Champions League | Moukoko is already the cub of the Champions League

Finally, Mateu Lahoz's mistake did not cost Borussia Dortmund dearly. A week after being disadvantaged by the Spanish referee (he pointed out a non-existent penalty that led to a draw for Lazio and deprived him of sealing the pass to the second round as the first of group F), a BVB plagued with casualties won 1-2 against the Zenit and, in this way, ended up defending the leadership against the Italian team. It was not the only good news for the Borusser team in Russia: Moukoko also made his Champions League debut, thus becoming the youngest player to debut in the top continental competition at just 16 years and 18 days. He surpassed Babayaro, a retired former Anderlecht player, who held the record since 1994 at 16 years and 86 days on the day of his appearance in the European elite. The German promise of Cameroonian origin seems to give a lot to talk about.

Of course, the night did not look good for Borussia at the beginning. Sin Meunier, Schmelzer, Delaney, Akanji, Guerreiro, Morey and the scorer Haaland, down until 2021 due to a muscle tear, Favre opted for the Reus-Hazard duo in attack, but was unsuccessful in his approach. Theirs were depleted and handed the ball to the locals, who took advantage of the confusion in the ranks of Dortmund to get ahead of the quarter hour of the game through Driussi. Hazard was the only one to warn local goalkeeper Kerzhakov, so Favre did not think twice and introduced the golden boy, Moukoko, to make him the cub of the Champions League. And the bees were others. They went on the attack, harassed and, in a matter of ten minutes, turned the scoreboard thanks to the many from Piszczek and Witsel for passing as leaders and making up a poor performance on Moukoko's historic day.