui Borges, Issa Doumbia scoring their third Champions League win of the season. Aleksey Batrakov scored in the 12th and 15th minutes as Galatasaray beat Stuttgart 2-0 at Rams Park. Austria’s Lask won 4-0 against Slovan Bratislava and Bodø/Glimt drew 0-0 with Lille. Stadiums observed a silence for Tenerife’s Jesús de Miguel, who died on Tuesday after a collision on Monday against Andorra in Spain’s second division.
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