IFFHS CONTINENTAL NEWS - UEFA CHAMPIONS LEAGUE
Picture : Thomas Müller (Bayern) became only the third player in UCL history to achieve 100 wins (in 143 games), after Cristiano Ronaldo (115) and Iker Casillas (101).
Statistics on Champions’ League group stage round 1 (September 20)
*Manchester United (3-4 vs Bayern) have conceded 3+ goals in the 3rd competitive game in a row (after 1-3 vs Arsenal and 1-3 vs Brighton).
Last time they conceded 3+ goals in three consecutive games occurred 45 years ago (in December 1978).
*Manchester United have conceded 4 goals in a Champions League game for just the 2nd time, after a 0-4 loss vs Barcelona on 2 November 1994.
*Bayern have started in the Champions League with a win in all last 20 seasons in which they had participated.
*Real Madrid have won (1-0 vs Union Berlin) a Champions League match thanks to a goal in added time just for the 2nd time.
The first time happened on 14 September 2016 vs Sporting 2-1 (Alvaro Morata scored the winner).
*Jude Bellingham who scored the winner for Real Madrid this time is the fourth player in the club history in XXI century to score on his debut in both La Liga and Champions League in the 21st century, after Cristiano Ronaldo in 2009, Isco in 2013 and Marco Asensio in 2016.
*Benfica (0-2 vs Salzburg) became the first team in the history of Champions League with a player sent off and two penalties conceded in the first 15 minutes of a match.
*Salzburg have fielded vs Benfica the youngest ever starting lineup (aged 21 years 183 days on average) in a match by any team in Champions League history.
*With the Angelo Fulgini (Lens) free kick goal vs Sevilla (1-1), this UCL season already after 1st match-day have 3 free kick goals – as many as for the whole last season.