Wins for Porto and Atlético, heavy defeat for Leverkusen

Of Club Brugge's European opponents, only Porto and Atlético were able to win their matches. Porto picked up a smooth win in the Portuguese Cup, while Atlético narrowly made it on a visit to Athletic Bilbao. Bayer Leverkusen, on the other hand, went down with heavy 5-1 figures against Eintracht Frankfurt.

Anadia FC - FC Porto 0-6

FC Porto recorded a smooth 0-6 victory in the third round of the Portuguese Cup on a visit to third-placed Anadia FC. Coach Sérgio Conceição rested some star players after the impressive victory in the Champions League at Leverkusen. Nevertheless, Porto had no problem with the third division team. After just over ten minutes it was already 0-2 thanks to goals from Danny Namaso and Gabriel Veron. On the half-hour mark, the game was definitely decided thanks to a goal by Spaniard Toni Martínez. Shortly after the break, Cardoso scored the 0-4 and in the closing stages it was finally 0-6 thanks to goals by Martínez and Costa. (SF)

FC Porto: Ramos, Wendell, Conceiçao (46' Manafa), Carmo (58' Marcano), Cardoso, Costa, Grujic, Otavio (58' Folha), Namaso (58' Borges), Veron (78' Evanilson), Martínez.
Goals: 6' Namaso (0-1), 11' Veron (0-2), 30' Martínez (0-3), 50' Cardoso (0-4), 86' Martínez (0-5), 90' Costa (0-6).

Eintracht Frankfurt - Bayer Leverkusen 5-1

After the defeat against FC Porto, Xabi Alonso's Bayer Leverkusen went against Eintracht Frankfurt in search of the three points to finally get out of the basement of the German Bundesliga. However, it turned out to be a painful afternoon for Die Werkself. Frimpong did hit the crossbar in the first half, but it was Eintracht Frankfurt that went into halftime with a deserved lead. Kamada converted a penalty in injury time. The rest of the first half, however, was uneventful.

After halftime, Bayer Leverkusen did manage to equalize through a goal by Hincapie, but the lead was not on the scoreboard for long. Muani punished a clumsy loss of ball by Tapsoba. Moments later, Dane Lindstrom signed for the 3-1 with a stick ball. The barrel was not yet finished for Bayer Leverkusen: Hincapie received a second yellow card after a three-pronged intervention in the penalty area on Muani. Kamada also converted the second penalty flawlessly. The chalice was not yet completely emptied for Bayer Leverkusen: in the closing stages of the match, Alario (ex-Leverkusen) scored, putting the 5-1 final score on the board. Odilon Kossounou was substituted in the 73rd minute, but couldn't prevent Bayer Leverkusen from going down. Leverkusen remains sixteenth in the standings and cannot get out of the lower regions. (EV)

Bayer Leverkusen: Hradecky, Hincapie, Tah, Tapsoba, Bakker (80' Sinkgraven), Aranguiz (46' Demirbay), Andrich, Frimpong, Paulinho (46' Amiri), Schick (80' Hlozek), Diaby (73' Kossounou).
Goals: 45+5' Kamada (1-0), 56' Hincapie (1-1), 58' Muani (2-1), 65' Lindstrom (3-1), 72' Kamada (4-1), 86' Alario (5-1).

Athletic Bilbao - Atlético Madrid 0-1

After the 0-0 against Club Brugge, Atlético Madrid was able to get back to winning ways in the Primera Division. It won 0-1 on the field of Athletic Bilbao. For the difficult move towards San Mames, coach Simeone once again counted on Griezmann and Morata in the starting lineup, the Belgians started on the bench. After a difficult game, it was Griezmann who secured the points for the Madrilenians with the only goal of the match, keeping them six points clear of city rival Real.

The Basques claimed the ball from the kickoff and immediately went on the attack resulting in shots from Muniain and Williams. With about ten minutes on the clock, Morata seemed to open the scoring for the visitors from Madrid, but VAR saw a foul. After the opening phase, we mainly saw many duels but few clear-cut chances. Just before halftime a Williams move on the defensive, but there was no chance to score.

Just after halftime a goal for Atlético followed against the run of play. After a rush on the right by Morata and a puffy assist for Griezmann, who opened the scoring with Atlético's first ball on goal. After a painful contact between Oblak and Berenguer, Simeone had to bring in emergency backup goalkeeper Grbic, who managed to keep Raul Garcia and Martinez from equalizing with a few minutes left to play. (KV)

Atlético: Oblak (69' Grbic), Mandava, Gimenez, Savic, Molina, Lemar (82' Joao Felix), De Paul (69' Saul), Kondogbia, Koke (82' Witsel), Griezmann, Morata (69' Morata).
Goal: 47' Griezmann (0-1).