The UEFA Champions League is the most celebrated club tournament in the world, and has been won most-often by Real Madrid, who extended their own record tally by beating Borussia Dortmund at Wembley in 2024.

Real Madrid’s Kylian Mbappe celebrates after scoring the opening goal during the Champions League opening phase soccer match between Real Madrid and VfB Stuttgart at the Santiago Bernabeu stadium, in Madrid,

Matchday 1 of the Champions League has come to an end and what a matchday it was. Barcelona dropped points, Manchester City and Arsenal failed to win and there were some banner results already. Bayern Munich scored nine goals to move to number one in our power rankings but how did the other teams around UCL do?

Bayern Munich became the first team to score nine goals in a game in the modern Champions League as the new format of Europe's elite club competition kicked off on Tuesday, with title holders Real Madrid and Liverpool also among the winners.

Juventus made a perfect return to the Champions League as they beat Dutch champions PSV Eindhoven 3-1 at home on Tuesday, helped by two quick-fire goals from Kenan Yildiz and Weston McKennie in the first half.

Juventus missed one season. Aston Villa hadn’t competed in 41 years. Both sides hardly missed a beat in their Champions League returns on Tuesday in the debut of the competition’s new format. The 19-year-old Kenan Yildiz broke Alessandro Del Piero’s record and became Juventus’ youngest scorer in Europe’s top club competition during a 3-1 win over PSV Eindhoven.

Juventus defeated PSV Eindhoven 3-1 in the first week of the UEFA Champions League. Kenan Yıldız scored the first goal of the match before strikes from Weston McKennie and Nico González secure the

Tuesday’s Champions League opener against PSV Eindhoven was another such game. It was Juventus’ first Champions League game in a little more than 22 months, thanks to an inept 2022-23 group stage and the ban on European competition served last season.