UEFA Champions League Summary: The Old Lady Stun Dortmund With Dramatic Double in 4-4 Thriller

What a thrilling inaugural round in the Europe’s top club tournament, featuring Juventus and Borussia Dortmund splitting an incredible eight after the break scores while Qarabag shocked Benfica in a turnaround.

Injury-Time Heroics Earn Astonishing Draw

Vlahovic and defender Kelly netted in stoppage time to orchestrate a dramatic recovery for the Turin side, as they secure a four-all tie in a match where every one of the goals arrived after the break.

The hosts found themselves down by two goals when the forward scored his second of the night in the 94th minute of stoppage time and Lloyd Kelly sealed the fightback 120 seconds later to take a share of the result.

Action-Packed Second Half

Following a quiet initial period, Dortmund found the opening goal in the 53rd minute after the restart as Karim Adeyemi drilled a accurate effort into the bottom corner from the edge of the penalty area. The hosts drew level in the 63rd minute through Yildiz, who collected the delivery on the perimeter of the area, composed himself and bent a excellent shot into the net to electrify the home support.

The celebrations were fleeting, however, as Nmecha gave back the visitors’ lead almost instantly later with a clinical instant finish from range.

The pace showed no sign of slowing down, and at the 68th minute the Bianconeri were tied once more, number seven bursting on to a expertly placed assist to slide past the goalkeeper in Dortmund’s goal.

The madness continued in the 74th minute, when the wing-back’s powerful effort squirmed between Michele Di Gregorio and a upright to put the visitors back in front. The visitors were given a spot-kick four minutes from full-time, when Lloyd Kelly was called for handball with the left-back netting from the penalty spot. Late in injury time, the Serbian scored again from a pinpoint cross before turning provider for Lloyd Kelly, who guided in the equaliser to complete a period to remember.

Shock Victory for Qarabag

The hosts let slip an comfortable cushion to fall three-two at their stadium to the visitors, with Kashchuk bagging the visiting side’s match-winner four minutes from the end.

The Portuguese looked in command when the midfielder gave them into the lead in the opening minutes with a neat header from a corner and the striker struck on the turn to extend the cushion 10 minutes later. the attacker blasted a first-time effort past Anatoliy Trubin, but, and Qarabag came close to equalizing when the midfielder hit the upright and the shot-stopper made an excellent save from Jankovic’s second shot.

The Azerbaijani club were back on terms three minutes after the interval when the forward ran on to a incisive through ball from the playmaker and blasted a instant effort into the net but the underdogs were far from finished.

An ambitious kick forward from the shot-stopper reached Oleksiy Kashchuk outside the penalty area and he executed a quick pass with Zoubir before curling a strike past the keeper to silence the Estadio da Luz.

Other Scores

• The Belgian champions enjoyed a ideal bow in the UCL group stage by stunning the Dutch side by two goals in a feisty Low Countries clash.
• The London club claimed a comfortable victory at San Mamés.
• Tottenham narrowly past the Spanish outfit by a single goal.
• Los Blancos recovered to overcome OM two-one.