The first “bombs” exploded deafeningly in the new Champions League, with Real Madrid and Bayern Munich leaving “Pierre Morois” from Lille and “Villa Park” from Birmingham with their heads down.
Bruno Genesio’s unlikely Lille and Unai Emery’s Horiates, who Olympiacos had eliminated with two victories a few months earlier, on their way to winning the Conference League, won 1-0 on the 2nd round and showed that Europe’s “greats” They will have to bleed to get results in the new competition.
Things didn’t go better for Atlético Madrid either, who were crushed in “Da Luz” by Benfica (key Pavlidis), while Joli’s star shone dazzlingly (also) in Austria, where with a world-class goal he gave victory to Bruges vs Sturm Graz.
Juventus stunned at the Red Bull Arena against Leipzig, while in an impressive performance in rainy Zagreb, Monaco managed to come away with a point despite losing 2-0 to Croatian side Dinamo.
Liverpool easily made it 2-2 by defeating Milan at “San Siro” (3-1) and the second Italian team, Bologna 2-0 at “Anfield” and tied for first place with Borussia Dortmund, Brest, Benfica, Juventus , Leverkusen and Aston Villa.
It should be noted that the “Villagers” in their victory over the Bavarians repeated the result of their victory over the same team in the historic 1982 European Cup final, with a goal from their great striker Peter Weed.
Results and top scorers:
- Girona-Feyenoord 2-3 (Lopeth 19′, Van de Beek 73′ – Herrera 23′, Milabo 33′, Krejci 79′)
- Shakhtar Donetsk x Atalanda 0-3 (21′ Tzimsiti, 44′ Lukman, 48′ Belanova)
- Aston Villa-Bayern 1-0 (79′ Duran)
- Benfica-Atlético de Madrid 4-0 (13′ Akturkoglou, 52′ pen. Di Maria, 75′ Ba, 84′ pen. Koktsu)
- Dinamo Zagreb-Monaco 2-2 (Susic 45+3, Baturina 66 – Salisou 74, Zakaria 90)
- Lille-Real Madrid 1-0 (45+3 David)
- Liverpool-Bologna 2-0 (11′ McAllister, 75′ Salah)
- Leipzig-Juventus 2-3 (30′, 65′ penalty. Cesko – 50′, 68′ Vlaovic, 82′ Conceição)
- Sturm Graz-Club Brugge 0-1 (24 minutes)
