Champions League: Five goals from Barcelona in Antwerp, triumph for Porto against Shakhtar

Barcelona broke me 5:0 her Antwerp in the Olympic Stadium in Montjuic, which is his new home, and in the Champions League due to the renovation in the “Camp Nou” and got off to an optimal start 8th group of the institution.

The Catalans didn’t waste any time and showed who was boss from the first minutes. Joao Felix scored the first goal in the 11th minute and started shouting “present” after his aggressive attempt to win the championship. A few minutes later, he scored a set-piece for Robert Lewandowski, who became the third player in history to score triple-digit goals in European competitions (92 in the Champions League, 8 in the Europa League).

The icing on the cake was Gele Batey’s own goal in the 22nd minute from a cross from Rafinha, which meant the hosts secured the “three points” early in the game.

In the 2nd half, Barcelona’s rhythm did not let up and Gavi opened his goal record in the top interclub event in the 54th minute. Ten minutes later, Felix scored again and soon made way for Lamil Yamal, who at 16 years and 68 days became the club’s youngest player in the competition’s history and second-youngest overall, behind only Yusufah Mukoko’s Dortmund.

The last few minutes were procedural, with the “Blaugrana” having the upper hand and having chances, but not managing to increase the points index.

• BARCELONA: Ter Stegen, Cancelo (76′ Roberto), Coute, Christensen (76′ Martinez), Balde, Guidogan, De Jong (58′ Romeo), Gavi (58′ Gavi), Rafinha (68′ Torres), Lewandowski, Felix ( 68′ Jamal)
• ANTWERP: Bitez, Batey (74′ Kirk), Aldeweireld, Koulibaly, Widal, Keita, Vermeeren, Muga (83′ Valencia), Eckelenkamp (61′ Yussuf), Baliquisa (61′ De Lat), Janssen (60′ Ilenikena)

Porto cleaned up from the first half hour

Porto needed just 29 minutes to break the stalemate Shakhtar with 3-1 in Hamburg, which the Ukrainians use as their home ground, and will be the second favorite to qualify for the knockout round from the 8th group.

Galeno was the Dragons’ star in the game after scoring two goals in the first quarter. Despite Kelvin’s equalizer in the 13th minute, the visitors were better and with high pressure they led Shakhtar to many mistakes, which they converted into chances and goals.

In the 29th minute, Galeno turned into a goalscorer and Mehdi Taremi opened the gap between the two teams. The Ukrainians failed to seriously endanger the Portuguese in the two finals and therefore they reacted more decisively in the second part.

But the shot attempts were poor and Diogo Costa was out of danger as Porto secured the double at the Volksparkstadion and started the competition with a win for the first time since 2014/15.

• SHACHTAR: Riznik, Konoplia (76′ Goholeishvili), Lemkin (65′ Azarovi), Rakitsky, Mirosi, Nazarina, Stepanenko (65′ Kaschuk), Sudakov, Zubkov, Sikan, Kelsey (65′ Bodarenko)
• POSTAGE: Costa, Mario (73′ Sanchez), Pepe, Carmo, Sanussi (46′ Wendell), Varela, Eustaquio, Jaime (73′ Gondaleth), Franco (82′ Borges), Galeno (90+1′ Conceição), Taremi

The results of the 1st round

• Barcelona – Antwerp 5:0 (11′, 66′ Felix, 19′ Lewandowski, 22′ auto. Batey, 54′ Gavi)
• Shakhtar – Porto 1-3 (13′ Kelsi / 8′, 15′ Galeno, 29′ Taremi)

The whole program

• 04/08 7:45 p.m Antwerp – Shakhtar
• 04.08. 22:00 O’clock Porto – Barcelona
• 10/25 7:45 p.m Barcelona – Shakhtar
• 10/25 22:00 O’clock Antwerp – Porto
• 11.07. 7:45 p.m Shakhtar – Barcelona
• 07/11 22:00 Porto – Antwerp
• November 28th 7:45 p.m Shakhtar – Antwerp
• November 28th 22:00 O’clock Barcelona – Porto
• 13.12. 22:00 O’clock Porto – Shakhtar
• 13.12. 22:00 O’clock Antwerp – Barcelona