⚽ UCL- UEFA Champions League 2021 Match Day 1: Fixtures, Result, Stats and Analysis

[Samuel]

The line-ups of Besiktas vs Dortmund have been announced.

Besiktas XI: A. Hutchinson, Pjanic, Josef de Souza, F. N’Sakala, Welinton, Ghezzal, Batshuayi, C. Larin, Rosier, E. Destanoğlu, Javi Montero

Subs: M. Topal, M. Günok, N. Uysal, G. Töre, O. Özyakup, S. Uçan, Karaman, R. Yılmaz, C. Bozdogan

Dortmund XI: Hummels, Reus, Meunier, Guerreiro, Brandt, Dahoud, Akanji, G. Kobel, Haaland, D. Malen, J. Bellingham

Subs: Witsel, Hitz, Wolf, Passlack, M. Pongracic, Unbehaun, Reinier, A. Knauff, Y. Moukoko

[Samuel]

Four years later, Paris Saint-Germain have sent shockwaves through world football again. Having signed Neymar and Kylian Mbappe in 2017, they went one better this past summer by landing Lionel Messi.

[Samuel]

Carlo Ancelotti arrives at San Siro with Real Madrid for the opening game against Inter in the Champions League. Check out the Italian coach’s record against the Nerazzurri.

Ancelotti against Inter:

Games: 32 – W: 16 D: 5 L: 11

Champions League Games: 6 – W: 2 D: 2 L: 2

Parma: Games: 4 – W: 2 D: 0 L: 2

Juventus: Games: 5 – W: 3 D: 2 L: 0

Milan: Games: 19 – W: 10 D: 3 L: 6

Chelsea: Games: 2 – W: 0 D: 0 L: 2

Napoli: Games: 2 – W: 1 D: 0 L: 1

[Samuel]

Inter have faced Ancelotti six times in the Champions League and have only lost twice against the veteran coach, both in the quarter-finals of the 2004-05 edition against local rivals Milan.

[Samuel]

REAL MADRID VS ITALIAN TEAMS HISTORY

[Samuel]

European giants Liverpool and AC Milan lock horns for the first time since the Italian outfit came out on top in the Champions League final 14 years ago.

[Samuel]

Inter aim to qualify for the Champions League knock-out phase for the first time in more than ten years and learn from their mistakes in the last two seasons, writes Richard Hall.

[Goodness]

HT: Besiktas 0-2 Dortmund

[Goodness]

Erling Haaland has faced 10 different teams in the UCL:

vs Genk
vs Sevilla
vs Club Brugge
vs Napoli
vs PSG
vs Zenit
vs Liverpool
vs Lazio
vs Beşiktaş

Man City are the only side he has NOT scored against.

[Goodness]

18y 78d - Jude Bellingham is now the youngest Englishman to score away from home in the UEFA Champions League. Fearless.

[Goodness]

OFFICIAL: Lionel Messi, Kylian Mbappé and Neymar all start for the first time for PSG.

[Goodness]

| Here are the starting XIs!

A star-studded clash is coming up in Milan, as Inter host Real Madrid!

They met in last season’s group stage as well, with Los Blancos winning both matches (2:0, 3:2) – tonight’s hosts will hope for a better result this time!

[Goodness]

300 - Pep Guardiola will take charge of his 300th game for Manchester City this evening (218 wins), while this is also the 750th game of his managerial career (546 wins). Legacy.

[Goodness]

Liverpool team to play Milan

Alisson, Alexander-Arnold, Matip, Gomez, Robertson, Fabinho, Henderson, Keita, Jota, Salah, Origi.

Subs: Adrian, Kelleher, Van Dijk, Konate, Thiago, Milner, Mane, Oxlade-Chamberlain, Jones, Minamino, Tsimikas, Phillips

[Yusuf]

Trent Alexander-Arnold has opened the scoring for Liverpool against Milan with a deflected strike.

Own goal?

[Yusuf]

Trent Alexander-Arnold has scored his first Champions League goal in 35 games.

His other goal came in his second appearance against Maribor.

[Yusuf]

Mohamed Salah has missed a penalty for Liverpool against Milan.

[Yusuf]

It took Sébastien Haller 68 seconds to open the scoring for Ajax against Sporting CP.

[Yusuf]

It took Sébastien Haller 68 seconds to score the first Champions League goal of his career.

A dream debut.

[Yusuf]

02’: Sébastien Haller scores
09’: Sébastien Haller scores

A brace on his Champions League debut inside 10 minutes.