UEFA Champions League: Mbappe Secures Victory for Real Madrid and Juventus Escapes Certain Loss Against Dortmund

The first round of the UEFA Champions League kicked off on Tuesday evening, featuring exciting matches, most notably Real Madrid's 2-1 victory over Olympique Marseille, and Juventus's 4-4 draw with Borussia Dortmund in one of the most thrilling matches of the season.

At the Santiago Bernabeu Stadium, Real Madrid managed to turn their deficit against Marseille into a valuable victory, thanks to the brilliance of French star Kylian Mbappe, who scored both of the team's goals from penalties in the 29th and 81st minutes, raising his tally to 57 goals in the European competition.

Despite the sending off of captain Dani Carvajal in the 72nd minute, the royal team maintained their defensive cohesion, while goalkeeper Geronimo Rulli saved several dangerous chances, the most notable being a shot from Franco Mastantuono in the 6th minute, and another from Mbappe that hit the crossbar in the 50th minute.

Marseille opened the scoring through Timothy Weah in the 22nd minute after a pass from Mason Greenwood, but the French team failed to capitalize on their numerical advantage after Trent Alexander-Arnold's injury and Carvajal's red card.

In Turin, Juventus fans experienced dramatic moments against Borussia Dortmund, as the Italian team trailed 4-2 until the 90th minute, before scoring two consecutive goals through Dusan Vlahovic and Lloyd Kelly in stoppage time, ending the match in a thrilling 4-4 draw.

The match saw rapid fluctuations in the score:

- Dortmund scored first through Karim Adeyemi (53), then Juventus responded with a goal from Kenan Yildiz (64).

- Dortmund regained the lead through Felix Nmecha (65), before Vlahovic equalized (68).

- Jan Kuto scored a third goal for Dortmund (74), then Rami Ben Sabaini extended the lead from a penalty (86).

- In the final moments, Vlahovic reduced the deficit (90+4), then assisted Kelly for the equalizer (90+6).

- Arsenal returned from Athletic Bilbao's stadium with a valuable 2-0 victory, scored by substitutes Gabriel Martinelli and Leandro Trossard, after a modest performance from the main attacking line.

- Belgian side Saint-Gilloise achieved a historic 3-2 victory over Dutch side PSV Eindhoven in their first appearance in the Champions League.

- Tottenham opened their campaign with a win over Spanish side Villarreal with an early goal scored by Lucas Bergvall in the fourth minute, after a cross that the goalkeeper mishandled.