English Clubs Fail To Light Up Champions League
In tonight's fixture of match day one, the biggest UEFA champions league clash sees an in form Manchester City welcome a struggling Juventus.
[article_adwert] While City were able to move on unwanted players, Juventus had to deal with the loss of three of their most important players. Pirlo, Carlos Tevez and Arturo Vidal are all gone.
In group B, Memphis Depay returns with Manchester United to the club he left just four months ago; Dutch champions PSV.
Below are the the line up's from matches to be played tonight:
PSV XI vs Man Utd: Zoet; Arias, Bruma, Moreno, Brenet; Hendrix, Pröpper, Guadrado, Narsingh; De Jong, Lestienne.
Man Utd XI vs PSV: De Gea; Darmian, Smalling, Blind, Shaw; Schweinsteiger, Herrera; Young, Mata, Depay; Martial.
Man City XI vs Juventus: Hart; Sagna, Kompany, Mangala, Kolarov; Toure, Fernandinho, Nasri, Silva, Sterling; Bony.
Juventus XI vs Man City: Buffon; Lichtsteiner, Bonucci, Chiellini, Evra; Sturaro, Hernanes, Pogba; Cuadrado, Mandzukic, Morata.
Real Madrid XI vs Shakhtar Donetsk: Navas; Carvajal, Varane, Ramos, Marcelo; Kroos, Modric, Isco; Bale, Benzema, Ronaldo.
Shakhtar Donetsk XI vs Real Madrid: Pyatov; Srna, Kucher, Rakits'kyy, Azevedo; Fred, Stepanenko, Marlos, Teixeira, Taison; Gladkyy.
Galatasaray XI vs Atletico Madrid: Muslera; Sabri, Semih, Denayer, Carole; Selçuk, Hakan Balta, Emre Çolak, Sneijder; Podolski, Yilmaz.
Atletico Madrid XI vs Galatasaray: Oblak; Juanfran, Godin, Gimenez, Siqueira; Tiago, Koke, Saul; Vietto, Martinez, Griezmann.
Wolfsburg XI vs CSKA Moscow: Benaglio; Träsch, Naldo, Dante, Rodriguez; Gustavo, Caligiuri, Draxler, Schürrle; Kruse, Dost.
PSG XI vs Malmo: Trapp; Van der Wiel, Luiz, Silva, Maxwell; Verratti, Motta, Matuidi; Di María, Ibrahimović, Cavani.
Sevilla XI vs Monchengladbach: Rico; Coke, Andreolli, Kolo, Tremoulinas; Krychowiak, N'Zonzi; Reyes, Banega, Vitolo; Gameiro
Monchengladbach XI vs Seviila: Sommer; Korb, Jantschke, Brouwers, Wendt; Stindl, Nordtveit; Hahn, Traoré; Hazard, Raffael.
FACT:
Raheem Sterling & Anthony Martial are both yet to score in 13 Champions League appearances between them.
Bastian Schweinsteiger has more Champions League assists (8) since 2012/13 than Lionel Messi (7) and Mesut Özil (7).
Manchester City have only claimed victory once in their four previous opening Champions League matchdays (D1 L2)
Juventus have picked up the most red cards in the Champions League: 20 (since 1992/93).
FT: Paris Saint Germain 2 - 0 Malmoe FF (DI Maria, Cavani)
Real Madrid 4 - 0 Shakhtar Donetsk (Benzema, Ronaldo 3X)
PSV Eindhoven 2 - 1 Manchester United(Moreno/Narsingh, Depay)
Wolfsburg 1 - 0 CSKA Moscow (Draxler)
Benfica 2 - 0 FC Astana (Mitroulgu, Gaitan)
Galatasaray 0 - 2 Atletico Madrid (Griezmann X2)
Manchester City 1 - 2 Juventus (Kompany/Mandzukic, Morata)
Sevilla 3 - 0 Borussia Moenchengladbach (Gamiero, Banega, Konoplyanka)
FT: Man City 1 - 2 Juve. City lose their their first match of the season while Juve win their second match of the season.
90+ Man City 1 - 2 Juve. Can the English side find a way past the magnificent Buffon in this match???
85' GOOOOOOOAAAAAAAAALLLL!!!!! Yevheniy Konoplyanka makes it 4 - 0 against Mochenglabach who are heading for their firth straight loss of the season
84' GOOOOOOOAAAAAAAALLLLLLL!!!Ronaldo gets his hat trick against Shakhter. Madrid 4 - 0 Shakhter
Cristiano Ronaldo (11) has scored more penalties than any other player in UCL history.
82' GOOOOOOOOOOAAAAAAAAAAALLLLL!!!!! Morata makes it Man City 1 - 2 Juve
81' SUB: Fellaini comes on for the impressivee Andreas Herrera. PSV 2 - 1 Man Utd
75' Yellow card for Jeffery Bruma against Man Utd, Guadrado replaced by Schaars. Still PSV 2 - 1 Man Utd
74' SUB: Manuel Pellegrini removes Vincent Kompany and replaces him with debutant Nicolas Otamendi
71' SUB: Kevin De Bruyne replaces Raheem Sterling
70' GGGGOOOOOAAAAALLLLL!!!!! Mandzukic scores a good header to equalize against Man City
66' GOOOOOOAAAAAALLLLLLL!!!!! Ever Banega scores from the spot to make it Sevilla 2 - 0 Mochenglabach
64' GOOOOOAAAAALLLL!!!! Former Fulham striker Konstantinos Mitroglou extends Benfica's lead against Astana to 2 - 0
63' GGOOOOAAAALLLLL!!!! For PSG....Edison Cavani scores for the French Champions against Malmo to make it 2 - 0
63' GOOOOAAAAALLLLL!!!! Manchester United chase the game against PSV. Luciano Narsingh gives the Dutch champions a 2-1 lead.
63' GGGGOOOOAAAAALLLLLL!!!! Ronaldo scores from the spot against. Shakhter in all kinds of trouble now Madrid 3 - 0 Shakhter
60' Nacho of Real Madrid replaces captain Sergio Ramos.
57' RECORD: Cristiano Ronaldo becomes the all-time UEFA Champions League top scorer with 78 goals.
56' GOOOAAAALLLLL!!!Q Ronaldo will not be left out of the goals. The Portugese scores a penalty against Shakhter
55' GGGOOOOOOOOAAAAAAAALLLLLLL!!!!! Vincent Kompany puts City 1 - 0 up against Juventus with a tromping headers from a corner kick.
53' RED CARD for Taras Stepanenko of Shakhter. This could leave his club exposed against Real Madrid
51' GOOOOAAAAALLLLL!!!! The Eagles of Portugal, Benfica go 1 - 0 against FC Astana through Nicolas Gaitan
49' Another penalty for Sevilla. Gameiro strikes the bar. Missed!
47' GOOOAAAAALLLLL!!!!! Gameiro puts Sevilla ahead from the spot against Mochenglabach. 1-0. Perfect start to the second half.
46' Pepe on for Varane. Second change for Real Madrid.
45+ Second half begins in all centers
HT in all centers:
Paris Saint Germain 1 - 0 Malmoe FF (Di Maria)
Real Madrid 1 - 0 Shakhtar Donetsk (Benzema)
PSV Eindhoven 1 - 1 Manchester United (Moreno/Depay)
Wolfsburg 1 - 0 CSKA Moscow (Draxler)
Benfica 0 - 0 FC Astana
Galatasaray 0 - 2 Atletico Madrid (Griezmann X2)
Manchester City 0 - 0 Juventus
Sevilla 0 - 0 Borussia Moenchengladba
45+ GOOOOOOOOOOAAAAAAAAALLLL!!!! PSV equalize against Man Utd through Hector Moreno
41' GOOOAAAALLLL!!! Memphis Depay scores on his return to PSV. PSV 0 - 1 Man Utd
41' GOOOAAAAALLLL Julian Draxler breaks the deadlock for Wolfsburg against CSKA Moscow.
40' After forty minutes still no further goals to report
34' Rafael Benitez takes off Gareth Bale and brings on Mateo Kovacic for Real Madrid. Madrid 1 - 0 Shakhter
30' GOOOAAALLL!!! Karim Benzema scores Real Madrid's first goal of this season's Champions league. Madrid 1 - 0 Shakhter
25' GOOOAAAALLLLL!!! Griezmann scores for Atletico again. Can Gala recover from those two goals. Galatasary 0 - 2 Atletico Madrid
22' Fernandinho robs Pogba of possession and tries a cracking effort 30 yards from goal with Buffon beaten but its just over. Man City bossing possession in that match. Man City 0 - 0 Juuve
18' GOOOOAAAALLLL!!!! Griezmann scores for Atletico Madrid. Galatasary 0 - 1 Atletico
17' Marcos Rojo replaces Luke Shaw who had to be stretched off following a tackle
11' 1ST GOAL OF THE UCL: 2006 Iniesta, 2007 Brandao, 2008 Agüero, 2009 Inzaghi, 2010 Janssen, 2011 Pato, 2012 Isco, 2013 Alaba, 2014 Hulk, 2015 DI MARÍA
10' In the Manchester United vs PSV match, United have all the possesion but PSV playing a confident counter attacking brand of football
5' GOOOOAAAALLLLL Di Maria scores for PSG as early as the seventh minute, are we in for a mauling? Di Maria scores the first Champions League goal of the season.
4' Man City have a chance but Buffon saves Juve's blushes
3' Martial could have entered the books of the referee for pulling back a PSV player but he is only warned
1' Kick-off in all match centers
Source: Legit.ng
