Juventus 19-year-old Yildiz breaks Del Piero’s record with 1st goal of revamped Champions League

TURIN, Italy (AP) — Juventus 19-year-old Kenan Yildiz scored the primary objective of the revamped Champions League on Tuesday. And what a objective it was.

Yildiz dribbled into the left aspect of the field and curled in a protracted shot off the far, high nook of the objective body to grow to be Juventus’ youngest scorer in his first match in Europe’s high membership competitors.

At 19 years and 136 days, Yildiz broke the membership document that Alessandro Del Piero established when he scored at 20 years and 308 days towards Borussia Dortmund in September 1995.

With a objective harking back to the way in which Del Piero used to attain, it appeared becoming that the Turkey winger was carrying the identical No. 10 that Del Piero wore for Juventus.

Yildiz’s objective got here 21 minutes into Juve’s sport towards PSV Eindhoven.

Aston Villa was visiting Younger Boys within the different early match of the brand new league section, which options all 36 groups ranked from high to backside in a single standings that finishes in January.

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