Xavi Simons captains Leipzig’s victory over Red Star

Leipzig almost booked their ticket for the round of 16 of the Champions League on Wednesday after defeating struggling Red Star. The quality of the Germans, especially Xavi Simonswhich gave great help to Room in the first goal and score a great goal after, and Dani Olmowho made the third sentence, decided the duel.

And Leipzig, second in group G with 6 points, has a foot and a half in the next round of the top European competition. Xavi Simons is decisive like this like Estrella’s goalkeeper, Glazer, which avoided a greater defeat.

Red Star warned with a shot infected with a great howitzer (2′), a mirage because Leipzig quickly became the owner of the match, although it was difficult for them to ‘bite’.

He did it in the first clear that he had, in the 12th minute, start Xavi Simons is his recital. The former Barça player gave a gift in the form of an assist to Raum to make the score 1-0 with a cross kick.

Leipzig activated all its artillery and had a second double chance in the 16th minute, first from Poulsen and then from Openda, display of goalkeeper Glazer. The rivalry did not close and late in the first half the Serbian team woke up and came forward, looking for a tie. He caressed it in the 28th minute when the referee awarded a penalty Lukeba’s entry in Olayinkabut VAR urged the Spanish referee Sánchez Martínez to review the incident, correct his initial decision and annul the maximum penalty. Until the break, Red Star pressed, but 1-0 did not change.

After the break the Balkan team came out very motivated, showing their best minute, deserving of the goal. But he had no goal and when the German eleven was experiencing the most stress, Simons appeared to put the victory on track with a great goal. A whiplash spread throughout the squad after the game.

At 2-0, Leipzig took heart and looked for the decision, seeing that Estrella could get back on track. But he always runs into it a superb Glazer, the Estrella goalkeeper who stopped everything, featured a pair of miraculous hands (62′, 64′ and 67′) with shots from Opeta and Simons.

Just when it seemed that 3 points could be achieved without problems in German territory, Stamenic appeared to spice up the rivalry with the Serbians’ first goal in the 70th minute. Five minutes later, Dani Olmo entered the field in place of Simonsthe great enemy until then.

And the entry of the Catalan was providential because in the 84th minute he signed the sentence with a wicked goal, hunting the ball in the area to make it 3-1. In the final stage, the goal could have fallen in both places, where the Serbians pressed until the last breath, but the German victory was not shaken.