It’s Tuesday and that can only mean one thing as the Champions League sides are back in action.
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Champions League debutants demolish RB Salzburg
Scorers: Sima 24′, 70′, Camara 66′, Lage 75′
Brest have made it two wins from two in their European debut season as they beat Salzburg by an incredible 4-0 scoreline.
Salzburg thought they had taken the lead when Samson Baidoo netted from a corner, but the effort was ruled out by VAR for offside.
Then it was Brest that took the lead against the run of play when Andre Sima netted his second in two Champions League appearances, using great strength to hold off the defender and poke the ball beyond goalkeeper Janis Blaswich.
The French side had been effective on the counter-attack all evening, and doubled their lead when a long ball from the goalkeeper was crossed into the box and Mahdi Camara was able to take advantage of some hesitant defending to finish well.
Just four minutes later and Brest had their third, as an unmarked Sima struck from a rebounded shot, benefiting from from more defensive chaos from Salzburg in the box.
With 15 minutes to go, the Champions League debutants had their fourth when yet another cross from the right-hand side was struck from the edge of the box by Mathias Pereira Lage.
Stuttgart held by Sparta Prague
Scorers: Millot 7′; Kairine 32′
Stuttgart were playing their first Champions League home game in 14 years, but were held to a 1-1 draw by Sparta Prague.
Enzo Millot opened the scoring for the home side as he rose highest to nod home from a dangerous cross from the left.
The Czech champions soon got back on level terms though as Kaan Kairinen netted a stunning free kick right into the top corner.
That’s when the goals dried up as Prague shut up shop, and a superb defensive performance earned them a hard-fought point.
Still to come…
Slovan Bratislava in Manchester City
PSV v Sporting CP
Inter v Red Star Belgrade
Dortmund v Celtic
Leverkusen v Milan
Barcelona v Young Boys
Arsenal v PSG
Wednesday sees another batch of exciting European clashes, with Aston Villa to host Bayern Munich, Real Madrid heading to Lille, Liverpool taking on Bologna and Juventus away at Leipzig.
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