Tuesday, September 18, 2012

UEFA Champions League Group A: PSG and FC Porto Start Off With Wins

The group stage of the UEFA Champions League commenced play with eight games on Tuesday, two of them in Group A.

At Zagreb, Croatia:

Silvestre Varela of Porto (R) vies with Marcelo Brozovic of Dinamo Zagreb during their UEFA Champions league group A football match

Lucho Gonzalez (41') and Steven Defour (90'+2) each scored a goal as FC Porto blanked Dinamo Zagreb 2-0 on the road.  Shown here is the Dragons' Silvestre Varela vying with Dinamo Zagreb's Marcelo Brozovic for the ball.

Eurosport photo

At Paris:

Paris St Germain's Zlatan Ibrahimovic leaves the pitch past coach Carlo Ancelotti during their Champions League match against Dynamo Kiev at the Parc des Princes (Reuters)

Zlatan Ibrahimovic (PK-19', that's him here with coach Carlo Ancelotti), Thiago Silva (29'), Alex (32'), and Javier Pastore (90'+1) each scored a goal as Paris Saint-Germain dominated visiting Dynamo Kiev 4-1.

Reuters photo

GROUP A STANDINGS:

1. Paris Saint-Germain (GP: 1; GD: +2; PTS: 3)
2. FC Porto (GP: 1; GD: +2; PTS: 3)
3. Dinamo Zagreb (GP: 1; GD: -2; PTS: 0)
4. Dynamo Kiev (GP: 1; GD: -3; PTS: 0)

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