At Olympic Stadium, AS Rome received and swung Slovan Bratislava. It was AEK who also took home a shot. Athens on a visit to Manchester City. PSG won Barcelona.
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20/10/2026
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Neight of strong emotions in the Champions League and with Portuguese to shine. In Paris, in the poster game of the third round of the single league phase, Paris Saint-Germain received and won, this Tuesday, Barcelona, by 4-2. In Rome, Rodrigo Mora was titular in the giallorossi's victory over Slovan Bratislava (4-0). Already in Manchester, AEK Athens, by João Mario, achieved a heavy defeat in the 5-1 visit to the City.
Let's start with what happened at Princes Park in Paris. With Vitinha, João Neves and João Cancelo holding in the French capital, it was the whole house to go in advantage for the break thanks to a great goal of Désiré Doué (38′).
Barcelona was not happy with the downside on the marker and equalled the dispute at the beginning of the complementary stage thanks to a try by Xavi Espart (55′). The PSG did not lower its arms and returned to the advantage with a goal of Lucas Hernández (72′).
In a final stretch of madmen in Paris, Lamine Yamal shone with a goal from the other world to tie the dispute again (79′). The response of the Paris formation arose immediately and through the feet of the Portuguese Vitinha (81′). Fabián Ruiz would close accounts at Princes Park with a straight shot at 86 minutes.
John Mario and AEK with night to forget. Mora is back to holding
At the Etihad Stadium in Manchester, City had no contemplations and snorted in reception to AEK Athens for 5-1. Reuben Dias and former Benfica João Mario held the meeting.
The man of the night was Phil Foden, who scored at 34, 65 and 76 minutes. Elliot Anderson (12′) and Cherki (57′) noted the remaining British goals, with Pilo noting the Hellenics' goal of honor in England at 52 minutes.
At the Olympic Stadium in Italy, AS Rome took a win at the reception to Slovan Bratislava for 4-0, after having missed last week's victory against Real Madrid by José Mourinho. With Rodrigo He lives repeating the title, Hermoso (21′) opened the count for giallorossi, which would be enlarged by Molina (39′).
Niccolo Pisilli scored to open the second part for AS Roma at 52 minutes before Malen successfully converted a major penalty (56′). Until the end, Santi Castro still saw a goal be cancelled out of play.
Liverpool and Napoli win crazy games
On Anfield Road, Liverpool added the third win in three games in this league phase, recovering from a disadvantage of two goals to beat Villarreal by 4-3. With Renato Veiga titular in the visiting formation, the Spaniards won thanks to the goals of Mikautadze (4′) and Cardona (29′).
The reaction of the reds appeared in the first half, with Mac Allister (36′) and Ronald Araújo (45+2′) stalling for the formation of the house before returning to the locker rooms. The same Mac Allister bisou at 65 minutes before Wirtz closes the count (68′).
At Diego Armando Maradona Stadium in Italy, Napoli won the surprising Bodo/Glimt by 4-3. Politano scored for the Neapolitans in the first minute of play, before Hauge tied for the Norwegians. A goal of McTominay at 41 minutes left the Italians in the lead on the break.
Helmersen again tied the match to 62′, but an encore of McTominay reassigned the home team to lead the scorer (75′). In a final stretch of madmen, an Odin Luras Bjortuft self-guide left Napoli to win by 4-2 (88′), before Fet closes the result on the edge of the final whistle (90+4′).
Closing the night, highlighting Stuttgart's draw at the reception to Atlético de Madrid, in a game where former Sporting Morten Hjulland saw a direct red card. Leweling scored for the Germans in the first part (36′), with Julián Álvarez closing the accounts at 47 minutes.
[News updated at 10:13 p.m.]