💫 UCL Awards: Two unbelievable milestones and Voldemort strikes 🧙‍♀️ | OneFootball

The Champions League returned on Tuesday, and treated us to some thrilling ties including Erling Haaland and Robert Lewandowski facing their former sides.

Let’s take a look at our awards.

The Inevitable Potter Content Award

Graham Potter got off the mark as Chelsea boss with a 1-1 draw versus Salzburg. And didn’t you just know that the opposition media team were ready and waiting with a Harry Potter reference?

The Squeaky Bum Time Award

Liverpool left it late once again at home as they delivered a 2-1 victory over Ajax, with goal-line technology on hand to ensure that Joel Matip’s winner was counted.

The Centurion Award

With a 2-0 win over Leipzig, Real Madrid boss Carlo Ancelotti joined Sir Alex Ferguson as the only manager to have won 100 Champions League games throughout his career. Ancelotti will, of course, overtake the Scotsman soon and has won the trophy four times as opposed to two for the legendary Manchester United coach.

The Wish You Hadn’t Said That Award

When Nico Schlotterbeck declared this week that he “knew how to stop” Erling Haaland, it was always likely to come back and haunt him.

Considering the striker’s current form, it was maybe inevitable that he’d find the back of the net versus Borussia Dortmund, but why give him added incentive to do so?

The Not Used To This award

A chorus of boos rang out at the final whistle as struggling Juventus lost 2-1 to Benfica, leaving them with a lot of work to do in order to reach the knockout stages.

Boss Max Allegri insisted that he wasn’t feeling the pressure after the defeat but his confidence may well turn out to be misplaced.

The Death, Taxes and Bayern in the Group Stage award

Bayern are simply relentless in the Champions League group stages, and it was no different when they faced a tough opponent in Barcelona on Tuesday evening. The train just keeps rolling on, and their record of 30 games unbeaten before the knockout stages is even more impressive when you consider each side only plays six of them in a year.

The Concentrating on the League award

There’s no doubt that Antonio Conte has what it takes to succeed in the league. But in European competition? The jury is still out, especially after a 2-0 loss to Sporting in midweek.

The Making You Feel Old award

Club Brugge pulled off a shock 4-0 win versus Porto, and Norwegian forward Antonio Nusa became the second-youngest player ever to score in the Champions League, and the youngest to find the back of the net on his debut. Are you sitting down? He was born in 2005.

The Farmer’s League award

Fans of various European leagues continue to throw shade at each other about the quality on display, but the Bundesliga certainly stated the case against being a “farmer’s league” on Tuesday night as all three German sides won their games.

The Eagle has Landed award

After winning the Europa League last season, Eintracht Frankfurt got off the mark in Europe’s most elite competition with a 1-0 win over high-flying Marseille.

The top trolling award

Real Madrid’s rivalry with Barcelona doesn’t exactly need more fuel adding to the fire, but Vinícius Junior had a cheeky laugh at Barça’s expense with a picture on his Instagram story after their 2-0 defeat to Bayern on Tuesday night. It’s a good job that his team followed up with a win on Wednesday though…

The 🐐 Award

Wow. Just wow. When Lionel Messi netted against Maccabi Haifa, he became the only player to have scored in 18 consecutive Champions League campaigns. That’s longer than Club Brugge’s Antonio Nusa has been alive!