{"id":16094,"date":"2025-09-18T08:38:28","date_gmt":"2025-09-18T03:08:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/?p=638449"},"modified":"2025-09-18T08:38:28","modified_gmt":"2025-09-18T03:08:28","slug":"uefa-champions-league-2025-26-the-reigning-champions-start-off-the-season-with-a-bang","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/football\/uefa-champions-league-2025-26-the-reigning-champions-start-off-the-season-with-a-bang\/","title":{"rendered":"UEFA Champions League 2025\/26: The reigning champions start off the season with a bang"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"draggable h-header-height bg-token-bg-primary sticky top-0 z-10 flex items-center border-transparent px-2 md:hidden [box-shadow:var(--sharp-edge-top-shadow)]\">\n<div class=\"no-draggable flex-1\">\n<div>PSG have defeated Atalanta in the first gameweek of the UEFA Champions League 2025\/26. Atalanta were ripped off as they were hit for 4 goals. The reigning champions didn\u2019t show mercy to Serie A side and there were 4 different scorers for them in the game. Marquinhos, Kvaratskhelia, Nuno Mendes, Gon\u00e7alo Ramos were the scorers for PSG in this game and they deservingly have the 3 points against their name.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"flex items-center\">Paris Saint-Germain made a statement in their opening game of the UEFA Champions League 2025\/26 campaign as they dismantled Atalanta 4-0 in Bergamo. The reigning champions showed no signs of easing off after last season\u2019s triumph, putting in a dominant display against the Serie A side.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><main id=\"main\" class=\"transition-width relative h-full w-full flex-1 overflow-auto -translate-y-[calc(env(safe-area-inset-bottom,0px)\/2)] pt-[calc(env(safe-area-inset-bottom,0px)\/2)]\"><\/p>\n<div id=\"thread\" class=\"group\/thread @container\/thread h-full w-full\">\n<div class=\"composer-parent flex flex-col focus-visible:outline-0 overflow-hidden h-full\" role=\"presentation\">\n<div class=\"relative basis-auto flex-col -mb-(--composer-overlap-px) [--composer-overlap-px:28px] grow flex overflow-hidden\">\n<div class=\"relative h-full\">\n<div class=\"flex h-full flex-col overflow-y-auto thread-xl:pt-(--header-height) [scrollbar-gutter:stable_both-edges]\">\n<div class=\"flex flex-col text-sm thread-xl:pt-header-height keyboard-open:pb-[calc(var(--composer-height,100px)+var(--screen-keyboard-height,0))] pb-25\">\n<article class=\"text-token-text-primary w-full focus:outline-none scroll-mt-[calc(var(--header-height)+min(200px,max(70px,20svh)))]\" dir=\"auto\" data-turn-id=\"1a5fef83-3666-4dfd-bb4b-aa5580958a72\" data-testid=\"conversation-turn-2\" data-scroll-anchor=\"true\" data-turn=\"assistant\">\n<div class=\"text-base my-auto mx-auto pb-10 [--thread-content-margin:--spacing(4)] thread-sm:[--thread-content-margin:--spacing(6)] thread-lg:[--thread-content-margin:--spacing(16)] px-(--thread-content-margin)\">\n<div class=\"[--thread-content-max-width:40rem] thread-lg:[--thread-content-max-width:48rem] mx-auto max-w-(--thread-content-max-width) flex-1 group\/turn-messages focus-visible:outline-hidden relative flex w-full min-w-0 flex-col agent-turn\">\n<div class=\"flex max-w-full flex-col grow\">\n<div class=\"min-h-8 text-message relative flex w-full flex-col items-end gap-2 text-start break-words whitespace-normal [.text-message+&]:mt-5\" dir=\"auto\" data-message-author-role=\"assistant\" data-message-id=\"f6f86205-3a65-4810-81c8-3bb868d80999\" data-message-model-slug=\"gpt-5\">\n<div class=\"flex w-full flex-col gap-1 empty:hidden first:pt-[3px]\">\n<div class=\"markdown prose dark:prose-invert w-full break-words dark markdown-new-styling\">\n<p data-start=\"427\" data-end=\"850\">Atalanta, known for their attacking flair, were left stunned as PSG\u2019s firepower proved too much to handle. Marquinhos set the tone early on, heading home the opener, before new signing Khvicha Kvaratskhelia doubled the lead with a clinical finish. After the break, Nuno Mendes made it three with a stunning strike, and Gon\u00e7alo Ramos completed the rout to ensure four different scorers found the net for the French giants.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"852\" data-end=\"1081\">With this emphatic victory, PSG collected three points in style and sent out a clear warning to the rest of Europe. Atalanta, meanwhile, will be left to regroup quickly if they are to keep their hopes alive in this tough group.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><\/main><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>PSG have defeated Atalanta in the first gameweek of the UEFA Champions League 2025\/26. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":202,"featured_media":36608,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[448,4045,1823,3796,3612,3705,2710,568,447,48],"class_list":["post-16094","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-football","tag-atalanta","tag-champions-league-2025-26","tag-fabrizio-romano","tag-football","tag-goncalo-ramos","tag-khvicha-kvaratskhelia","tag-nuno-mendes","tag-paris-saint-germain","tag-psg","tag-uefa-champions-league"],"reading_time":"2 min read","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16094","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/202"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=16094"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16094\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/36608"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=16094"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=16094"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=16094"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}