Sensation in Paris

The main sensation of the Champions League game day occurred in the Group H match between PSG and Manchester United.

The Parisians were eager at home to take revenge from their opponent for last year's defeat in the 1/8 finals of the main European Cup, but again lost to the team of Ole Gunnar Solskjaer - 1: 2. 

Moreover, this failure was the first home team for the team in the Champions League group stage since 2004.

And the last team to beat PSG at this stage on the road was CSKA (1: 3). 

This time everything did not go according to the plan of the current tournament finalists from the first minutes.

To begin with, two great saves were made by Manchester United goalkeeper David De Gea.

Then Abdu Diallo fouled Antoni Martial in his own penalty area, and referee Mateu Laos awarded a penalty. 

Keylor Navas managed to deflect a blow from Bruno Fernandes to the left corner, but the referee, after consulting with the assistants in charge of the VAR, asked the Portuguese to interrupt the penalty, as the goalkeeper left the line ahead of time.

On the second try, Fernandes was accurate.

Immediately after the break, PSG managed to push the opponent to the goal.

The goal scored was not long in coming, and it was the result of a standard position.

Martial after filing the corner with his head cut the ball into his own goal.

However, the owners failed to build on the success.

They had the advantage, but they could not crack the dense defense of the opponent.

In turn, Manchester United players regularly ran away in counterattacks, but Navas rescued Thomas Tuchel's charges.

And in the 87th minute he was powerless too.

Marcus Rashford sent the ball into the far corner from the penalty line.

It was he who, in March 2019, marked the decisive goal, which allowed Manchester United to pass PSG in the Champions League.

Along the way, the Mancunians for the first time in history won ten away meetings in a row in all tournaments.

In turn, Leipzig, which lost just to PSG in the semifinals of last season's Champions League, beat Turkish Istanbul Bashakshehir in the first match of the group stage at home thanks to Angelinho's double - 2: 0.

The Spanish defender scored two goals in one meeting for the first time in his career.

And for this he had enough five minutes in the first half of the first half.

First, having processed the ball in the penalty area, he sent it to the far corner, and then closed the cross of his partner.

The defeat in Barcelona

The largest score on Tuesday was recorded in the match between Barcelona and Hungarian champion Ferencváros, who got into Quartet G. The Catalans defeated an inferior opponent in the class - 5: 1.

At the same time, up to the 27th minute on the scoreboard burned "zeros", and the guests missed two excellent chances to come out ahead.

Tokmak Nguyen's beautiful goal was canceled by the referee due to an offside position, and ex-Krasnodar midfielder Isael hit the crossbar.

Helped open an account with blue-grants Lionel Messi.

In the solo passage, he earned a penalty and converted it himself.

Thus, the Argentine established two achievements at once.

First, he broke the record for the most goals scored in the Champions League group stages (69).

Secondly, he scored a goal in the 16th Champions League season in a row and repeated Ryan Giggs' achievement.

Finally, Messi is spending his 17th season in the main European competition with Barcelona, ​​a new record for the club. 

Ansu Fati managed to excel.

He is the first footballer in history to score two goals in the Champions League before turning 18.

Immediately after the break, the young striker also assisted Philippe Coutinho.

The only fly in the ointment for the hosts was the removal of Gerard Piqué, who fouled Nguyen in his own penalty area and received a red card.

Now he will not play against Juventus next week.

The penalty kick as part of Ferencvaros was taken by the Ukrainian Igor Kharatin. 

In the end, Barça nevertheless brought the matter to a defeat with the efforts of substitutes Usman Dembele and Pedro Lopez.

The latter scored his debut goal for the Catalans.

Much more difficult in the away match with Dynamo Kiev had to Juventus, because of the coronavirus left without Cristiano Ronaldo.

This meeting was especially interesting for the coaching confrontation between 75-year-old Mircea Lucescu and 41-year-old Andrea Pirlo. 

The Romanian, who brought the Kievites to the game at the age of 75 years and 84 days, became the most experienced specialist in the history of the Champions League.

The Italian has just made his debut in European competition in a new role for himself.

As a result, the favorite had a very difficult time.

The first half ended in a goalless draw, and Dynamo goalkeeper Georgy Buschan saved his team a couple of times.

However, after the break, Alvaro Morata, who returned to Juventus, managed to get a double.

Already at the 47th second of the second half, he competently played the finishing move, and in the end he closed the canopy of his partner from the flank with his head.

Thus, the guests won, and Pirlo became the third coach of Juventus to win their debut away match in the Champions League, after Marcello Lippi and Fabio Capello. 

However, Turin did not manage without losses on the eve of the most important meeting with Barcelona.

Already in the 19th minute, due to injury, the main defender Giorgio Chiellini had to be changed.

Boring zeros in London

In Group E, both matches ended in a draw.

Rennes parted with Krasnodar and Chelsea with Sevilla.

But if in France the teams at least exchanged goals scored, then in England they could not hit each other's goal.

Moreover, in the entire game, the opponents struck a total of only 12 shots (six on six) and only six on target (four in Chelsea's assets). 

Perhaps the most serious event of the match was the injury of Sevilla defender Sergi Gomez, whom the guests had to replace in the 33rd minute. 

Holland and Immobile goals in Rome

Much more striking was the match of Zenit's rivals in Group F - Lazio and Borussia Dortmund.

Moreover, it was viewed by many as a confrontation between two star bombers, Ciro Immobile and Erling Holland.

For the Italian, this meeting was special, because he played for the yellow-blacks from 2014 to 2016, but until the end he did not feel at home in the team. 

As a result, their head-to-head scoring dispute ended in a draw.

Ciro opened the scoring in the sixth minute, and Erling struck someone else's goal in the second half and scored the 11th goal in the ninth Champions League match in his career. 

The victory was won by Lazio, and it became the first for the Romans in the Champions League group stage in 13 years.

Shortly after the Immobile goal, the hosts doubled the lead thanks to an own goal from Dortmund goalkeeper Marvin Hitz.

On the exact same blow Holland responded by replacing Jean-Daniel Akpa Akpro, who set the final score - 3: 1.