On Tuesday, October 21, Barcelona hosted Olympiacos in the match of the third round of the main stage of the Champions League. Hans-Dieter Flick's team left no chance for their opponents in the majority, crushing them with a score of 6:1. At the end of the first half, the Catalan team secured a two-goal advantage through the efforts of Fermin Lopez. First, he opened the scoring in the match already in the seventh minute, and closer to the break he scored a double. At the beginning of the second half of the meeting, Olympiacos managed to get one goal back. However, after consulting with VAR, the referee canceled the goal due to offside, but awarded a penalty for handball by the Catalan defender, which was successfully converted by Ayoub El-Kaabi. However, soon the guests were left with ten men after the removal of Santiago Essay. Finding themselves in the majority, Barcelona took full advantage of their numerical advantage, sending four more goals into the opponent's goal. First, Lamin Yamal scored a penalty, then Marcus Rashford scored, Fermin scored a hat-trick, and the Englishman put an end to the confrontation by scoring a double. Ukrainian striker of Olympiacos Roman Yaremchuk started the match on the bench and came on as a substitute in the 77th minute. Barcelona scored six points at the general stage of the Champions League, Olympiacos has one point to its credit. Statistics of the match Barcelona - Olympiacos of the third round of the Champions League Barcelona - Olympiacos 6:1 Goals: Fermin, 7, 39, 76, Yamal, 68 (pen. ), Rashford 74, 79 - El Kaabi 54 (pen. ) Expected goals (xG): 2. 48 - 1. 00 Ball possession: 73% - 27% Shots: 14 - 5 Shots on target: 7 - 2 Corners: 7 - 2 Fouls: 7 - 10 Barcelona:

Szczesny - Kounde (Martin, 75), Kubarsi, Garcia, Balde (Araujo, 75) - Casado, Pedri (Bernal, 81) -. Olympiacos: Tsolakis - Costinha, Retsos, Pirola, Ortega (Onyemaechi, 53) - Esse, Garcia - Martins (Muzakitis, 46), Chiquinho (Nascimento, 31), Podence (Yaremchuk, 77) - El Kaabi (Taremi, 77). Warnings: Balde, Garcia - Esse, Podence. Deletion: Essay, 57. The Catalans defeated Girona and celebrated the anniversary goal. News on Telegram and WhatsApp. Subscribe to our channels https://t. me/korrespondentnet and WhatsApp.