2025 UEFA champions league kicks off with shocking results, great wins

This years UEFA Champions League commenced with some some shocking results and brilliant performances from some clubs, while others were handed a deserving defeat for coming to the big money spinning game ill-prepared. last night.

Arsenal FC of England returned to Champions League on a good note, as the knocked down long absentee Athletic Madrid by 0-2 on their home ground.

The Gunners with a solid team, were totally in-charge of the game from beginning to the end. Super-subs of Gabriel Martinelli and Leandro Trossard inspired the team to their first victory with excellent goals in the second half.
Martinelli first scored in 72 minutes, while Arsenal Trossard sealed the game with a 87 minutes with a classical goal.

However, Bilbao had a promising outing. But inexperience robbed them of many clear scoring chances in the first half. Gyökeres also missed Arsenal’s own first-half goal scoring chance with a diving header. Arsenal’s attack was blunt until Arteta brought in Martinelli and Trossard from the bench to hand over victory to the Gunners with two goals.

Infact, in the most interesting match of the day, Juventus shocked their opponent Dortmund with two amazing extra-time goals to end the game in a 4-4 draw.

With this wonderful results Juventus has recorded one of the most unbeaten feats on UCL starting at home. This will make the 11th unbeaten home starting.

On the other hand Borussia Dortmund, has a record of not winning 3 out of their last 4 away group UCL league matches.

Juventus rose like a wounded lion to earn a draw in the game after being beaten goals down by Dortmund. This was the first time they were knocked 2 goal down without reply since February 2016. The last time was against Bayern Munich.

Unfortunately former UCL Champions Benfica were beaten 2-3 by Quaranag. This has now earned Benfica an incredible 6 home losses without a win in the Champions League for the first time. Qarabag secured their 1st ever UCL win in their 7th game in the competition

Benfica’s hosting of Qarabag is the first game between a Portuguese and Azerbaijani side in European Championship.

In another star match, Real Madrid escaped a home defeat from the hands of their visitors, Olympic Marseille of France. Impressive Marseille opened scores in 22 minutes by Timothy Weah. But, man of the match and Madrid hot striker , Kylian Mbappe, equalized in the 28 minutes and score the winning goal in the 81 minutes.

Other opening games results of
September 16th, of the 2025 UEFA Champions League are as follows:

PSV Eindhoven 1-3 Union St.Gilloise

Tottenham Hotspur 1-0 Villarreal FT

By ISAAC DANIEL