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- Italian clubs Juventus Turin (2-0 at Dynamo Kiev) and Lazio Roma (3-1 against Dortmund) successfully leave the starting grid in the 2020/21 Champions League.
- Barcelona scored the expected three points against outsider Ferencvaros Budapest at 5-1.
- Sevilla, current champions of the Europa League, challenged Chelsea 0-0 away from home.
- The game Zenit St. Petersburg vs. Bruges picked up speed after the break as the Belgians cheered for the winning goal in the 93rd minute.
Group G: Juventus does its job, Barcelona intoxicated
Álvaro Morata had the honor of opening the scoring in the 2020/21 Champions League campaign. The 27-year-old returnee at Turin Juventus (after seasons Real, Chelsea and Atlético) scored the advantage for the Italian favorites with a thunderbolt after the break in last night’s game. The long-harmless Ukrainians got their mortgage only 50 seconds after the reset. A counter-goal in the 84th minute made Morata a double scorer and the Italian series champion the ultimate winner of the first match. A double in the premier category is a first for the Spaniard, who has played 53 games on this stage. Coach Andrea Pirlo’s team had to do without its superstar, Cristiano Ronaldo, sick with a crown.
Alvaro Morata
The Juventus asset was there twice in Kiev.
Keystone
In the last group G match, Ferencvaros Budapest had nothing to gain at the Camp Nou, as expected. The Hungarians took to the wheels in the FC Barcelona match, led by the Swiss referee Sandro Schärer, with 1: 5. On the side of the Catalans, the goals went to Lionel Messi (from a penalty), Ansu Fati, Philippe Coutinho, Pedri and Ousmane Dembélé. Side note: Messi has scored a minimum of one goal each during CL’s sixteenth consecutive season. Charatin was able to cut to 1: 3 from the point.
Group E: In parallel in the double baptism of fire
The only zero number in the 1st installment of the Champions League overture was in London at Chelsea and Seville. Last season’s Europa League winner challenged the “Blues” one point.
In the clash between CL rookies Rennes and Krasnodar, barely 3 minutes elapsed between the club’s two events of historic value. First, Serhou Guirassy had given the French the first goal in the premier class with a penalty. More or less in return, Cristian Ramírez made the first perfect CL goal for the rival. This 1-1 draw stayed in Brittany.
Group F: Dortmund bathed cold, Bruges in extremis
Borussia Dortmund, with fewer personnel, suffered a real false start, in the campaign and especially in the away game against Lazio. At 6 minutes, Marwin Hitz had to get behind him for the first time in BVB’s goal after Ciro Immobile took advantage of a fatal defensive error. The Swiss replaced his compatriot Roman Bürki, who remained seated on the bench after surviving the infection. The Italians already rose in the 23rd minute and just five revolutions from the pointer after the connection of Erling Haaland (71.), the budding hopes of coach Lucien Favre’s team were immediately restored.
After the 2019/20 season without a Champions League win, Club Brugge surprisingly recorded its first full success since November 6, 2018. Charles De Ketelaere was the highly acclaimed Belgian in the 93rd minute when he made the 2- 1 from close range. inserted. The guests of Zenit of Saint Petersburg had led 1-0 thanks to a curious billiard shot after a good hour. An own goal tied the game, but Brugge had a late response ready.
