17.09.2025 09:20
The first week of matches in the UEFA Champions League has been played. Union Saint-Gilloise, one of Galatasaray's opponents, defeated PSV Eindhoven 3-1 away. Here are the other results...
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The first week of the UEFA Champions League started with 6 matches. In the organization organized according to the league format of 36 teams, 6 matches were played.
REAL MADRID STRUGGLED TO WIN
Real Madrid, reduced to 10 men, won with 2 penalty goals from Mbappe. In the match where national player Arda Güler started in the starting 11, Real Madrid hosted Olympique Marseille at the Santiago Bernabeu Stadium.
The French team took the lead in the 22nd minute with a goal from Timothy Weah, while the Spanish representative equalized in the 29th minute with a penalty goal from Kylian Mbappe, ending the first half at 1-1. In the 72nd minute of the match, Real Madrid player Carvajal was sent off with a direct red card for headbutting the opposing team's goalkeeper Geronimo Rulli, leaving his team with 10 players.
In the 81st minute, Mbappe, who took the penalty again for Real Madrid, scored to make it 2-1. The French star recorded his 50th goal for Real Madrid. The match ended with a 2-1 victory for the Madrid team.
GALATASARAY'S RIVAL PUT ON A SHOW AWAY
Belgian representative Union SG, who visited Dutch champion PSV, took 3 points with 3 goals in a tough away match. The first goal of the match came in the 9th minute. Canadian forward Promise David converted the penalty won by Union SG, scoring the first goal of the season in the Champions League. The Belgian team finished the first half 0-2 ahead with a goal from Ait El Hadj in the 39th minute. Royal Union SG will host Newcastle United in their second match in the Champions League on October 1. PSV will also sweat it out away against Bayer Leverkusen on the same day. Union Saint-Gilloise, one of Galatasaray's rivals in the Champions League, will face the yellow-reds in Istanbul on November 25 in the 5th week of the Champions League.
HISTORIC VICTORY FOR KARABAĞ
Azerbaijani representative Karabağ surprised the night by defeating Portuguese team Benfica 3-2 away. In the match at Luz Stadium, Benfica took a 2-0 lead with goals from Enzo Barrenechea in the 6th minute and Vangelis Pavlidis in the 16th minute. The Azerbaijani representative turned the match around with goals from Leandro Andrade in the 30th minute, Camilo Duran in the 48th minute, and Olexiy Kashchuk in the 86th minute, winning the match 3-2. Karabağ achieved its first victory in the history of the Champions League.
The results of the matches played in the league are as follows;
- PSV Eindhoven (Netherlands)-Union Saint-Gilloise (Belgium): 1-3
- Athletic Bilbao (Spain)-Arsenal (England): 0-2
- Real Madrid (Spain)-Olympique Marseille (France): 2-1
- Benfica (Portugal)-Karabağ (Azerbaijan): 2-3
- Juventus (Italy)-Borussia Dortmund (Germany): 4-4
- Tottenham (England)-Villarreal (Spain): 1-0
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