Club Brugge

Club Brugge take on Bayer Leverkusen at Jan Breydel Stadium in Bruges for the 2022-2023 UEFA Champions League. Read here to check how to watch this game on ...

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Teenager Abakar Sylla scored the only goal just before halftime as hosts Club Brugge beat Bayer Leverkusen 1-0 in the Champions League on Wednesday.

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Sylla's header to a corner shortly before halftime gave the Belgian champion its first win in Group B, where Atlético Madrid enjoyed a very late 2-1 win ...

That was the visitors’ best chance of the first half, before Sylla scored from Andreas Skov Olsen’s corner in the 42nd minute. Leverkusen emerged with more intent after the break, when Patrik Schick had two goals ruled out for offside. The Brugge fans celebrated a VAR decision ruling out one of the goals as if their team had scored.

Abakar Sylla has scored for Club Brugge to defeat Bayer Leverkusen 1-0 in their Champions League opening game.

Leverkusen emerged with more intent after the break, when Patrik Schick had two goals ruled out for offside. That was the visitors’ best chance of the first half, before Sylla scored from Andreas Skov Olsen’s corner in the 42nd minute. Brugge had won its last four league games, while Leverkusen has made a poor start to the Bundesliga with four defeats in five games.

Bayer Leverkusen lost 1-0 to Club Brugge in their Champions League opener - and had a goal controversially disallowed.

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