Football: Week 2 of UEFA Champions League kicks off
Italy dominates with victories by Juventus and Roma
By Fatih Erel
ISTANBUL
The second week of the UEFA Champions League got underway Tuesday with eight matches in Group E, F, G and H.
It was an Italian night with victories by Juventus and Roma.
Juventus' Cristiano Ronaldo missed play against Switzerland's Young Boys due to a one-match ban. Despite his absence, Juventus beat them 3-0 with a hat-trick by Paulo Dybala.
Roma defeated Czech side Viktoria Plzen 5-0 as Edin Dzeko scored a hat-trick while Turkish right winger Cengiz Under scored a goal and made one assist.
The night's surprise came from Russia's CSKA Moskova as they beat Real Madrid 1-0.
The results are as follows:
Tuesday:
Hoffenheim (Germany) 1- 2 Manchester City (England)
Juventus (Italy) 3-0 Young Boys (Switzerland)
AEK (Greece) 2-3 Benfica (Portugal)
Bayern Munich (Germany) 1- 1 Ajax (Netherlands)
Olympique Lyon (France) 2-2 Shakhtar Donetsk (Ukraine)
Roma (Italy) 5-0 Viktoria Plzen (Czech Republic)
CSKA Moskova (Russia) 1-0 Real Madrid (Spain)
Manchester United (England) 0-0 Valencia (Spain)
Eight more matches will be played Wednesday at 1655 GMT and 1900 GMT.
The following are Wednesday’s matches:
Paris Saint-Germain (France) - Crvena Zvezda (Serbia)
Lokomotiv Moskva (Russia) - Schalke 04 (Germany)
Borussia Dortmund (Germany) - Monaco (France)
Atletico Madrid (Spain) - Club Brugge (Belgium)
PSV (Netherlands) - Inter (Italy)
Tottenham (England) - Barcelona (Spain)
Napoli (Italy) - Liverpool (England)
Porto (Portugal) - Galatasaray (Turkey)