Goals aplenty in UEFA Youth League
Thursday, September 18, 2014
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All eight matches on Wednesday and Thursday produced a winning margin of two goals or more, with Chelsea FC, Manchester City FC and AFC Ajax all impressive.
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The goals flowed as matchday one of the 2014/15 UEFA Youth League continued with seven games. Chelsea FC and Manchester City FC were the biggest winners, with the Londoners, who beat FC Schalke 04 4-1, partially avenging their quarter-final loss to the German side last season.
Group D
Borussia Dortmund 0-2 Arsenal FC
• Kaylen Hinds's killer striking instinct decided the outcome, with his two goals settling a contest in which the home team controlled possession.
Group E
AS Roma 3-1 PFC CSKA Moskva
• Daniele Verde and Matteo Adamo scored free-kicks as Roma recovered from a goal down. Arturo Calabresi (37) levelled from a corner, cancelling out Timur Zhamaletdinov's early opener.
FC Bayern München 1-4 Manchester City FC
• The match turned on the 35th-minute dismissal of Bayern goalkeeper David Hundertmark for handball. Already leading 1-0, Patrick Vieira's City side quickly doubled their advantage before scoring on and just after the hour.
Group F
AFC Ajax 6-1 Paris Saint-Germain*
• The Dutch side were irresistible, with Donny van de Beek (a hat-trick) and Adham El Idrissi (two goals) profiting from some vibrant wing play that Paris never really dealt with.
Group G
NK Maribor 1-3 Sporting Clube de Portugal
• José Postiga's penalty and a second from the dangerous José Correia put Sporting ahead, but Nik Lorbek's spot kick closed the gap before Eloi's added-time third.
Chelsea FC 4-1 FC Schalke 04
• The Londoners were convincing winners in the teams' fourth meeting in 11 months. Chelsea – 1-0 and 2-0 victors in last term's group stage – triumphed again with two goals from captain Izzy Brown. Both sides began with four players who started their 16 March quarter-final, won 3-1 by Schalke.
Group H
FC Porto 2-0 FC BATE Borisov
• Penalties were converted by Ruben Macedo (19) and Ruiz (76), and Porto might have had more from a game they utterly dominated.
Athletic Club 0-2 FC Shakhtar Donetsk
• Jurgi hit a post early on for the hosts, before Oleksandr Zubkov (25) and Vasyl Shtander (61) struck as Shakhtar bossed midfield.
*Game took place on Thursday