The big day has come - the new UEFA Champions League season is kicking off. At 9:45 PM Lithuanian time, the first eight matches of the Champions League began.
The highly anticipated match took place at the "Camp Nou" stadium, where "Barcelona" clashed with Turin's "Juventus". The "Old Lady" fought against the Catalans last season and eliminated them in the quarterfinals.
Starting lineups:
"Barcelona": Ter Stegen; Semedo, Piqué, Umtiti, Alba; Busquets, Rakitic, Iniesta; Dembélé, Messi, Suarez.
"Juventus": Buffon; De Sciglio, Benatia, Barzagli, Sandro; Pjanić, Matuidi, Bentancur; Dybala, Douglas Costa, Higuain.
In the first meeting, both clubs were better at defending than attacking.
A danger signal rang for the Juventus team just before the break, when Lionel Messi, the leader of Barcelona, scored a goal in the 45th minute.
In the 56th minute, the situation for the Italians became very difficult, as Ivan Rakitić also scored with a precise shot - 2-0.
In the 69th minute, L. Messi scored his second goal and Juventus players managed to receive yellow cards in the match protocol, earned by M. Pjanić and F. Caligara.
The most impressive victory of the day was achieved by the London-based "Chelsea" club in Group C, which defeated the "Qarabag" team at home with a score of 6-0.
Five different players stood out among A. Conte's players, and the match was crowned with an own goal by the guest player M. Medvedev.
All match results:
"Roma" 0 - 0 "Atletico"
"Bayern" 3 - 0 "Anderlecht"
"Barcelona" 3 - 0 "Juventus"
"Benfica" 1 - 2 CSKA
"Celtic" 0 - 5 PSG
"Chelsea" 6 - 0 "Qarabag"
"Man Utd" 3 - 0 "Basel"
"Olympiakos" 2 - 3 "Sporting"
