IFFHS CONTINENTAL NEWS - UEFA CHAMPIONS LEAGUE
Picture : Xavi Hernández succeeded in his 100th game as s Barcelona coach (1-0 away win vs Porto).
Statistics on Champions’ League group stage round 2 (October 4)
*Newcastle's 4-1 win over PSG is their largest ever in a Champions League match.
*In the meantime, it is also the heaviest group stage defeat for PSG in UCL since a 0-3 loss to Chelsea in September 2004.
*PSG last conceded 4+ goals:
in all competitions on 15 February 2020 (4-4 vs Amiens in Ligue 1),
in UCL overall on 8 March 2017 (1-6 vs Barcelona in the round of 16),
in UCL group stage on 22 October 1997 (1-5 vs Bayern).
*For PSG coach Luis Enrique, all 3 last away games in UCL have turned the defeats with 3+ goals margin, including two at his previous club Barcelona in 2017 (0-4 vs PSG and 0-3 vs Juventus).
*Being 23 years old, Phil Foden has already scored in 6 different (and consecutive) UCL editions: only 9 other English players have achieved this, but no one of them did it at so young age.
*Milan, with a 0-0 draw vs Borussia Dortmund, became the 4th team in the history of Champions League to start the edition with two 0-0 in its first two games, after Galatasaray in 1993-94, AEK in 2002-03 and Villarreal in 2005-06.
*Milan have not scored in 4 consecutive Champions League games. It is their longest non-scoring streak in the competition, including European Cup era.
*Atlético Madrid beat Feyenoord 3-2 after being down 0-1 and 1-2. This is their second victory at home in the Champions League after conceding 2 goals to their rival; the other was 3-2 against Salzburg on 27 October 2020.
*With a brace vs Feyenoord, Álvaro Morata reached 25 goals in UCL; he became the 4th best Spanish goal-scorer in Champions League/European Cup since 1955, after Raúl (71), Fernando Morientes (39) and Paco Gento (31).
*The number of goals from direct free kick in this UCL edition has already increased to 4, after a successful attempt of Yaroslav Rakitskyi (Shakhtar Donetsk) in the game vs Royal Antwerp (3-2).
In the first match-day, it was achieved by Calvin Stengs (Feyenoord), Julián Álvarez (Manchester City) and Angelo Fulgini (Lens).
In the whole edition of UCL 2022-23, there were only 3 such goals (Trent Alexander-Arnold, Diogo Jota and Álex Grimaldo).
*For the first time in history, as many as 4 Japanese players started together a Champions League match (Celtic vs Lazio).
Maeda, Hatate, Furuhashi represented the home team, Kamada visiting.
*As many as 8 teams have won a UCL match having conceded the first goal this match-day (16 games): the highest amount of such comeback wins during a single matchday in the history of tournament.