Everyone expects a champion’s league match to be filled with goals especially when a very good side meets with a team not that good. The reverse has been the case as the first game week of the champions league ended yesterday and we can all agree that the competition is becoming even more competitive, and they seem to be no underdogs anymore.

With 16 matches played across the 8 groups, most results were as shocking to some teams as well as some fans. To start with, let’s talk about the most recent is the game between Club Brugge and PSG. The match ended in a 1-1 draw and despite the talents at Coach Poch disposal, he could do little to effective push his team to the finish line.

A front line boosting a trident consisting of Messi, Neymar and Mbappe couldn’t break their opponent and despite having an early goal thorough man in form “Herrera”. The match even went bad to worse as not only could PSG not win the match, Mbappe got injured and Messi was yellow carded and that sums up their frustration of the night.

The other shocker was the match between Manchester United and young boys as the Red Devils were stunned by their host. Ronaldo put united in front with a well-taken goal from a Bruno superb cross but a bad decision from Aaron Wan Bisaka ruined all the good work and put the reds in a very difficult position for the rest of the match.

Young Boy team capitalised on the numerical advantage in the second half and got a goal 25 minutes into the half. As if that wasn’t bad enough, Ole made some bad changes as he removed both Ronaldo and Bruno while bringing in Lingard. Lingard was unfortunately the player who played the ball away into the legs of the opponents leaving De Gea with no chance of stopping the bad from hitting the net. United losing was a shock, but it was also a testament to how difficult the champions league will be this season.

Although Chelsea got their win in the opening match through a headed goal by Lukaku from Azil cross, it was by no means an easy victory. Zenith made Chelsea bleed for that win as they made things very difficult for the blues and made them wait till after the 70th minute before they leaked a goal. Although Zenith didn’t cause Chelsea much trouble but no one expected the match to be that hard against an opponent such as Zenith.

The most shocking result of the night will be the scoreline with which Ajax triumph over Sporting CP right in front of Sporting CP fans. While Ajax scored five goals, Haller; a man rejected and loaned out by Westham scored four of the five goals in his first champions league appearance ever. The scoreline was mouth-watering, and the game still seems unbelievable due to Sporting losing.

The return of Antonio Griezmann to Athletico Madrid could not spur them to victory against Porto. While Athletico Madrid might be better than this Porto side technically and financially, they were a little too different for both teams as their games ended in a goalless draw statement. Porto has continued from where they left it last season and getting a point at ATM might shock fans and football minds alike.