Lionel Messi sets another record in Barca, Lionel Messi turned into the main player to score in 16 continuous Champions League seasons as he guided 10-man Barcelona to a 5-1 triumph over Hungarian side Ferencvaros in their Group G opener at the Camp Nou.
Messi got from the punishment spot in the main half for his 116th vocation objective in the opposition, before the exuberant Ansu Fati included a second.
Philippe Coutinho got another right off the bat in the subsequent half yet Barca’s Gerard Pique was excused for obstructing Tokmac Nguen, prompting a punishment for the guests that was changed over by Igor Kharatin.
Any musings of a rebound were suppressed when 17-year-old Pedri got his first Barca objective in the wake of showing up from Las Palmas toward the beginning of the period, and Ousmane Dembele included the fifth late.
The Catalan side move above Juventus on objective contrast in front of their October 28 gathering in Turin.
The Italian goliaths, then, made a triumphant beginning too as they crushed Dynamo Kyiv 2-0 gratitude to two poacher’s objectives from Alvaro Morata. Juve mentor Andrea Pirlo making the most of his first success as a director in Europe’s world class rivalry, which he won twice with AC Milan during his playing days as a midfielder.
With Cristiano Ronaldo precluded following a positive test for Covid-19, Dejan Kulusevski was twinned with Morata. Notwithstanding, Juve endured an early difficulty when safeguard Giorgio Chiellini must be subbed in the nineteenth moment with what seemed, by all accounts, to be a hamstring injury, driving Pirlo to reshuffle his protection before Morata acted the hero.
A smart backheel by Aaron Ramsey set up Kulusevski and despite the fact that the Swedish winger’s shot was spared, Morata was available to discharge home the bounce back and the Spaniard at that point took before his marker to head home from short proximity in the 84th moment.
The restricted group thundered on the hosts yet Kyiv attempted to make chances on their re-visitation of the Champions League following a four-year nonattendance.
