FC Barcelona got off to a perfect start in the Champions League thanks to Ilkay Gündogan. While superstar Kylian Mbappe experienced a debacle with Paris St. Germain in a 1:4 (0:2) defeat at Newcastle United, the traditional Spanish football club won 1:0 (1:0) at FC Porto despite great difficulties. DFB captain Gündogan showed brilliant preparatory work, which Ferran Torres (45th + 1) refined.
However, Barca have to worry about Robert Lewandowski: The former FC Bayern star had to leave the pitch injured after just 34 minutes after he was hit hard – but the referee didn’t whistle for a foul. Torres came on as a substitute for the Pole.
Club jewel Lamine Yamal became the youngest starting XI player in Champions League history at 16 years and 83 days, but didn’t show any brilliant feats. In stoppage time, Gavi saw yellow-red at Barcelona (90+3).
PSG paraded by Newcastle
Mbappe and Co. had an evening to forget, Newcastle moved past the French in Borussia Dortmund’s group thanks to the never-threatened threesome. Lucas Hernandez (56th) scored PSG’s only goal with a header. Celtic Glasgow lost 1:2 (1:1) to Lazio Rome in the last minute and remains without a point, while in the RB Leipzig group, Red Star Belgrade lost 2:2 (1:0) against Young Boys Bern.
Atletico Madrid had previously won their first win and taken the lead in Group E. Coach Diego Simeone’s team turned the game around against Feyenoord Rotterdam after being behind twice and ultimately won 3-2 (2-2). Alvaro Morata with a brace (12th and 47th) and Antoine Griezman (45th + 4th) had the Atletico fans still cheering after Rotterdam took the lead with an own goal from Mario Hermoso (7th) and David Hancko (34th). had gone.
The top Ukrainian club Shakhtar Donetsk celebrated an emotional comeback in Group H with a 3-2 (0-2) win at Royal Antwerp. At first everything looked like the second defeat in the second game for Donetsk, with a 0:2 going into halftime – but then the guests turned up the heat in the second half.
Danylo Sikan (48th and 76th) and Jaroslaw Rakyzkyj (71st) scored against coach Mark van Bommel’s team. Goalkeeper Jean Butez made a mistake when conceding two goals. The former Bayern star van Bommel could hardly believe it on the sidelines, and Toby Alderweireld missed a hand penalty for the Belgians in the seventh minute of stoppage time.