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What a breathtaking opening night in the Champions League, featuring Juventus and Borussia Dortmund splitting eight post-interval goals while Qarabag stunned Benfica by fighting back.

Late Heroics Secure Unbelievable Tie

Vlahovic and the English full-back netted in stoppage time to inspire a memorable escape for the Turin side, enabling them to secure a four-all share of the spoils in a match where each strike were scored in the second period.

The hosts found themselves down 4-2 when the forward struck his brace of the evening in the 94th minute of injury time and Lloyd Kelly completed the recovery moments later to take a split of the result.

Action-Packed Second Period

After a quiet opening 45, Dortmund found the first score just after the restart following halftime as Adeyemi drilled a accurate effort into the opposite post from the edge of the penalty area. Juventus pulled one back in the second half through Yildiz, who collected the delivery on the fringe of the danger zone, set himself and bent a excellent effort into the net to ignite the Juventus fans.

The excitement were short-lived, but, as Nmecha restored BVB’s advantage just moments later with a clinical first-time strike from distance.

The pace showed not a hint of letting up, and by the 68th minute the Bianconeri were tied once more, Vlahovic bursting on to a expertly placed pass to slot past Gregor Kobel in Dortmund’s goal.

The frenzy carried on in the later stage, when Yan Couto’s low shot squirmed between Michele Di Gregorio and a post to put the Germans into the lead. The visitors were awarded a PK with four minutes from time, after Kelly was penalised for a handball with Bensebaini scoring from the 12-yard mark. Deep into added time, number nine scored again from a well-placed delivery before assisting for Kelly, who nodded in the equaliser to round off a half to never forget.

Upset Win for Qarabag

The Portuguese giants let slip an early advantage to fall by a single goal at the Estadio da Luz to Qarabag, with the substitute scoring the Azerbaijani club’s decisive goal four minutes from full-time.

Benfica seemed in charge when the midfielder gave them into the lead in the sixth minute with a deflected finish from a corner kick and Vangelis Pavlidis struck on the spin to double the lead 10 minutes later. Leandro Andrade hammered a first-time shot past Trubin, but, and the visitors almost to drawing level when Kady Borges hit the post and the shot-stopper made an superb save from the follow-up’s follow-up effort.

The Azerbaijani club were level early in the second half when the forward ran on to a incisive through ball from Jankovic and drilled a one-time strike into the net but the visitors were still pushing.

A huge clearance upfield from the Qarabag goalkeeper located Oleksiy Kashchuk outside the box and he executed a give-and-go with Abdellah Zoubir before stroking a shot past the keeper to silence the Estadio da Luz.

Other Outcomes

• USG celebrated a dream first appearance in the UCL group stage by shocking Eindhoven by two goals in a intense Benelux derby.
• Arsenal won a 2-0 victory at the Spanish side.
• The North Londoners narrowly past the Yellow Submarine one-zero.
• The Spanish giants recovered to overcome Marseille in a turnaround.