The beloved tournament of the Old World has returned. Today, September 6, the group stage of the UEFA Champions League started.
The game day began with a sensation in Zagreb. The local Dynamo won an unexpected victory over Chelsea. The only goal in the first half was scored by Mislav Orsic – 1:0.
In a parallel meeting in Dortmund, Borussia had no problems with Copenhagen (3:0). Marco Reus, Rafael Guerreira, and Jude Bellingham scored for the Bumblebees.
Milan unexpectedly lost points in Austria. The current champion of Italy was in the status of catching up in the game with Red Bull Salzburg. Noah Okafor and Alexis Salemakers each scored a goal — 1:1.
The Portuguese Benfica did not experience any problems. The Eagles hosted Maccabi at home and took three points thanks to balls from Rafael Silva and Alejandro Grimaldo.
Real Madrid began their title defense with a 3-0 thrashing of Celtic in Scotland. Vinicius, Modric, and Hazard scored for Madrid, but the captain and top scorer of the kings Karim Benzema was forced to leave the field in the first half due to injury.
Manchester City did not experience any problems in Spain. Sevilla capitulated 0-4, gaps in its defense were found by Phil Foden, Ruben Dias, and Erling Haaland, who scored a double.
Former Spartak coach Domenico Tedesco, now head of RB Leipzig, is one step away from relegation. Today his team lost to Shakhtar Donetsk — by 1:4.
The only match with the prefix top on September 6 was PSG – Juventus. By the middle of the first half, the French confirmed the status of the favorite – Kylian Mbappe scored a double. Turintsy was only enough for a goal of prestige in the performance of Weston McKenny.
