The first day of the Champions League has offered spectacular matches, such as Bayern Munich-Manchester United, in which the Bavarians achieved their first three points (4-3), or the return to the competition with a victory for Arsenal (4-0 ), absent for six years. In addition, Napoli won in Braga (1-2) and Salzburg beat Benfica at home (0-2).
Bayern Munich beat Manchester United 4-3 this Wednesday in a match that was full of changes and in which the two teams were clearly finer in attack than in defense, where they gave advantages which led to a festival of goals .
Sané and Gnabry put the hosts ahead, but in the 49th minute Höljund closed the gap. The third, from Kane from a penalty, seemed definitive, but then Casemiro appeared (88 and 94) to score two goals. Previously, Tel (92) had scored the fourth, which gave the victory to the Germans.
More than six years later, for the first time since the departure of Arsene Wenger, Arsenal heard the Champions League anthem. And he did it with confidence, with joy, with rhythm. With a victory against PSV Eindhoven (4-0) that unleashes the enthusiasm of a club that had been out of the European elite for too long.
Mikel Arteta, who had already experienced the competition at the Emirates in his playing days, uncorked the 'Champions' in north London with brilliance. The goals of Bukayo Saka, Leandro Trossard, Gabriel Jesús and Martin Odegaard imported the good work of the 'Gunners' to Europe, the great pending task of their modern era, where only that final in 2006 against Barcelona resonates.
Napoli avoided a surprise in Braga and got their first three points in this Champions League to keep up with Real Madrid, who a few hours earlier had beaten Union Berlin.
Rudi García's men were more practical than brilliant, and conceded very few chances to the locals. Despite this, the Portuguese came close to a tie. Di Lorenzo put the Italians ahead and Bruma equalized in the 84th minute. An own goal by Niakaté in the 88th minute gave the Italians the victory.
With the youngest 11' in the history of the Champions League: 21 years and 183 days, Salzburg hit the table by defeating Benfica at home, which was affected in the early stages of the match by the expulsion of António Silva .
In the capital of Portugal, Salzburg wanted to respond to those who call it the "weakest link" in a group that also includes Inter Milan and Real Sociedad, and went all out to try to freeze Lisbon's scorching Estadio da Luz . Simic (15) and Gloukh (51), left the Portuguese without arguments and without response.
