Champions League: Arsenal Defeats Athletic, Qarabag to Face Benfica

Today marks the start of the League stage of the UEFA Champions League.

Idman.biz reports that 6 matches will take place on the first matchday.

The first matches are held in Spain and the Netherlands. "Athletic" hosts "Arsenal" and "Eindhoven" hosts the Belgian club "Union".

The first half of the match between the Spanish and English clubs ended goalless. In the second half, Martinelli put the visitors ahead in the 72nd minute - 0:1

In the match between the representatives of the Netherlands and Belgium, the visitors unexpectedly opened the scoring. In the 9th minute, David put the visitors ahead from the penalty spot - 0:1. In the 39th minute, Ayt-el-Haj scored the second goal in the home team's goal.

In one of the last 4 games of the day, the champion of Azerbaijan, "Qarabag", will take the field. The Agdam representative will be a guest of "Benfica" in Portugal.

UEFA Champions League
League stage, Round I
September 16
20:45. "Athletic" (Spain) - "Arsenal" (England) - 0 :1

Goals: Martinelli (72)

20:45. PSV (Netherlands) - "Union" (Belgium) - 0:2

Goals: David (9, p), Ayt-el-Haj (39)

23:00. "Real Madrid" (Spain) - "Marseille" (France)

23:00. "Juventus" (Italy) - "Borussia" (Dortmund, Germany)

23:00. "Tottenham" (England) - "Villarreal" (Spain)

23:00. "Benfica" (Portugal) - "Qarabag" (Azerbaijan)

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