Champions League: Aston Villa demolishes Fenerbahçe 6-0, Bodø/Glimt shocks BVB

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Champions League: Aston Villa demolishes Fenerbahçe 6-0, Bodø/Glimt shocks the BVB.

A 6-0 rout and a 1-0 away win at the Norwegian outsider: the second Champions League evening of the week shook up the elite competition in style. While Aston Villa showed no mercy to Fenerbahçe in Turkey, the favorite from Dortmund received another uncomfortable lesson in the new competition format at the hands of Bodø/Glimt.

What happened on the second CL evening

The second match round within a single week was, according to L'Équipe, "rich in goals and twists" („riche en buts et en rebondissements“). That is exactly what football fans got to see on Wednesday evening: here a historic triumph for an underdog, there a demonstration of how thin the air can become for sloppy favorites.

Aston Villa shows Fenerbahçe its limits

In Istanbul, Aston Villa turned its away outing at Fenerbahçe into a gala performance. The English side ultimately ran out 6-0 winners — a result that is sure to cause quite a stir in the Süper Lig of the Turkish champions. Fenerbahçe, which in recent years has regularly sought to break into European competition, found no answer at any point, according to the available sources, against the structured play of the Villans. Who exactly scored and in which minutes the goals fell is not set out in detail in the available reporting.

Bodø/Glimt ice-cold in seizing its chance

Just as remarkable was the result from northern Norway. Bodø/Glimt, long a force in the domestic Eliteserien, set about making waves internationally as well — and beat Borussia Dortmund 1-0. The Norwegian club, according to L'Équipe, "created the surprise and dominated Borussia Dortmund." The BVB, armed with Champions League pedigree and a markedly deeper squad, travels home with a defeat in its luggage. Here too, the available source material does not provide details of the goalscorer or the minute of the decisive strike.

What this means for the competition

Both results exemplify why the new Champions League format generates excitement: while Aston Villa's emphatic win sends a statement to the rest of the field, the home defeat is another wake-up call for Dortmund in an already turbulent season. Bodø/Glimt, for its part, can now count itself among the stories of the competition after a home win against a European top club — meaning that the journey into the elite competition has already paid off for the Norwegian side.

Source: L'Équipe