"It was a comeback of epic proportions for Qarabag, featuring in just their second Champions League campaign. Benfica went 2-0 up inside 16 minutes, as Enzo Barrenechea opened the scoring before Vangelis Pavlidis doubled their lead. Yet Qarabag clawed themselves back into the game, with Leandro Andrade halving the deficit in the 30th minute. Camilo Duran dragged Qarabag level just after the restart, and in the 86th minute, substitute Oleksii Kashchuk wrote his name into club folklore with the winner."
"Promise David drew first blood for the Belgian champions in the ninth minute, converting from the penalty spot, silencing Philips Stadion. While the hosts probed, with Ruben van Bommel seeing an effort rattle off the crossbar, Union SG doubled their lead before the break through Anouar Ait El Hadj. Despite PSV dominating possession, it was Union who looked the more threatening, chalking up an expected goals (xG) rate of 3.25 from their 18 shots."
Union Saint-Gilloise won 3-1 at PSV in their Champions League debut, with Promise David scoring a ninth-minute penalty and Anouar Ait El Hadj adding a second before Kevin Mac Allister made it 3-0 in the 81st minute; Ruben van Bommel scored a late consolation for PSV. Union registered an xG of 3.25 from 18 shots. In Lisbon, Benfica led 2-0 inside 16 minutes via Enzo Barrenechea and Vangelis Pavlidis, but Qarabag fought back through Leandro Andrade and Camilo Duran to level; Oleksii Kashchuk then scored an 86th-minute winner to complete a dramatic 3-2 comeback. Union became only the second Belgian side to win their first Champions League match, after Club Brugge in 1992-93.
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