The Champions League officially started on Tuesday 6 September with the first results. Among the surprises, Thomas Tuchel’s Chelsea were beaten by Dinamo Zagreb while AC Milan were held to a draw by Salzburg. On the other hand, PSG, Real and Manchester City won without any problems.
Liverpool sank at Napoli, Lewandowski delighted the Camp Nou with a hat-trick, Bayern won the first group C clash against Inter and OM got off to a bad start at Tottenham…
It was an expected match, and it did not disappoint. It even surprised, since the Partenopei inflicted a real lesson to the Reds (4-1) at the Diego Maradona Stadium! The Italian side were already three goals up at the break thanks to Zielinski (5th), Zambo Anguissa (31st) and Simeone (44th), not to mention a penalty missed by Osimhen. Zielinski scored twice after the break (47th), while Diaz saved the honour (49th).
Olympique de Marseille lost to Tottenham (0-2) on Wednesday in the Champions League. It’s not just a matter of the team’s performance, it’s also a matter of the team’s performance in the Champions League. It’s not just a matter of the team’s performance, it’s also a matter of the team’s performance in the Champions League. The Phocéens were brave and resisted for a long time, before Richarlison finally found a way with his head, twice (76th, 81st).
Barça strongly start thanks to Lewandowski
Viktoria Plzen had little hope before their trip to Catalonia, and rightly so with this heavy defeat (1-5). It was the first time the Blaugrana had made the difference at the Camp Nou thanks to Kessié (13th), before the inevitable Polish striker scored a hat-trick (34th, 45+3rd, 68th) thanks to two goals and a shot from 20 metres.
Real Madrid on top. It’s hard to believe, but the defending champions were pushed around for 45 minutes by Glasgow Celtic (3-0), as McGregor found the post. The Merengue then used their experience to make the difference in just four minutes after the break. It was the first time that the home side had scored in the first half, with Vinicius finding the net after a Valverde cross in the 56th minute, and Modric making it 2-0 after a little trickery in the box in the 60th minute. Hazard added to his tally in the 77th minute.
Tuesday’s results
Group E
- Salzburg 1-1 AC Milan
- Dinamo Zagreb 1-0 Chelsea
Group F
- Celtic 0-3 Real Madrid
- Leipzig 1-4 Shakhtar
Group G
- Dortmund 3-0 Copenhagen
- Sevilla 0-4 Manchester City
Group H
- PSG 2-1 Juventus
- Benfica 2-0 Maccabi Haifa
Wednesday’s results
Group A
- Napoli 4-1 Liverpool
- Ajax Amsterdam 4-0 Rangers
Group B
- Atletico Madrid 2-1 FC Porto,
- Brugge 1-0 Bayer Leverkusen
Group C
- Inter Milan 0-2 Bayern Munich
- FC Barcelona 5-1 Viktoria Plzen
Group D: Tottenham 2-0 OM
- Frankfurt 0-3 Sporting Portugal
