A record for Real against the Germans .. and a second victory for City, Naples and Saint-Germain in the "Champions"

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Yesterday, the Spanish champions Real Madrid, Paris Saint-Germain, Manchester City and Napoli continued their strong start in the group stage of the European Champions League in football, with each of them achieving the second victory in a row, while both Juventus and Chelsea continued their disappointment with the first loss against its guest Benfica. The Portuguese 1-2, and the second fall in the draw against Austrian Salzburg 1-1.

In the first match, Real Madrid suffered both against Leipzig and waited for the last ten minutes to score a double by Uruguayan international midfielder Federico Valverde, who opened the scoring in the 80th minute, and the substitute Marco Asensio, who scored the second goal (90 + 1).

Real Madrid, the record holder in the number of titles in the competition (14), led the sixth group with six points, two points ahead of Ukraine's Shakhtar Donetsk, who fell into the trap of a 1-1 draw against Celtic in Warsaw.

Real Madrid set the record against the Germans by 12 games in a row without losing (8 wins and 4 draws).

It is the eighth consecutive victory for Real Madrid this season, including 5 in the League, two in the Champions League and one in the European Super Cup against Eintracht Frankfurt, Germany.

The Italian coach of the Royal Club, Carlo Ancelotti, commented on his team's victory, saying, "It is true that we suffered against Leipzig, which blocked all the ports, but we did not give up and managed to score two goals, although we did not provide a good level."

Valverde succeeded in giving the royal club the lead in the 80th minute when he received a ball on a plate at the edge of the area from the Brazilian Vinicius Junior, after a great individual effort for the latter on the right side.

Substitute Asensio reassured the fans of the Royal Club with a powerful left-footed shot from inside the area after a side free kick for the other alternative, Kroos (90 + 1).

Remontada Saint Germain

In the eighth group, Paris Saint-Germain turned the table on its Israeli host Maccabi Haifa and beat it 3-1.

Maccabi was the first to score through the Surinamese Tejoron Cheri in the 24th minute, but the capital team equalized through its Argentine star Lionel Messi (37).

Saint-Germain settled the result of the match in its second half, with the goal of its other star, Kylian Mbappe, after a pass from Messi (69), and the third for Brazilian international striker Neymar, after a pass from Italian international midfielder Marco Verratti (88).

It is the second successive victory for Paris Saint-Germain after the first victory over its guest Juventus 2-1 in the first round, which strengthened its lead in the group with six points, with a goal difference against Benfica, who returned with three precious points from Turin, by beating Juventus 2-1.

Juventus scored early, specifically in the fourth minute, when Polish international Arkadiusz Milik crossed a cross for the Argentine midfielder, loaned from Paris Saint-Germain, Leandro Paredes, and followed it into the goal.

Benfica equalized in the 44th minute through Joao Mario from the penalty spot.

Benfica's Greek international goalkeeper Odyssias Vlachodimos saved his own goal by blocking a powerful shot by Milik (51).

The Brazilian David Neres gave the Portuguese team the lead with a loosing ball (55).

Juventus played today's match in the absence of more than one key player, most notably Federico Chiesa, French Adrian Rabiot, compatriot Paul Pogba and Polish international goalkeeper Wojciech Szczesny.

The "Old Lady" team is close to exiting the group stage for the first time since the 2013-2014 season.

It is the first time that Juventus has lost its first two matches in the group stage in the history of its participation in the competition.

Halland overthrows his former team,

and the Norwegian Erling Halland gave his Manchester City team a difficult victory over his former team and its guest, Borussia Dortmund, Germany 2-1 in the Group G competition.

City escaped a loss at home after Englishman Judd Bellingham opened the scoring for Dortmund (56), before the English champions returned from afar with goals from John Stones (80) and Halland (84).

"It was a beautiful and special goal, I scored a similar goal when I was playing for Dortmund," said Haaland, who scored his thirteenth goal in various competitions this season.

"In the end, we showed who we are. This is who we are and that's how we should play. I'm proud of the last 25 minutes. It was good to see everyone again (the Dortmund players). But they couldn't stop me, because I scored."

City remained at the top of Group G with a full score with 6 points, while Dortmund stayed on its three points in second place.

In the same group, Spain's Seville drew with its host Copenhagen negatively, to be in the last place of the group with an orphan point.

Disappointing draw for Chelsea

On the other hand, Chelsea fell at the beginning of the era of their new coach Graham Potter in the trap of a disappointing draw with its guest Salzburg 1-1.

The London club had a Yemeni victory that erased its loss in the first round against Dinamo Zagreb itself, which overthrew its German coach Thomas Tuchel.

Chelsea opened the scoring through Raheem Sterling (48), before Salzburg equalized with a Swiss goal, Noah Okafor (75).

And the English club remained in last place with one point, behind Salzburg in third with two points.

In turn, Napoli won its second successive victory when it defeated its host Glasgow Rangers 3-0 in the first group.

Napoli got a penalty kick at the beginning of the second half, which was missed by Piotr Gilinsky in the 60th minute, and then grabbed a second penalty kick eight minutes later, Matteo Politano successfully opened the scoring.

The southern team confirmed that its 4-1 victory over its guest, Liverpool, was not charity, and that it would be a fierce competitor, at least for the two cards in the second round.

Napoli led the group with six points, three points ahead of Liverpool and Ajax Amsterdam, while Rangers suffered their second loss in a row after the first with a clean four against Ajax.

Liverpool beat Ajax Amsterdam 2-1 on Tuesday.

The match between Rangers and Napoli was postponed for 24 hours for organizational reasons.

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