The Champions League is the biggest club competition in Europe and possibly, the biggest in the world and it was been known to deliver spectacular matches and aid individuals and clubs in creating moments.
Based on the past 5 or 10 years' campaigns, one could say that this edition of the big ears hasn't hit the mark as it normally does, with the Europa League threatening to be the best, despite not having more big teams than the UCL but if there is anything that has remained constant is the ability to create moments each year the league is being played and these are some of them:
1. Manchester City winning with the same scoreline in their first three Champions League games (3-1 v Cverda Red Belgrade, 3-1 v RB Leipzig, 3-1 v Young Boys).
2. If you take a good look at Kylian Mbappe's amazing goal against AC Milan, you can see a big similarity between that goal and his goal against Real Madrid in the second league of the competition in 2022.
3. Manchester United have conceded a penalty in each of their opening 3 Champions League games for the first time.
4. Jude Bellingham became the first player to a goal in three consecutive starts in the UCL for Real Madrid since Christian Karambeu in 1998.
5. Rodrygo is now the 5th all-time top scorer in the UCL for Real Madrid with 16 goals in 37 games, same with the likes of Guti, Gareth Bale, Luis Figo, and Roberto Carlos.
The only players ahead of him are the likes of Fernando Morientes, Raul, Karim Benzema, and the top scorer, Cristiano Ronaldo.
6. Am I the only one to not be surprised to see Sevilla in 3rd place in their group???
Seriously, it looks like they could qualify if they put more effort where they want to, but we know in the end, they want to go to the Europa League.
7. The last time Barcelona won all their opening 3 games in the UCL was way back in 2018, 5 years ago.
8. After their entertaining 4-3 win against Manchester United, Bayern Munich became one of the few teams in Europe to reach 100 wins in the competition.
9. Still in the context of the Bavarians, they are still unbeaten in the Group Stages of the tournament.
The last time they lost a group-stage match was way back in 2018, falling to a 3-0 defeat to PSG.
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