Clubs from England and France predicted lead the standings in group A.
Arsenal left no chances to “Basel” – the Gunners could have scored 5-6 goals, but spared the Swiss. The hero of the match was jet owners winger Theo Walcott, who scored twice.
Arsenal — Basel 2:0
Goals: Walcott, 7, 26
Arsenal: Ospina — Bellerin, Mustafi, Casalini, Montreal (Gibbs, 75) Jack, Cazorla, Walcott (Oxlade-Chamberlain 70), Esil, Iwobi (Alani, 70) — Sanchez
Basel: Vaclík Lang, Dry, Xhaka, Alvarez, Traore Bjarnason (Delgado, 79), Zuffi (Elyounoussi, 71), Fransson — Doumbia (Sporer, 58), Steffen
Warning: Dry
PSG rehabilitated before their fans for the recent defeat against Toulouse in the French League. The key moment of the match came in the 59th minute when the score was 1:2, the famous defender/goalkeeper of Mozi missed a penalty, and after a few tens of seconds Cavani finally closed all the questions about the winner.
Ukrainian Evgeniy Plastun whole match sat on the bench.
Ludogorets — PSG 1:3
Goals: Nathaniel, 15 — Matuidi, 41, Cavani, 55, 60
Ludogorets: Stoyanov — Minev, Moti, Palomino, Nathaniel — Misidjan (Loloci, 74), Clerks, Abel, Wanderson (Keseru, 88) — Marcelinho — Jonathan Cafu
PSG: Areola — Aurier, Marquinhos, Thiago Silva, Maxwell — Verratti (Krychowiak, 80), Motta, Matuidi — Moura, Cavani (Augustin, 90+1), Di Maria (Icon 88)
Warnings: Clerks, Nathaniel, Jonathan Cafu — Matuidi, Motta
In the 59th minute, Moti missed a penalty (goalkeeper)
Standings: PSG, Arsenal – 4, Ludogorets, Basel – 1.