Champions League starts with an ‘instant classic’ of 4-4 between Juventus and Dortmund!

For 51 minutes, the match was goalless in the UEFA Champions League match between Juventus and Borussia Dortmund in Turin on Tuesday night. The spectators seemed a little bored with the lack of sharpness in the movement.

Then the floodgates opened. The next 40 minutes witnessed a total of eight goals—some truly spectacular. Juventus scored two late injury-time goals, thanks to Dusan Vlahovic and Lloyd Kelly, snatching a 4-4 draw against German giants Borussia Dortmund. The hosts trailed 4-2 when substitute Vlahovic grabbed his second of the night in the fourth minute of stoppage time. He then set up Kelly two minutes later to secure a point.

Man-of-the-match Vlahovic, who came on just before the hour mark, was disappointed not to have completed his hat-trick.

“To prove yourself, you always need hunger. I’m never satisfied, and tonight I wanted a third goal,” he told Sky Sport. “The important thing is we didn’t lose, so we keep moving forward.”

Juventus scored four goals for a second straight match after their 4-3 league win over Inter Milan on Saturday. However, coach Igor Tudor stressed the need for his side to tighten up defensively. “I’ve already had enough of this type of match,” he told Sky Sport Italia.

“We are conceding too many. At least we’re scoring a lot too, but we cannot carry on like this. It was so difficult in the second half to keep the energy levels up three days after an incredibly tough match,” added Vlahovic.

The 4-4 result, according to UEFA, has equaled the record for the highest-scoring draw in the competition’s history.

According to the stat platform Squawka, the thriller in Turin was only the second Uefa Champions League game ever with 8 second-half goals. The previous instance was Bayern Munich 9-2 Dinamo Zagreb exactly one year back.

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