Dortmund’s dose of Reality, Villa stay perfect, Arsenal get lucky, what happened overnight
While the Champions League dominates headlines in Europe and Asia, the NBA eyes expansion, and Australia cricket bosses get an unlikely offer
It’s wall-to-wall football this week, with Champions League competitions dominating Europe and Asia for the next several days.
Real Madrid, Arsenal, Aston Villa, AC Milan and a host of others were in action on Tuesday, while on Wednesday, Liverpool, Manchester City and Barcelona re-enter the fray.
In other news, the NBA is eyeing European expansion and Australia’s David Warner is offering to come out of retirement to answer his side’s desperate need for an opener against India. So, this is what happened while you were sleeping.
Vinicius sinks Dortmund
Borussia Dortmund must have felt pretty good going in 2-0 up at half-time against Real Madrid, but as well know, a lead means little against the best attacking side in Europe, unless you’re five clear with 30 seconds to go.
Vinicius Junior scored a sublime second-half hat-trick as the Champions League ran out 5-2 winners at home, crushing their opponents in a repeat of last season’s final.
Donyell Malen and Jamie Gittens put Dortmund clear, but Antonio Rudiger and Vinicius pulled Madrid level with two goals in two minutes and Lucas Vazquez fired home the third after 83 minutes.
