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A truly dramatic first matchday in the Champions League, with Juventus and Borussia Dortmund exchanging an incredible eight after the break scores while Qarabag stunned Benfica with a comeback.

Injury-Time Magic Earn Unbelievable Tie

Vlahovic and Lloyd Kelly netted in added time to orchestrate a dramatic recovery for Juventus, enabling them to secure a eight-goal share of the spoils in a game where every one of the goals were scored after the break.

The home side found themselves down 4-2 when number nine scored his brace of the match in the fourth minute of stoppage time and Lloyd Kelly sealed the fightback 120 seconds later to earn a split of the result.

Action-Packed Second Period

Post quiet initial period, the German outfit found the opening goal just after the restart post-interval as Karim Adeyemi drilled a precise strike into the opposite post from outside the penalty area. Juventus drew level in the 63rd minute through the young talent, who controlled the delivery on the fringe of the danger zone, set himself and bent a magnificent effort into the far corner to ignite the Tifosi.

The excitement were short-lived, though, as Felix Nmecha restored BVB’s advantage barely two minutes later with a crisp instant shot from outside the box.

The action displayed little indication of letting up, and at the 68th minute the Bianconeri were back on terms once more, number seven bursting on to a perfectly weighted pass to place past Gregor Kobel in Dortmund’s goal.

The frenzy carried on in the 74th minute, when Couto’s low effort trickled between Di Gregorio and a post to put the Germans into the lead. Dortmund were awarded a spot-kick with four minutes from full-time, after the defender was penalised for a handball with the left-back scoring from the 12-yard mark. Deep into injury time, Vlahovic scored once more from a well-placed delivery before turning provider for the defender, who nodded in the equaliser to round off a period to never forget.

Shock Victory for The Azerbaijani Side

The hosts squandered an comfortable cushion to lose 3-2 at their stadium to the underdogs, with the substitute netting the Azerbaijani team’s winner with four minutes from time.

The hosts seemed in charge when the midfielder placed them in front in the sixth minute with a neat header from a set-piece and Vangelis Pavlidis fired on the spin to double the cushion 10 minutes later. Leandro Andrade hammered a one-time strike past Trubin, though, and the visitors nearly to drawing level when Borges hit the upright and Trubin made an brilliant save from Jankovic’s second shot.

The visitors were tied just after the second half when the forward burst on to a perfect through ball from the playmaker and smacked a instant effort into the bottom corner but the underdogs were still pushing.

A huge clearance forward from the keeper found the substitute just outside the box and he executed a give-and-go with the winger before stroking a effort past the keeper to shock the Benfica faithful.

Further Results

• USG celebrated a dream bow in the UCL opening round by shocking Eindhoven three-one in a intense regional match.
• The London club won a comfortable result at Athletic Bilbao.
• Tottenham edged past the Yellow Submarine by a single goal.
• The Spanish giants came from behind to overcome the French team 2-1.