After the first round of the UEFA Champions League Group Stage ended.
Arsenal topped Group H with 3 points and a goal difference of +8.
Shakhtar Donetsk beat Partizan Belgrade 1–0 to take second place in the group.
Partizan Belgrade ranked third.
Braga, the Portuguese League side Arsenal had thrashed 8–0, sat at the bottom.
In another group, Barcelona crushed Panathinaikos 5–1, with Messi scoring twice and assisting twice to create four goals himself.
If Messi hadn't missed a penalty in the 55th minute, he would have created five goals himself, just like Li Yufei.
Seeing that, Li Yufei couldn't help marveling at how formidable Messi was at this stage of his career!
He'd already put in a godlike performance in his first match, scoring a four-goal haul and breaking a series of UEFA Champions League records.
Yet Messi's performance was only one penalty short of matching his.
If Messi had scored his penalty, or Li Yufei had missed his, they would have created the same number of goals.
"Good grief, he's incredible. No wonder Messi was so terrifying during Dream Team III's era."
Li Yufei then checked Real Madrid's result. They had beaten Ajax 2–0 in their opening match.
Real Madrid's only goal came from Gonzalo Higuain, while the other was an own goal by the opposition.
Ronaldo had been largely ineffective that match, making little impact.
As for the source of Li Yufei's newly acquired item, Benzema—unfortunately, at this stage he was still the same "Benzema the Cat" Real Madrid fans had mocked as a flop.
Real Madrid's starting attack consisted of Gonzalo Higuain up front, with Ronaldo on the left and Di Maria on the right.
Benzema was still a substitute who couldn't get a single chance to play.
Even though he was a French prodigy who