Champions League Roundup: Juventus Stun Dortmund With Late Double In 4-4 Epic

It was a melodramatic opening nighttime successful nan Champions League, pinch Juventus and Borussia Dortmund sharing 8 second-half goals while Qarabag shocked Benfica.

Dusan Vlahovic and Lloyd Kelly scored successful stoppage clip to animate a melodramatic Juventus escape, arsenic they secured a 4-4 tie successful a crippled wherever each 8 goals came aft nan break.

The hosts trailed 4-2 erstwhile Vlahovic struck his 2nd of nan nighttime successful nan 4th infinitesimal of stoppage clip and Kelly completed nan comeback 2 minutes later to unafraid a stock of nan points.

After a quiet first half, Dortmund recovered nan breakthrough 8 minutes aft nan restart arsenic Karim Adeyemi rifled a precise changeable into nan acold area from conscionable extracurricular nan box. The hosts drew level successful nan 63rd infinitesimal done Kenan Yildiz, who collected nan shot connected nan separator of nan area, steadied himself and bent a superb changeable into nan acold area to ignite nan Juventus fans.

The celebrations were short-lived, however, arsenic Felix Nmecha restored Dortmund’s advantage hardly 2 minutes later pinch a crisp first-time decorativeness from distance.

Dortmund’s Julian Ryerson (left) fights for nan shot pinch Juventus’s Kenan Yildiz. Photograph: Marco Alpozzi/AP

The game’s tempo showed nary motion of slowing, and by nan 68th infinitesimal Juventus were level erstwhile more, Vlahovic racing connected to a perfectly weighted walk to slot past Gregor Kobel successful Dortmund’s goal.

The frenzy continued successful nan 74th minute, erstwhile Yan Couto’s debased onslaught squirmed betwixt Michele Di Gregorio and a station to put Dortmund backmost successful front. The visitors were awarded a punishment 4 minutes from time, aft Kelly was penalised for handball pinch Ramy Bensebaini converting from nan spot. Deep into stoppage time, Vlahovic struck again from a well-placed transverse earlier turning supplier for Kelly, who headed successful nan equaliser to headdress a 2nd half to remember.

Benfica fto gaffe an early two-goal lead to suffer 3-2 astatine location to Qarabag, pinch Oleksiy Kashchuk netting nan Azerbaijani side’s victor 4 minutes from time.

The hosts looked successful power erstwhile Enzo Barrenechea put them up successful nan sixth infinitesimal pinch a glancing header from a area and Vangelis Pavlidis changeable connected nan move to double nan lead 10 minutes later. Leandro Andrade smashed a first-time changeable past Anatoliy Trubin, however, and Qarabag came adjacent to drafting level erstwhile Kady Borges deed nan station and Trubin made an fantabulous prevention from Marko Jankovic’s follow-up effort.

Qarabag players admit their fans aft nan 3-2 comeback triumph complete Benfica. Photograph: Pedro Nunes/Reuters

Qarabag were level 3 minutes aft nan interval erstwhile Camilo Durán ran connected to a defence-splitting walk from Marko Jankovic and smacked a first-time changeable into nan acold area but nan visitors were not done yet.

A agelong punt guardant from nan Qarabag goalkeeper recovered Kashchuk conscionable extracurricular nan area and he played a one-two pinch Abdellah Zoubir earlier stroking a changeable past Trubin to stun nan Estadio da Luz.

Belgium’s Union Saint-Gilloise made a dream debut successful nan Champions League convention shape by stunning PSV 3-1 successful a feisty Low Countries derby successful Eindhoven.

Union, who won nan Belgian title for nan first clip successful 90 years past season, earned their first points arsenic Promise David converted an early punishment and Anouar Ait El Hadj ran half nan magnitude of nan transportation to adhd a 2nd earlier nan interval.

The defender Kevin Mac Allister bundled location nan 3rd 10 minutes from time, forcing nan shot complete nan statement pinch his knees from a corner, to complete a daze result.

PSV grabbed a last-minute consolation done Ruben van Bommel but it grounded to put immoderate gloss connected a miserable nighttime for nan Dutch champions.

Elsewhere, Arsenal won 2-0 astatine Athletic Bilbao, Tottenham edged past Villarreal 1-0 and Real Madrid came from down to hit Marseille 2-1.