UCL 2025-26: Tottenham Hotspur Randen Villarreal thanks to its own goal; Qarabag Verbijste Benfica with comeback

Tottenham Hotspur celebrated his return to the UEFA Champions League with a 1-0 home victory at the Spanish Club Villarreal thanks to its own goal from keeper Luiz Junior on Tuesday.

The first match of the London club in the competition for almost 1,000 days was only four minutes old when the Brazilian keeper of Villarreal rumbled a cross from Lucas Bergvall over his own line.

After that it was never comfortable for the host, with former Arsenal striker Nicolas Pepe with various opportunities, including a late free kick that flashed just wide from the post.

The defense of Tottenham, who has so far only admitted one goal this season in the Premier League, held holding on to start the side of Thomas Frank with his group campaign with an important three points.

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It is confronted with the Norwegian side Bodo/then shines while Villarreal Juventus houses.

Qarabag Verbijsts Benfica

Benfica made an early lead of two goals slide to lose 3-2 at home at Qarabag, with Oleksiy Kashchuk who nested the winner of the Azerbaijani side four minutes in time.

The host looked at the check when Enzo Barrechea it was in the sixth minute ahead with a tilt buyer from a corner, and Vanglis Pavlidis shot on the bend to double the lead 10 minutes later.

Leandro Andrade, however, hit the first time keeper Anatoliy Trubin, and Qarabag came close to drawing level when Kady Borges hit the mail and made Tribin an excellent rescue of the follow -up effort of Marko Jankovic.

Qarabag was level three minutes after the interval when Camilo Duran went on to a defense split by Marko Jankovic and hit a first shot in the far corner, but the visitor was not yet ready.

A long point forward from the Qarabag keeper found Kashchuk just outside the area, and he played a two with Abdellah Zoubir before stroking a shot along Trubin to numb the Estadio da Luz.

Benfica, which reached the last 16 last season, travels to Chelsea on September 30, where Qarabag organizes FC Copenhagen the next day.

Published on September 17, 2025