Champions League: Ivorian Haller offers himself a quadruple against Sporting Portugal
The Ivorian Sébastien Haller congratulated by his teammate Jurrien Timber.
September 15, 2021. AFP - PATRICIA DE MELO MOREIRA
Text by: Ndiasse Sambe Follow
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Ajax Amsterdam's Ivorian international Sébastien Haller scored a resounding quadruple on Wednesday (September 15th) at Sporting Portugal.
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GROUP A
Club Bruges (Belgium) - Paris Saint-Germain (France) 1-1
In the absence of the suspended Senegalese Idrissa Guèye, his compatriot Abdou Diallo and the Moroccan Acharaf Hakimi did not shine too much against Bruges like their team.
Opposite, the Belgians, led by the French defender of Congolese origin (Brazzaville) resisted well with in particular the work of Angolan right-back Clinton Mata, and Ghanaian midfielder Kamal Sowah.
Manchester City (England) - RB Leipzig (Germany) 6-3
Riyad Mahrez took part in the City festival with a goal from a penalty spot.
For his part, Christopher Nkunku, striker of Congolese origin (Kinshasa), trained at PSG, managed a hat-trick for Leipzig.
GROUP B
Liverpool (England) - AC Milan (Italy) 3-2
Egypt's Mohamed Salah was once again decisive with Liverpool with a goal and an assist, even though he missed a penalty.
Senegalese Sadio Mané started the match on the bench before entering in the 63rd minute.
Naby Keïta (Guinea) started as well as Joël Matip (Cameroon).
Opposite, the Algerian Ismael Bennacer and the Ivorian Frank Kessié were holders in the Milan midfield.
Atletico Madrid (Spain) - FC Porto (Portugal) 0-0
In a scoreless match, Central African Joffrey Kondogbia faced Congolese Chancel Mbemba, sent off after a foul on Antoine Griezmann.
GROUP C
Besiktas (Turkey) - Borussia Dortmund (Germany) 1-2
The Algerian Rachid Ghezzal and the Congolese defender Fabrice Nsakala, holders, could not do anything against the power of Dortmund.
In Borussia, the German, of Ghanaian origin Ansgar Knauff and Youssoufa Moukoko, of Cameroonian origin, entered the game in the second half.
Sporting Portugal (Portugal) - Ajax Amsterdam (Netherlands) 1-5
Sébastien Haller, Ivorian striker of Ajax Amsterdam made a resounding debut in the Champions League, scoring a quadruple on Sporting Lisbon (5-1) for his first match in the competition.
The 26-year-old Ivorian international marked the sixteenth quadruplet in the history of C1, since it was renamed the Champions League (1992).
The latest was registered by Olivier Giroud with Chelsea on the Sevilla lawn (4-0) on December 2.
The Moroccan Noussair Mazraoui was one of the couriers for Haller.
His compatriot Zouhair Feddal also gave Paulinho an assist on Portugal's second goal
GROUP D
Sheriff Tiraspol (Moldova) - Chakhtior Donestsk (Ukraine) 2-0
Sheriff Tiraspol can say thank you to his Africans.
Malian Adama Traoré opened the scoring, and Guinean Momo Yansané closed the scoring seven minutes after entering the game. Ghanaian Edmund Addo also reigned in midfield.
Opposite, Burkinabe striker Lassina Traoré did not have much opportunity to shine.
Inter Milan (Italy) - Real Madrid (Spain) 0-1
No African on this meeting
🥶 Players to score FOUR goals on their Champions League debut:
⚪️🔴 Sébastien Haller (2021/22)
🔴⚫️ Marco van Basten (1992/93) #UCL pic.twitter.com/RB7abIazaE
- UEFA Champions League (@ChampionsLeague) September 15, 2021
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