David López scored Girona’s first ever Champions League goal but the Catalan side lost 3-2 at home to Feyenoord on Wednesday in a pulsating contest in which both teams missed a penalty and there were two own goals.
López put Girona ahead midway through the first half, but Yangel Herrera’s own goal and a strike from the teenager Antoni Milambo swung the contest in the favour of the Dutch visitors.
Ayase Ueda missed a penalty for Feyenoord and Bojan Miovski likewise for Girona, before the former Ajax midfielder Donny van de Beek drew the home side level at 2-2. That joy was short-lived, though, as Ladislav Krejci turned the ball into his own net to give Feyenoord the lead again and, this time, they held on to ensure Girona started their maiden Champions League campaign with consecutive defeats.
Elsewhere, Ademola Lookman scored one goal and was heavily involved in the other two to drive Atalanta to a 3-0 win over Shakhtar Donetsk as the Italians outclassed their Ukrainian opponents in Gelsenkirchen.
Atalanta have four points from two games, having held Arsenal to a 0-0 draw in their opening match, and Shakhtar remain on one point, after they played out a scoreless draw in their first game against Bologna.
Atalanta went ahead in the 21st minute when Lookman curled a cross into the area which found Berat Djimsiti in front of goal and he controlled the ball before poking it past the goalkeeper, Dmytro Riznyk.
Atalanta doubled their lead a minute before the break when Sead Kolasinac squared a pass to Lookman in the middle of the area and the forward struck a first-time shot through the legs of his marker, Marlon Gomes, and into the bottom corner.
The game was all but over as a contest three minutes into the second half after Lookman played the ball out wide to Davide Zappacosta and his cross into the six-yard box was headed home by Raoul Bellanova.
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At 3-0, Lookman, who also hit the crossbar in the first half, was taken off with over half an hour to play, his work done for the night. The tie ended with the same scoreline as the last time the sides met in the Champions League in 2019.
Full roundup to follow, with Leipzig v Juventus and Lille v Real Madrid among the 8pm (BST) kick-offs.