Atletico Madridwith three of the six Argentines among the starters, turned the match around by 2 to 1 Leipzig German in his debut for the first date of the new format of the Champions League.
Antoine Griezmann and José María Giménez scored the goals in a duel that started out as an uphill struggle but was resolved in the final 10 minutes of the match.
Julian Alvarez, Angel Correa and Rodrigo De Paul They started among the starters and were later replaced. Alvarez and De Paul came off in the 62nd minute for Alexander Sorloth and Conor Gallagher.
Correa left at 65 minutes and another of the Argentines came in his place, Nahuel Molina. Juan Musso and Giuliano Simeone remained on the bench.
On the other hand, Atalanta, who has Matthew Retegui tied 0-0 with Arsenal, where the Italian-Argentine forward missed a penalty that could have given the Bergamo team the victory.
The former Tigre player kicked the penalty across the goal but goalkeeper David Raya saved it. However, on the rebound, Raya also blocked Retegui’s header and prevented his goal from falling.
Benfica, which has four Argentines, beat Red Star of Serbia 2-1 in the first round of the Champions League, which debuts a new format.
With goals from Turkey’s Kerem Akturkoglu and Dutchman Orkun Kokcu, the Portuguese team took the win as a visitor against one of the most “accessible” rivals in the championship in its debut.
The Argentines Angel Di Maria, Benjamin Rollheiser and Nicolas Otamendi were starters. The first two were replaced at half-time, while the defender played the full 90 minutes.
The only one who did not have action was the young attacker Gianluca Prestianniwho remained on the bench.
In the other match of the day, Bayer Leverkusen from Exequiel Palacios beat Feyenoord 4-0 away.
The goals for the reigning Bundesliga champions were scored by Germany’s Florian Wirtz on two occasions, Spain’s Alejandro Grimaldo and goalkeeper Tim Wellenreuther on his own.
Palacios from Tucumán was part of the substitutes’ bench and was substituted for the Swiss Granit Xhaka after 80 minutes of the match.
Barcelona, with one less player after Eric Garcia was sent off early, lost 2-1 to Monaco, where Lamine Yamal scored the only goal for the Blaugrana. Meanwhile, Brest beat Sturm Graz of Austria by the same scoreline.
Source: Ambito
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