Tuesday, September 28, 2021
Messi scores for the first time for PSG
Real Madrid embarrassed Sheriff Tiraspol
FC Sheriff Tiraspol made the perfect start to his first Champions League season – and that with record winners Real Madrid. Meanwhile, Lionel Messi is finally making his goal debut for Paris St. Germain and Liverpool are dismantling FC Porto.
Real Madrid have suffered an embarrassing bankruptcy: The Spanish soccer record champions lost 1: 2 (0: 1) against the blatant outsider Sheriff Tiraspol from Moldova. Former international Toni Kroos, who was substituted on in the second half and played his first game since losing the European Championship round of 16 against England after recovering from a pubic bone injury, did not prevent the defeat. Sebastien Thill (90th), national player of Luxembourg, thrashed the ball shortly before the end worth seeing for the decision in the corner. Tiraspol had already won the opening game surprisingly 2-0 at Shakhtar Donetsk.
Things went much better for the star ensemble from Paris St. Germain. Led by superstar Lionel Messi, PSG won the duel of the heavyweights in the Champions League. PSG won 2-0 (1-0) against last year’s finalists Manchester City and initially took the lead in RB Leipzig’s Group A. Messi, who recently missed two games with a knee injury, scored his first goal for his new club.
However, neither Messi nor one of his congenial strike partners Kylian Mbappe or Neymar met initially – instead midfield clearer Idrissa Gueye (8th) struck early. ManCity struggled, but could not overcome the Italian goalkeeper Gianluigi Donnarumma. Messi (74th) did better, leaving Manchester goalkeeper Ederson no chance.
Atletico Madrid celebrate late in Milan
Meanwhile, the German team manager Jürgen Klopp has his sights set firmly on the round of 16 with Liverpool FC. At FC Porto, the Reds triumphed 5-1 (2-0), the Egyptian Mo Salah (18th, 60th) and Roberto Firmino (77th, 83rd) scored twice in their second win in their second game.
In Liverpool’s Group B, Atletico Madrid follow in second place in the table. In the happy 2: 1 (0: 1) at AC Milan, Luis Suarez converted a controversial hand penalty (90 + 7) after a long review by the video referee for a decision in stoppage time. With the Italians, Franck Kessie (29th) had seen yellow-red early on.
Meanwhile, Borussia Dortmund’s next group opponent, Ajax Amsterdam, won their second game with ease. After the 5-1 start at Sporting Lisbon, the Dutch champions triumphed against Besiktas Istanbul 2-0 (2-0). The former Frankfurt Sebastien Haller made a novelty with his goal to make it 2-0 (43rd): It was already his fifth goal in the second game in the premier class – no player had succeeded that before.