After a long summer, Europe’s premier club competition is back and did not disappoint. From Lisbon to Amsterdam, some fantastic goals were scored in the opening week of the Champions League, so let's take a look at the top five.
Napoli dio una de las grandes sorpresas en la primera semana de la Champions League. No porque le ganó a Liverpool, sino por la forma en que despedazó al equipo dirigido por Jürgen Klopp, con un 4-1 que será difícil de olvidar.
Los aficionados del conjunto italiano celebraron con júbilo y razón la victoria, pero curiosamente hubo varios que hicieron una pausa a los festejos para continuar su campaña de hate hacia uno de los suyos: el mexicano Hirving Lozano.
Chelsea parted ways with its UEFA Champions League winning manager Thomas Tuchel on Wednesday shocking just about everybody. A slow start to the season coupled with a disastrous loss to Croatian club Dinamo Zagreb in the Champions League opener was enough for Tuchel to get the axe.
No es secreto que Edson Álvarez quedó desilusionado luego de su frustrado traspaso al Chelsea. Sin embargo, una vez cerrada la puerta de la Premier League, Machín prometió que volvería a concentrarse en los objetivos que tiene el Ajax para esta temporada, dando lo mejor de sí dentro del campo.
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Saying goodbye to a pet is one of the harder things to do on this planet. As many pet owners have experienced, it never gets any easier. That was the case for Israeli midfielder Ilay Tamam, who dedicated his goal on Monday to his dog that recently died.
Tamam plays in Israel’s second division, Liga Leumit, and scored his team’s second goal on Monday several minutes before halftime.
To celebrate his goal, he took off his jersey to reveal a shirt with a photo of his pup printed on. Tamam couldn’t hold back the tears.
The gulf in class between Juventus and the best sides in Europe has never been more clear. Despite a second-half goal from Weston McKennie, Massimiliano Allegri’s side was humbled in Paris as Kylian Mbappé, Neymar and Lionel Messi imposed their will on the Juve defense, winning 2-1.
The story of American keeper Matt Turner has been widely publicized over the last year after the late-blooming New Jersey native went from collegiate afterthought to USMNT hero over a few short years. While Turner will hope to play in the Europa League this year with Arsenal, another American keeper will be taking center stage in the UEFA Champions League — Maccabi Haifa's Josh Cohen.
Cohen's soccer career mirror's that of Turner's, and though he has not received the recent fanfare, Josh Cohen is more than deserving of American soccer fans' attention.
ZAGREB - Dinamo Zagreb claimed a shock victory over Chelsea in their Champions League group stage opener on Tuesday as they beat the 2021 European champions 1-0 at home thanks to a blistering solo run from Croatian forward Mislav Oršić.
Zagreb had conceded in every league game this season but Ante Čačić's team kept a clean sheet against the Premier League side, who topped Europe's transfer spending charts with an outlay of over $299.62 million this summer.
En su misión de convencer a Gerardo Martino por un cupo en la convocatoria de la selección mexicana para el Mundial 2022, Orbelín Pineda también comienza a conquistar corazones entre los fans del AEK de Atenas.
El Maguito, de hecho, se vistió como Eros, el dios griego del amor, y con un flechazo al ángulo durante la victoria por 2-0 sobre el PAS Giannina FC anotó su segundo gol en la Superliga de Grecia.
Wolverhampton planea traerle más competencia a Raúl Jiménez. O al menos eso es lo que se desprende de los rumores que ponen al legendario delantero brasileño-español, Diego Costa, en la órbita del equipo inglés.
No es misterio que Jiménez ha estado un poco peleado con el gol y eso ha afectado duramente los números ofensivos de los Wolves. Un dato de la causa es que el club es el menos goleador en la Premier League 2022-23 con apenas tres conquistas en seis encuentros.