Matchday 1 In UEFA Champions League Group Play

Tuesday, September 13 marked the opening day of play in the group stage of the 2006-07 UEFA Champions League:

GROUP A:

At London:

Michael Ballack and Michael Essien each scored a goal for Chelsea as the Blues blanked visiting Werder Bremen 2-0. Details here.

At Barcelona:

Defending champion FC Barcelona proved way too much for PFC Levski Sofia as the hosts gave the Bulgarian club a 5-0 fistbeating. Details here.



GROUP B:

At Lisbon:

Marco Caneira's goal at 64 minutes was the only goal of homestanding Sporting Clube de Portugal's 1-0 victory over Internazionale (Inter Milan). Details here.

At Munich:

FC Bayern Munich delivered a beatdown to visiting FC Spartak Moscow 4-0. Details here.



GROUP C:

At Istanbul, Turkey:

FC Girondins de Bordeaux and homestanding Galatasaray SK battled to a 0-0 draw. Details here.

At Eindhoven, Netherlands:

Liverpool FC and PSV Eindhoven ended their match the way they started. Scoreless. Details of the 0-0 draw here.



GROUP D:

At Athens:

Valencia CF picked the first road victory of the 2006-07 UCL group stage, a 4-2 win over Olympiacos, thanks to Fernando Morientes' hat trick. Details here.

At Rome:

Homestanding AS Roma broke open a game that had been scoreless at halftime, popping in four second-half goals as they bombarded visiting FC Shakhtar Donetsk 4-0. Details here.