The first upset of the UEFA Champions League season is officially in the books, with Azerbaijan's Qarabag collecting their first-ever win in the competition proper with a dramatic 3-2 result at Benfica on Tuesday.
Benfica, a round of 16 participant in last season's Champions League and this summer's Club World Cup, took a 2-0 lead after just 16 minutes thanks to goals from Enzo Barrenechea and Vangelis Pavlidis and seemed poised for a straightforward victory. Qarabag then mounted an impressive comeback, which began with Leandro Andrade's 30th-minute goal. They were level in the 48th minute thanks to Camilo Duran's strike from an angle and took the lead for the first time in the 86th minute, with Oleksiy Kashchuk turning before scoring from close range.
It is an impressive feat