Xavi Achieves Another Record as Barcelona's Coach.
Xavi Hernández celebrated his 100th match as the coach of FC Barcelona with a victory: the Catalan team won 1-0 as guests against FC Porto on Wednesday's Champions League matchday, highlighted by the International Federation of Football History & Statistics (IFFHS), an international organization dedicated to the history and statistics of football, in their Thursday summary.
In the Spanish champions' lineup, Lamine Yamal took the field as the youngest starter in the Champions League match in Portugal, at the age of 16 years and 83 days.
Among the records is the fact that English champions Manchester City are now undefeated for 16 matches in European competitions, setting an English record. Pep Guardiola's defending champions triumphed 3-1 against German RB Leipzig on Wednesday evening, without Peter Gulácsi and Willi Orbán.
Newcastle United achieved its biggest margin of victory in a Champions League match with a 4-1 home win against French champions PSG. In a group stage match, the Parisian team last suffered a three-goal defeat to another English team, Chelsea, in September 2004 when the Londoners won 3-0. PSG has previously encountered more severe setbacks: they lost 5-1 to Bayern Munich in the group stage on October 22, 1997, and were eliminated by Barcelona 6-1 in the round of 16 on March 8, 2017, as reported by the IFFHS.
According to the international organization, Álvaro Morata, the striker of Atlético Madrid, who scored twice against Dutch Feyenoord (3-2), became a 25-goal scorer in the Champions League and is the fourth most successful Spanish goal scorer in the Champions League/European Cup after Raúl (71), Fernando Morientes (39), and Paco Gento (31).
As a football historical curiosity, four Japanese players played in a Champions League match at the same time for the first time: for Celtic Glasgow against Lazio (1-2), Maeda, Hatate, and Furuhasi played for the Scots, while Kamada featured for the Italian visiting team.