The 2024-2025 UEFA Champions League with its new format has started in the most exciting way. 28 goals were scored in just 6 matches on the night of September 17 and early morning of September 18 (Vietnam time), with 11 goals in the Bayern Munich - Dinamo Zagreb match alone.
And Harry Kane alone contributed 4 goals at Allianz Arena.
Serge Gnabry was the first player to put the ball in the visitors' net in the 16th minute, but due to an offside error, Kane was the one who had the honor of opening the scoring for the German champions in this season's Champions League in the 19th minute from the 11m mark.
The goal and strength of the "Gray Tigers" were enough to allow them to have a comfortable game and score 2 more goals in the first half.
After the break, the “Gray Tigers” suddenly slowed down and let the visitors score 2 goals in a row within 2 minutes (49 and 50). Expectations of drama in the next part only lasted 7 minutes, when Kane scored his second goal, opening the “bloody massacre”.
The English striker scored two more goals from the penalty spot in the 73rd and 78th minutes (another goal was disallowed for offside), along with goals from Michael Olise (2 goals) and Leroy Sane to make the score 8-2.
This score made Barcelona fans a bit startled when they remembered the defeat with the same result against Bayern in 2020. But Leo Groetzka was the one who ended the match, transferring the "wound" from Spain to Croatia, when he set the score at 9-2 in the 90+2 minute.
Also in this match, in addition to Kane's 4 goals, Olise's 2 goals, Joshua Kimmich and Jamal Musiala, although not scoring, both had a double assist.
Coach Vincent Kompany had a perfect Champions League debut and Bayern are almost certain to lead the rankings after the first round of matches of the league stage of the 2024-2025 Champions League.
