By Fatih Erel, Istanbul on October 3, 2018
The second week of the UEFA Champions League got underway Tuesday with eight matches in Group E, F, G and H.
It was an Italian night with victories by Juventus and Roma.
Juventus’ Cristiano Ronaldo missed play against Switzerland's Young Boys due to a one-match ban. Despite his absence, Juventus beat them 3-0 with a hat-trick by Paulo Dybala.
Roma defeated Czech side Viktoria Plzen 5-0 as Edin Dzeko scored a hat-trick while Turkish right winger Cengiz Under scored a goal and made one assist.
The night’s surprise came from Russia’s CSKA Moskova as they beat Real Madrid 1-0.
The results are as follows:
Tuesday:
Hoffenheim (Germany) 1- 2 Manchester City (England)
Juventus (Italy) 3-0 Young Boys (Switzerland)
AEK (Greece) 2-3 Benfica (Portugal)
Bayern Munich (Germany) 1- 1 Ajax (Netherlands)
Olympique Lyon (France) 2-2 Shakhtar Donetsk (Ukraine)
Roma (Italy) 5-0 Viktoria Plzen (Czech Republic)
CSKA Moskova (Russia) 1-0 Real Madrid (Spain)
Manchester United (England) 0-0 Valencia (Spain)
Eight more matches will be played Wednesday at 1655 GMT and 1900 GMT.
Wednesday’s matches:
Paris Saint-Germain (France) - Crvena Zvezda (Serbia)
Lokomotiv Moskva (Russia) - Schalke 04 (Germany)
Borussia Dortmund (Germany) - Monaco (France)
Atletico Madrid (Spain) - Club Brugge (Belgium)
PSV (Netherlands) - Inter (Italy)
Tottenham (England) - Barcelona (Spain)
Napoli (Italy) - Liverpool (England)
Porto (Portugal) - Galatasaray (Turkey)
•Sourced from Anadolu Agency. Photo shows Roma players celebrating
Source Daily Sports
Posted October 3, 2018
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