The Swiss team Young Boys spoiled Portuguese star Cristiano Ronaldo's celebration of returning to score in the Manchester United shirt in the European Champions League, by beating United 2-1 on Tuesday in the opening group stage matches of the tournament.
At the Swiss Wankdorf stadium in Berne, Switzerland, Ronaldo scored the first goals of the new season of the tournament;
He opened the scoring for Manchester United in the 13th minute.
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Ronaldo raised his score to 135 goals in his record of participation in the European Championship, which retains the title of its historical top scorer, and the goal was his first in the Manchester United shirt in the Champions League since 2009, when he left the team to join Real Madrid.
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Manchester United received a shock in the 35th minute after Aaron Van Bissaka was sent off from the team, and Young Boys took advantage of his numerical superiority to equalize through Nicolas Mumi in the 66th minute.
The match almost ended in a draw, but substitute Jordan Sebacchio snatched the 2-1 winning goal for Yang Boys in the fifth minute of stoppage time for the match after a fatal error from Jesse Lingard.
Young Boys scored the first 3 points in Group F, which is witnessing today's meeting with Villarreal of Spain with Atalanta of Italy.