Lokomotiv first won the Champions League. Now there is even a chance to enter the European spring – EuroCup News – Football

All about the first victory of "Lokomotiv" in the group of the Champions League – 2: 0 with "Galatasaray" in "Cherkizovo".

Fedor Smolov will remember precisely the match against Galatasaray. He was entering the Champions League game for the first time in his career. Previously, the 28-year-old striker had a 16-minute delay on Dynamo 2009 (against Celtic in qualifying) and another 19 minutes in Porto on the last lap.

The Turks have all the leaders: the goalkeeper of Uruguay Musler, the former defender of Inter, Nagatomo, praised to the striker Overton Onyekura. Only Younes Belanda, who did not come to Moscow, was injured.

The composition of "Galatasaray" did not have Manu Fernandes. Now the midfielder swears with the club because of bonus, that he did not return to Smorodskaya. In the summer of 2019, the Portuguese contract expires and can not be extended by the parties. In Turkey, they even wrote that the agent had even offered Fernandes only to the champion of Turkey.

In the first half, Lokomotiv was much sharper. Smolov creates a moment of coolness – beats the Turk in the penalty area and shoots at the far post. Kryhovyak almost scored with his head after a corner. As a result, the Pole opened the scoring just before the break: struck across the penalty area but badisted in rebounding. In this Champions League, Loko has taken the lead.

Immediately after the break, Loko scored the second goal. Almost as in the first half, Smolov beat his opponent in the penalty area, but that's only now that he gave Ignatieff a go-getter. The defender was helped by the rebound, after which he broke the support.

Another important fact: Rotenberg made his debut in the Champions League! Boris Borisovich replaced Farfan and played another 3 minutes. The supporters greeted the defender with stormy applause.

Lokomotiv won the first victory in the Champions League. Now we have 3 points and Galatasaray 4. To access the Europa League, the team of Semin has to beat Schalke and hope that the Turks will lose against Porto in Istanbul. A draw is not appropriate – in personal meetings with the Turkish champions for one more goal.

In Gelsenkirchen, Lokomotiv will have to play without his captain. Vedran Chorluka received a card for a tackle and will miss the decisive match.