Barca, Man City & PSG start Champions League with wins
João Félix, Manchester City’s Julián Álvarez and Paris Saint Germain’s Kylian Mbappé all scored as their teams made winning starts in the Champions League. But the wildest celebrations of the night came in Rome, where Lazio goalkeeper Ivan Provedel headed in the team’s equalizer in the fifth minute of injury time to earn a 1-1 draw with Atlético Madrid.
It was the last action of the game.
As the group stage began without either Lionel Messi or Cristiano Ronaldo for the first time since 2002-03, a 16-year-old almost scored on his competition debut for Barcelona.
Lamine Yamal struck the side netting, then saw an effort saved by Antwerp goalkeeper Jean Butez after coming on as a substitute in Barcelona’s 5-0 win over the Belgian team. Celtic finished with nine players in a 2-0 loss at Feyenoord that stretched the Scottish champion’s winless streak in the group stages to11 games.
Manchester City started its title defense by coming from behind to beat R e d S t a r Belgrade 3-1 at home.
City had 22 shots on goal in the first half yet found itself 1-0 down at the break after Mirko Ivanic played Ghana winger Osman Bukari through to score in first-half injury time. The linesman raised his flag, but a VAR check confirmed Bukari was onside, setting off celebrations among the 3,000 traveling supporters.
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