📊 Champions League sets new record: never so many goals in one night 🔥

While Serie A is experiencing a lean period (only 11 goals in 10 matches , a new all-time negative record), the Champions League delivers a show and a flood of emotions.

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On the first day of the third round of the mega group stage , a whopping 43 goals were scored, with every match seeing goals except for Kairat–Pafos , the only 0-0 of the evening.

In all the other eight clashes, the average of 5 goals per game was surpassed , a figure never before recorded in the new format of the competition.

Barça scored 6 against Olympiacos, PSG annihilated Leverkusen with 7 goals, and Arsenal , Inter , and Dortmund took center stage with poker performances that left no chance for Atletico Madrid, Union SG, and Copenhagen respectively. Newcastle and Manchester City "only" stopped at 3 and 2 goals.

Barcelona -Olympiacos 6-1

Kairat-Pafos 0-0

Arsenal -Atletico 4-0

Copenhagen- Dortmund 2-4

Leverkusen- PSG 2-7

Newcastle -Benfica 3-0

PSV -Napoli 6-2

USG- Inter 0-4

Villarreal- Manchester City 0-2

The previous record, dating back to November 26, 2024 (fifth matchday), was 40 goals . As for the average number of goals, tonight’s record is second only to the milestone reached exactly 9 years ago, when there was an average of 4.8 goals per match .

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Now the new record is set, but it may only take another 24 hours to break another one: on Wednesday, with the second batch of matches, the goal is the absolute record of 67 total goals in a single Champions League round.

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