Bruges, Belgium – Na wa oh! Who dey control the Champions League? Club Brugge just give Monaco serious wahala, as dem carry 4-1 win come home for di opening match of di 2025-26 season. Na dem first match for Champions League, and e no fit start better than this!
Di game no even reach half-time before Monaco dey look for way to recover. In just 10 minutes, Club Brugge don score three goals and make di whole stadium dey shake like say dem dey disco. First na Nicolo Tresoldi wey don open di score with small ‘squeeze’ finish. Raphael Onyedika follow am with second goal wey dem no see coming, and Hans Vanaken come show say im sabi as e volley di ball for di top corner like say na im dey run di show.
Before halftime, di French side don dey face serious scrutiny as dem dey struggle to keep up. Di only gist wey make sense for Monaco na di new guy, Mamadou Diakhon. E come enter second half wey dem no expect, and before anyone fit blink, im don shoot di fourth goal for Club Brugge, yam them sweet!
Monaco finally find some small grace as Ansu Fati, wey just join dem from Barcelona, score one consolation goal for stoppage time. For person wey just dey debut like dis, e no bad at all! But no be so e go full dem belle, as di real gist na di mopping dey come from Brugge side.
Simon Mignolet, di former Liverpool goalkeeper, dey face drama too. Dis guy give away penalty, but as dem come fit save am, e still collect yellow card for shouting too loud for di referee face (wetin him dey think?). After all dat wahala, Mignolet come dey manage small injury and dem sub am go bench. Abi na im don hear too much ‘bun bun’ from di match?
Philipp Kohn, di second goalkeeper for Monaco, no fit sleep well throughout di game. 17 shots from Brugge dey pepper am, and although im save plenty, di goals don dey pile up like say na Sunday rice!
As di second half start, Monaco come try to find di groove but e be like say dem dey miss dem groove. Even though di captain, Eric Dier, dey fight to make things happen for dem, na still wahala! Di match dey drift away from dem like say na river wey dey flow free.
Next match for Brugge na with Atalanta wey go show face on September 30, while Monaco go host Manchester City. E no go easy, but dem gatz carry dem bag of hope go match!
With Brussels dey bring di noise, Brugge don start dis Champions League season with bang! As e be, dem don show di world say dis year, dem dey ready to run tori!
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