The Champions League is gradually picking up pace. This was reported by Euro-football.ru.
Last season's finalist PSG and Milan's Inter have joined the competition. Liverpool is also showing that it is a contender for the Champions League gold medals with its huge expenditures.
Bayern also played the first match of the new season. They had not been able to win a European cup in the last five years.
Chelsea, who were Champions League winners four years ago, have seen many changes since then. Overall, the Euro-Football.Ru website analyzes how the Wednesday matches unfolded.
The matchday started with two draws. Olympiacos played a 0:0 draw against Pafos, who played with ten men for half the match.
The Norwegian team Bodø/Glimt drew 2:2 with Prague club Slavia, in which Norwegian goalkeeper Haikin made eight excellent saves. PSG took the lead against Atalanta in the third minute with a 1:0 score, while Liverpool won 2:0 against Atletico in the sixth minute.
The subsequent events developed differently. Despite conceding a penalty due to several injuries weakening the Parisians, they managed to score three more goals.
One of these was a goal by Khvicha, and Ramush matched Mbappe's unique record. The final score was 4:0.
What happened with Liverpool? Goals by Robertson and Salah were canceled out by Llorente’s double.
To preserve the victory, it was not the young player Isak but the experienced Van Dijk who took action. Virgil participated in a corner kick and brought the score to 3:2, which infuriated Diego Simeone.
The enraged "El Cholo" received a red card, which demonstrated the true spirit of the Champions League. Bayern played against Chelsea not from below but from above.
Kompany and his team defeated the "aristocrats" at the hosts. The game started with an own goal, then a penalty was successfully converted by Kane.
Palmer quickly scored one goal, but Kane brought the final score to 3:1 in the second half. Palmer narrowly missed a double as VAR disallowed his second goal for offside.
However, Marcus Thuram’s double and Chalhanoglu’s two assists brought Inter a victory over Ajax. Thus, the two Dutch clubs were defeated by a two-goal margin in the first round.
Recall that on Tuesday PSV lost to Union Saint-Gilloise. Author: Kirill Ivantsov
