Playing with a man disadvantage almost the entire time, Barcelona lost 2-1 in Monaco in the regular season of the Champions League under the new system. RB Leipzig, with Péter Gulácsi and Willi Orbán, also suffered a 2-1 defeat as a guest of Atlético Madrid on Thursday.
The biggest surprise of Thursday’s game day was clearly the victory of AS Monaco. The team from the duchy took the lead in the 11th minute: Barcelona’s goalkeeper Marc-André ter Stegen made a pass in the worst possible place after a pass, which put Monaco’s attacker in a scoring position. At that time, Barca’s defender Eric Garcia was the last man to foul, for which he was immediately sent off.
Five minutes later, Monaco took advantage of the man advantage with Maghnes Akliouche’s goal, but Barcelona’s 17-year-old star Lamine Yamal equalized in the middle of the half. The winning goal was scored in the 71st minute, after a long start, Monaco striker George Ilenikhena was able to break into the goal alone, Ter Stegen could only catch his powerful shot, after which the ball hit the net.
RB Leipzig took an early lead against Atlético with Benjamin Šeško’s goal, but Spain’s mostly-dominant Spanish striker Antoine Griezmann equalized before the break. Leipzig held their own for a long time in the second half, but in the last minute of regular time, José María Giménez scored Atlético’s winning goal. scored a goal. The two players of the Hungarian national team from Leipzig, Gulácsi and Orbán, were on the field the whole time.
This year’s champions of the Europa League, Atalanta, started against Arsenal in the BL, but contrary to expectations, this match did not bring much excitement, the result was a 0-0 draw. Brest, on the other hand, made their debut on the international stage with a victory, as they beat Sturm Graz 2-1.
Bayer Leverkusen started the Champions League with an away win, the German champion decided the match against Feyenoord in one half, as they already led 4-0 at the break, and this was the final result. Florian Wirtz doubled in the game. Benfica took the three points from the home of Crvena zvezda thanks to two Turkish legionnaires: they took a two-goal lead until the break through Kerem Aktürkoglu and Orkun Kökcü. The Serbians could only improve in the second half, so Benfica won 2-1. (MTI)
Champions League, regular season, 1st round:
- Crvena zvezda (Serbia)-Benfica (Portugal) 1-2 (0-2)
- Feyenoord (Dutch)-Bayer Leverkusen (German) 0-4 (0-4)
- Atalanta (Italian)-Arsenal (English) 0-0
- Atlético Madrid (Spain)-RB Leipzig (Germany) 2-1 (1-1)
- AS Monaco (France)-FC Barcelona (Spain) 2-1 (1-1)
- Brest (France)-Sturm Graz (Austria) 2-1 (1-1)
