Kane’s Poker Face Crumbles Dinamo, Real Madrid Stun Stuttgart in Thrilling Finale, Liverpool Breathes Sigh of Relief in Milan
Champions League Roundup: Real Madrid, Bayern, and Liverpool Secure Wins
Four more matches were played in the first round of the Champions League in the time slot of 21:00. The current European champions, Real Madrid, beat Stuttgart 3:1, with Ermedin Demirović entering the game in the 75th minute.
Real played a relatively boring first half, but took the lead at the start of the second half when Mbappe scored from an assist, his first goal for Real in the Champions League. Stuttgart equalized in the 68th minute, but Real’s new lead came from Rudiger, who scored after an assist from Luka Modrić in the 83rd minute. The last 3:1 was made by Endrick in the 96th minute.
The game with the most goals in today’s Champions League program was played in Munich, where Bayern destroyed Dinamo from Zagreb, winning 9:2. Harry Kane was the hero, scoring as many as four goals, three of them from penalties. Besides Kane, Guerreiro, Olise (twice), Sane, and Goretzka scored for the Bavarians. Petković and Ogiwara scored for the Blues from Zagreb.
The best scorer from England ever in the Champions League with 33 goals.
53 goals in 50 games as a Bayern player.
Four goals tonight, three last game goals.
Harry Kane. pic.twitter.com/V1vv1kBtRG
— Fabrizio Romano (@FabrizioRomano) September 17, 2024
The big derby was played at the San Siro between Milan and Liverpool, with the Reds winning 3:1. Milan took the lead in the 3rd minute with a goal from Pulisic, but Liverpool turned the tables by the end of the half. Konate scored to make it 1:1, then van Dijk scored in the 41st minute to take a 2:1 lead. Liverpool confirmed the victory with a goal from Szoboszlai in the 67th minute.
In the last game, Sporting defeated Lille on their home field with a score of 2:0. The scorers for the Portuguese were Gyokeres in the 38th minute and Debast in the 65th minute. Lille played with one player less than the 40th minute of the first half, considering that Gomes received the second yellow or red.