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Manchester United crush Sabah 4-0 on Champions League debut

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Manchester United defeated the Azerbaijani club Sabah with a score of 4:0 in the first round of the main stage of the Champions League.
Sabah became the first club in the history of the tournament to field players from 11 different nationalities in the starting lineup.
The goals were scored by Cunha, Fernandes, Sheshko and Martinez.

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Why It Matters

The match took place as part of the first round of the main stage of the UEFA Champions League. Manchester United is an English football club, Sabah is an Azerbaijani club from Baku.

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The English football club Manchester United beat the Azerbaijani Sabah in the first round match of the main stage of the Champions League.

The meeting in Manchester ended with a score of 4:0 in favor of the hosts. The goals were scored by Matheus Cunha (27th minute), Bruno Fernandes (42), Benyamin Sheshko (45) and Lisandro Martinez (68).

Sabah became the first club in the history of the Champions League to field players from 11 different nationalities in their starting lineup for their debut match in the tournament. At the same time, from the first minutes of the English club, players from 10 different countries took to the field - among them were two Belgians.

In the second round, Manchester United will play away against Atletico Madrid on October 13, and Sabah will host Slavia Prague on the same day.

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Manchester United will play away against Atletico Madrid on October 13
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Sabah will host Slavia Prague on October 13
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Open Questions

What will be the future path of the teams in the group?
Will Sabah repeat his record in the next matches?
Will other clubs be able to repeat the achievement of diversity of nationalities?