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I-Real Madrid inenebule i-Chelsea ngo 2-0 e-Stamford Bridge ukuze idlulele esigabeni sokugcina se-Uefa Champions League.
Ompetha abavikelayo baye e-London bezethemba futhi naphezu kokuthi uhlangothi lukaFrank Lampard lunamathuba amaningi kanye nesabelo sokuphatha bekuzoba nomphumela ofanayo.
Iqembu lase-Spain lehlulekile ukusebenzisa amathuba amabili noma amathathu ngesikhathi uRodrigo eshaya amagoli amabili.
Ngemuva kwemidlalo emihlanu ephethe, uLampard usabone i-Chelsea ishaya igoli elilodwa kuphela futhi lokho bekungeke kushintshe naphezu kwamathuba amahle atholwe uMarc Cucurella noMykhailo Mudryk.
I-Real Madrid izodlulela phambili ngo 4-0 uma sekuhlanganiswe yonke imidlalo futhi manje izodlala owandulela owamanqamu wesi-11 we-Champions League eminyakeni engu-13.
Komunye umdlalo, u-Alex Meret we-Napoli ube ngunozinti wokuqala ukuhlenga iphenalthi kwi-Champions League bebhekene ne-AC Milan kusukela ngoJerzy Dudek owavimba eka-Andriy Shevchenko emdlalweni wokugcina bebhekene ne-Liverpool ngo-2005.
Kodwa-ke, u-Olivier Giroud ulungisele ukugeja kwakhe ngesikhathi eshaya igoli wenza kwaba ngu 2-0 kwi-Milan sekuhlanganiswe ngaphambi kokuthi i-Napoli igeje iphenalthi umdlalo usuzophela.
Umdlalo uphele ngo 1-1 ebusuku ngemuva kwegoli likaVictor Osimhen kodwa lokho bekungenele kosokhaya e-Naples.
Abawina amahlandla ayisikhombisa bazodlala kowandulela owamanqamu okokuqala selokhu bawina lo mqhudelwano ngo-2007.
NgoLwesithathu i-Bayern Munich izozama ukubuya ngo 3-0 ihlula i-Manchester City kanti i-Inter Milan izokwamukela i-Benfica ngo 2-0.
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