Real Madrid win Champions League opener as Haaland hits brace for Man City

Real Madrid secured a 2-1 victory over Inter Milan under Jose Mourinho's management, marking his return to the Champions League.

Manchester City's Erling Haaland scored twice to defeat Porto 2-0, continuing his prolific scoring in the Champions League.

Aston Villa and Borussia Dortmund also claimed wins, while Real Betis triumphed over Lille despite finishing the match with ten players.

PARIS, Sept 9 — Jose Mourinho got off to a winning start on his return to the Champions League with Real Madrid yesterday as the Spanish giants beat Inter Milan 2-1, while Erling Haaland scored twice in Manchester City’s victory at Porto.

There were also wins for Aston Villa and Borussia Dortmund on the first night of action in this season’s league phase, as the opening matchday spreads across three nights.

Record 15-time European champions Real have brought back Mourinho for a second spell in charge, and his first game back in the competition came against the side he led to Champions League glory in 2010.

Madrid were two goals ahead midway through the first half at the Bernabeu thanks to two gifts from the Inter defence, with Yann Bisseck at fault as Kylian Mbappe opened the scoring on his 99th appearance in the competition.

Mbappe has now scored 71 Champions League goals, equalling the tally of Real legend Raul.

The home side doubled their lead when Inter goalkeeper Josep Martinez tried to turn away from Fede Valverde inside his own six-yard box only for the Uruguayan to tackle him and score.

Carlos Augusto pulled one back for Inter, but Real held on for the victory.

“It was a crazy game,” Mourinho told broadcaster Movistar. “A game that finished 2-1 could have finished 7-6 without any problems.”

Enzo Maresca’s City won 2-0 away to Portuguese champions Porto thanks to a second-half brace by Haaland, the first coming two minutes after the restart when he headed in Enzo Fernandez’s cross.

Haaland sealed the points in stoppage time and has now scored an astonishing 59 goals in 59 appearances in the Champions League.

“Erling Haaland is an animal. He is a beast, so every time he is on the pitch, I’m going to look for him, and hopefully give him many more assists,” Fernandez told Amazon Prime.

It was a fourth straight victory in all competitions for City, Champions League winners in 2023, whose next European game will be at home to title-holders Paris Saint-Germain.

Welcome win for Villa

Villa, last season’s Europa League winners, put their poor start to this campaign behind them to beat Belgian champions Club Brugge 3-2 away.

John McGinn curled into the far corner to open the scoring for Unai Emery’s side, who have not yet scored a goal three games into the Premier League season.

Hugo Vetlesen equalised for the hosts, but Emiliano Buendia quickly restored Villa’s lead and then Nicolas Jackson made it 3-1 two minutes before the break.

The summer signing ran through to score his first Villa goal after home goalkeeper Yann Sommer came flying out of his box and failed to get to the ball.

Nicolo Tresoldi pulled another one back just after the hour mark following a handball by Aaron Wan-Bissaka. The same player hit the post soon after, but Villa claimed a welcome victory.

“We took one step forward today and it was very, very important for our confidence and stability,” said Emery.

Serhou Guirassy was the chief protagonist as Dortmund, runners-up in 2024, started their campaign with a 3-2 home win against Villarreal.

Renato Veiga’s own goal gave Dortmund the lead early in the second half, but Santiago Mourino headed in the equaliser for the Spanish side.

However, Guirassy put the Germans back in front with 10 minutes left, then converted a penalty for his second and his team’s third. He rounded things off with an own goal when a Gregor Kobel save ricocheted back off Guirassy’s face and went in.

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Troy Parrott was the hero for Real Betis for the second time in five days as the Spaniards came from behind twice to win 3-2 against Lille in France.

Marc Bartra equalised twice for Betis, cancelling out goals by Japan’s Ayase Ueda and Brazil defender Alexsandro for Davide Ancelotti’s Lille.

Irish striker Parrott, who scored his new club’s winner against Madrid at the weekend, then struck the decisive goal on 53 minutes as Betis claimed a victory on their return to the Champions League after a 21-year absence.

Lille finished with 10 men as Ethan Mbappe, younger brother of Kylian, was sent off.

In the night’s other game, Greek champions AEK Athens beat Austrian title winners LASK 1-0 thanks to a stunning Razvan Marin free-kick. — AFP

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在何塞·穆里尼奥的执教下，皇家马德里以 2-1 战胜国际米兰，标志着他重返欧冠赛场。

曼城球员埃尔林·哈兰德梅开二度，帮助球队2-0战胜波尔图，延续了他在欧冠联赛中的出色进球状态。

阿斯顿维拉和多特蒙德也取得了胜利，而皇家贝蒂斯尽管在比赛结束时只有十名球员在场，仍然战胜了里尔。

巴黎，9 月 9 日——昨天，何塞·穆里尼奥率领皇家马德里重返欧冠联赛，取得了开门红，西班牙豪门以 2-1 击败国际米兰；与此同时，埃尔林·哈兰德在曼城客场战胜波尔图的比赛中梅开二度。

在本赛季联赛阶段的首轮比赛中，阿斯顿维拉和多特蒙德也取得了胜利，因为首轮比赛将持续三个晚上。

15次欧洲冠军得主皇家马德里再次请回穆里尼奥执教，而他重返欧冠赛场的首场比赛，对手正是他2010年率领夺得欧冠冠军的那支球队。

上半场进行到一半时，皇马在伯纳乌球场以两球领先，这要归功于国际米兰后防线的两次失误，扬·比塞克的失误让基利安·姆巴佩在自己的第99次欧冠出场中首开纪录。

姆巴佩目前已在欧冠联赛中打入 71 球，追平了皇马传奇球星劳尔的进球纪录。

主队扩大了领先优势，当时国际米兰门将何塞普·马丁内斯试图在自己的六码禁区内转身躲开费德·巴尔韦德，结果被乌拉圭人铲倒并破门得分。

卡洛斯·奥古斯托为国际米兰扳回一球，但皇马最终守住了胜果。

穆里尼奥告诉Movistar电视台：“这是一场疯狂的比赛。一场2-1的比赛，完全有可能以7-6结束，没有任何问题。”

恩佐·马雷斯卡率领的曼城凭借哈兰德下半场的梅开二度，客场2-0战胜葡萄牙冠军波尔图。哈兰德的第一个进球是在下半场开始两分钟后，他头球攻门，接应恩佐·费尔南德斯的传中破门得分。

哈兰德在伤停补时阶段锁定胜局，目前他在欧冠联赛中出场59次，已经打入惊人的59球。

“埃尔林·哈兰德简直是个野兽。他太厉害了，所以每次他在场上，我都会去找他，希望能够给他送出更多助攻，”费尔南德斯告诉亚马逊Prime。

这是曼城在各项赛事中取得的四连胜，曼城是 2023 年欧冠联赛的冠军，他们的下一场欧战比赛将在主场迎战卫冕冠军巴黎圣日耳曼。

维拉迎来一场酣畅淋漓的胜利

上赛季欧联杯冠军阿斯顿维拉摆脱了本赛季开局不利的局面，客场3-2击败比利时冠军布鲁日俱乐部。

约翰·麦金恩弧线球破门，为乌奈·埃梅里的球队首开纪录。英超联赛开赛三轮以来，该队尚未取得进球。

雨果·维特勒森为东道主扳平比分，但埃米利亚诺·布恩迪亚很快再次帮助维拉取得领先，随后尼古拉斯·杰克逊在半场结束前两分钟将比分改写为 3-1。

这位夏季新援一路狂奔，打进了他在维拉的第一个进球，当时主队门将扬·索默尔冲出禁区却没能碰到球。

比赛进行到一小时刚过，尼科洛·特雷索尔迪利用阿隆·万-比萨卡的手球破门扳回一球。此后不久，万-比萨卡的射门击中门柱，但维拉最终还是取得了一场来之不易的胜利。

“我们今天向前迈出了一步，这对我们的信心和稳定来说非常非常重要，”埃默里说。

塞尔胡·吉拉西是多特蒙德（2024 年亚军）的头号功臣，多特蒙德在主场以 3-2 战胜比利亚雷亚尔，取得了开门红。

下半场开场不久，雷纳托·维加的乌龙球让多特蒙德取得领先，但圣地亚哥·穆里诺头球破门，为西班牙球队扳平比分。

然而，比赛还剩10分钟时，吉拉西帮助德国队再次领先，随后他又罚入点球，打进个人第二球，也是球队的第三球。比赛最后，吉拉西自摆乌龙，科贝尔扑出的球反弹到他的脸上滚入球门，为比赛画上句号。

上田冠军联赛

特洛伊·帕罗特五天内第二次成为皇家贝蒂斯的英雄，西班牙人两次落后，最终在法国以 3-2 战胜里尔。

马克·巴特拉为皇家贝蒂斯两次扳平比分，抵消了日本球员上田绫濑和巴西后卫亚历山德罗为达维德·安切洛蒂执教的里尔队打入的进球。

爱尔兰前锋帕罗特在上周末对阵皇马的比赛中打入制胜球，随后在第53分钟打入决定性进球，帮助贝蒂斯在时隔21年重返欧冠赛场后取得胜利。

里尔队最终以 10 人应战，姆巴佩（姆巴佩的弟弟）被罚下场。

当晚的另一场比赛中，希腊冠军雅典AEK凭借拉兹万·马林一记精彩的任意球，1-0战胜奥地利冠军林茨。——法新社

凯恩和拜仁慕尼黑将目光投向了欧冠冠军。

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