Angeliño gets Leipzig off to Champions League winning start

Spanish defender Angeliño scored twice to le Leipzig to a 2-0 win over Istanbul Basaksehir in ir Champions League opening game Tuesday.

match was played in front of just under 1,000 fans after plans to allow 8,500 supporters were shelved due to a rise in number of local coronavirus infections. Leipzig’s Malian midfielder Amou Haidara was alrey ruled out after returning from international duty with virus last week.

Enzo Crivelli and Deniz Türüc missed early chances for Turkish champion before Angeliño scored in 16th minute. Kevin Kampl lobbed ball forward and Angeliño controlled it and turned with his first movement before firing inside bottom right corner with his next.

Spanish wing-back only h to wait four minutes for his second goal. Basaksehir defender Alexandru Epureanu lost ball to Yussuf Poulsen, who passed to Christopher Nkunku. Nkunku played it on straight away to Angeliño, who swept it in past helpless Mert Gük in Basaksehir goal.

Angeliño h scored in both of his last two Bundesliga games, too.

Leipzig coach Julian Nlsmann brought on Hwang Hee-chan for second half, and South Korean forward might have marked his European debut for Leipzig with a goal h he t cut back inste of shooting on hour-mark.

Dayot Upameca was fortunate t to be sent off for a b tackle on Crivelli. Leipzig defender h alrey been booked in first half.

Upameca h almost cost his side a goal, too. But İrfan Can Kahveci was unable to capitalize for visitors.

Upameca me way for Ibrahima Konaté in 66th, when Nlsmann also brought on Benjamin Henrichs for Dani Olmo.

By that st, however, home side was content to see out win.

“We have to improve, to play even better,” Angeliño said.

Manchester United won 2-1 at Paris Saint-Germain in or Group H game.

Im credits: AP