The Champions League group stage delivered a night full of drama on Tuesday, with Tottenham Hotspur marking their return to Europe’s top competition with victory, Real Madrid pulling off a comeback against Marseille, while Juventus and Borussia Dortmund shared eight goals in Turin.
Naija News reports that Union Saint-Gilloise stunned PSV Eindhoven 3-1 and Arsenal defeated Athletic Club 2-0 in the first set of Champions League games played on Tuesday evening.
In London, Spurs got off to the perfect start when Villarreal goalkeeper Luiz Junior spilled Lucas Bergvall’s cross into his own net after just four minutes. It was a moment Thomas Frank’s side gratefully accepted, and it proved enough for a 1-0 win.
Tottenham had to survive late scares from Nicolas Pepe and Juan Foyth, but they held firm to collect three points in their first Champions League appearance in two years. For Frank, who replaced Ange Postecoglou in June, it was the ideal start to life on the European stage.
At the Santiago Bernabéu, Real Madrid had to dig deep against Marseille. Timothy Weah’s first-half strike, set up by Mason Greenwood, briefly put the French visitors ahead.
Madrid hit back through Kylian Mbappé, who levelled from the penalty spot after Geoffrey Kondogbia fouled Rodrygo. A tense finish followed when Dani Carvajal was sent off for a headbutt on goalkeeper Gerónimo Rulli, but fortune smiled on Madrid again. A late handball by Facundo Medina gifted Mbappé another penalty, and the forward calmly converted to seal a 2-1 win.
The night’s most chaotic contest came in Turin, where Juventus and Dortmund traded blows in a wild second half. Karim Adeyemi and Felix Nmecha scored for the Germans, only for Kenan Yıldız and Dušan Vlahović to respond.
Ramy Bensebaini’s penalty seemed to edge Dortmund toward victory, but Juventus refused to fold. Vlahović struck again before Lloyd Kelly headed in deep into stoppage time to snatch a 4-4 draw.
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