Wednesday's matches of the first round of the European Champions League witnessed a sudden loss for the English club Liverpool against its Italian host, Napoli, while the major clubs decided their matches in the opening of the new season of the most expensive competition at the club level.
In the first group matches, Liverpool suffered a big loss 4-1 at Diego Maradona Stadium in Naples, and the Italian team succeeded in dedicating its stadium knot with the English team, as Napoli won the third consecutive victory in the two teams’ confrontations on this stadium in the Champions League competitions, after having previously Achieving this in the 2018-2019 and 2019-2020 seasons.
Napoli advanced through a penalty kick in the fifth minute through Peter Zielinsky, before Frank Inguisa added the second goal in the 31st minute.
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In the 44th minute, Giovanni Simeone scored the third goal for Napoli, before Zielinski returned and added the second and fourth goal for Napoli in the 47th minute, while the Colombian Luis Diaz scored Liverpool's only goal in the 49th minute.
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The group's first round matches began with a 4-0 victory over Rangers of Scotland.
Barcelona and Bayern Munich
On the other hand, Barcelona and Bayern Munich of Germany opened their campaign in Group C with a great start.
Barcelona beat Viktoria Plzen 5-1 at home, while Bayern Munich won a deserved 2-0 victory over Italian host Inter.
Did Barcelona fans find it?
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At the Camp Nou, Ivorian Frank Kessie opened the scoring for Barcelona in the 13th minute, before veteran Polish star Robert Lewandowski wore the championship dress in the match, by scoring 3 consecutive goals for the Catalan team in the 34th and third minutes of stoppage time for the first half, and 67th, respectively. .
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Ferran Torres concluded Barcelona's goals in the match, scoring the fifth goal in the 72nd minute, while the goal to save Victoria Plzen's face came in the 44th minute through Jan Sikora.
Barcelona hopes to move forward with the championship, which was crowned 5 times, especially after the disappointment suffered by the team in the last edition of the competition, which saw its exit from the group stage for the first time in a long time, after it finished third in its group at the time.
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And at the Giuseppe Meazza stadium, Bayern Munich snatched a valuable victory from the stadium of its host Inter, after beating them 2-0.
Bayern advanced with a goal signed by Leroy Sane in the 25th minute, while Danilo Di Ambrosio, Inter's player, scored an own goal against his team in the 66th minute.
Griezmann shine
In the second group, Atletico Madrid won a difficult 2-1 victory over Porto, Portugal.
Atletico advanced with a goal scored by defender Mario Hermoso in the first minute of stoppage time for the second half, but Porto managed to adjust the result with a goal scored by Andres Uribe 6 minutes after the goal, through a penalty kick.
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In the 11th minute of stoppage time, Frenchman Antoine Griezmann scored the second goal for Atletico Madrid, to give his team the first 3 points.
In another match in the same group, Club Brugge defeated its guest, Bayer Leverkusen, 1-0.
Important win for Tottenham
In the Group C matches, Brazilian star Richarlison led his team, Tottenham Hotspur, to a 2-0 victory over its guest Olympique Marseille.
Richarlison took the lead in the match by scoring two goals for Tottenham in the 76th and 81st minutes, respectively.
Tottenham benefited from the numerical shortage suffered by Marseille players, as the French team, crowned the title in 1993, played with 10 players after Chancel Mbemba was sent off in the 47th minute.
In another match in the same group, Sporting Lisbon won 3-0 at Eintracht Frankfurt, Germany.