Sensation from "Qarabagh" in the Champions League, successful start from "Union", goal-fest from "Juventus" and "Borussia"

The UEFA Champions League group stage started today.

Idman.biz reports that 6 matches took place on the first match day.

The first matches were held in Spain and the Netherlands. "Athletic" hosted "Arsenal", and "Eindhoven" hosted 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 87th minute, Trossar increased the visitors' advantage - 0:2. Thus, "Arsenal" won their first match in the Champions League group stage by a two-goal difference.

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, Ait-el-Hajj scored the second goal into the home team's goal. In the second half, Kevin Mac Allister increased the gap to three goals in the 81st minute - 0:3. In the 90th minute, Van Bommel made up for one of the goals scored - 1:3. The meeting ended with this score. "Union", who made their debut in the main stage of the Champions League, made a successful start.

In one of the last 4 matches of the day, the champion of Azerbaijan, "Qarabagh", took the field. The Aghdam representative was a guest of "Benfica" in Portugal. Showing a great game, our representative won a hard-fought victory with a score of 3:2.

Among the other games, it is worth noting the "Juventus" - "Borussia Dortmund" game, which stood out for its drama. In this match, "Juventus" escaped defeat with two goals scored in added time.

"Real Madrid", on the other hand, won against "Marseille" thanks to Mbappe's two penalties.

And finally, "Tottenham" managed to defeat "Villarreal" 1:0. The only goal was scored by the Spaniards into their own goal.

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

Goals: Martinelli (72), Trossar (87)

20:45. PSV (Netherlands) - "Union" (Belgium) - 1:3

Goals: Van Bommel (90); David (9, p), Ait-el-Hajj (39), Mac Allister (81)

23:00. "Real Madrid" (Spain) - "Marseille" (France) - 2:1

Goals: Mbappe (29, p), (81, p); Vea (22)

23:00. "Juventus" (Italy) - "Borussia" (Dortmund, Germany) - 4:4

Goals: Yıldız (63), Vlahović (67, 90+4), Kelli (90+6); Adeyemi 52, Nmecha (65), Kouto (74), Bensebaini (86, p)

23:00. "Tottenham" (England) - "Villarreal" (Spain) - 1:0

Goals: Luis Cunior (4, og)

23:00. "Benfica" (Portugal) - "Qarabagh" (Azerbaijan) - 2:3

Goals: Barrenechea (6), Pavlidis 16: Andrade (30), Duran (48), Kashchuk (86)

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