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The Champions League is in chaos: 4 unpopular games were born in the first round! Dark horse beat Paris to lead, La Liga and Premier League defeated 3 in 4 matches

11:58pm, 19 September 2025【Football】

On September 19, the first round of the Champions League ended 6 more matches. In two focus matches, Barcelona defeated Newcastle 2-1 away, and Rashford scored twice. De Bruyne returned to Manchester City's home court, and Manchester City defeated 10-man Naples 2-0. The first round of the Champions League has all ended. It can be seen that the Champions League is in chaos: 4 unpopular games were born in the first round! The dark horse beat Paris to lead the way, and lost three times in the Premier League in four games.

In the first round of the Champions League, the upset games included Eindhoven's 1-3 home match in San Giros. In the past two seasons, Eindhoven has won two consecutive championships in the Eredivisie. The Eredivisie giants with a net worth of 240 million euros lost to the Belgian team worth 75.8 million euros, and was once behind 0-3, and only scored a goal to save face in the 90th minute. As the world's 6th League team, Eindhoven's performance was awful.

Portuguese Super League giant Benfica also lost, leading Karabach 2-0 in 16 minutes at home, suffered a reversal, losing 2-3. Benfica's entire team is worth 330 million euros, while Azerbaijan's Karabakh is only worth 24.03 million euros. After the game, Benfica fired coach Raje and Mourinho took office.

Monaco, which ranks third in Ligue 1 this season, lost 1-4 to Bruges, the 6th in the League One away game, which is also an unpopular. Moreover, Monaco was trailing 0-4, and Fati scored 1 goal for Monaco in stoppage time. Leverkusen, who is worth 380 million euros in the Bundesliga, draws Copenhagen 2-2 to 2 away, which is also an unpopular. After giving up Tenhager, Leverkusen, coached by new coach Yuleman, has not changed much.

In the current Champions League standings, the No. 1 team is Frankfurt. They beat the Turkish Super League giant Galatasaray 5-1 at home, and are the team with the most goals and the most goals in the first round of the Champions League. The defending champion Paris defeated Atlanta 4-0 in this round, temporarily ranking second.

In this round, La Liga had four direct confrontations with Premier League teams. Before Barcelona defeated Newcastle, the La Liga team suffered three consecutive losses in the Premier League. Among them, Athletic Bilbao lost 0-2 to Arsenal at home, Villarreal lost 0-1 to Tottenham away, and Atletico Madrid was defeated by Liverpool 2-3 away. As the world's number one league, the Premier League is indeed very competitive in the Champions League. Except for Real Madrid and Barcelona, ​​other teams in La Liga are unlikely to achieve success in the Champions League. Moreover, Barcelona has not reached the Champions League final for 10 years, and I don’t know if they can reach the end of this season.