Bayern Munich vs. Valencia Recap Champions League 2012-13, BATE Borisov defeats Lille

Bayern Munich hung on to their lead to defeat Valencia and win their opening match of the UEFA Champions League 2-1.

The match got off to a rather conservative side as Valencia did little the way of offensive. But seven minutes before half, Bastian Schweinsteiger put the German side up 1-0. The play was initiated by Franck Ribery who found Arjen Robben. The Dutch playmaker threw the pass to Schweinsteiger whose shot deflected into the net.

The lead held until the 76^th minute when Toni Kroos extended with a shot into the top left corner from 25 yards out.

Then the match took on a wild complexion. Nelson Haedo Valdez headed in a  corner in the first minute of stoppage but a foul by Adil Rami on Robben gave Mario Mandzukic a penalty. However, Valencia keeper Diego Alves made the save to keep the goal differential at -1.

Even though that match went as planned the other one in the group did not. Belarussian champions BATE Borisov had a tremendous first half to shock French club Lille.

Aliaksandr Volodko scored in the 6^th minute and Vitalii Rodionov doubled the lead in the 20^th to give the visitors a 2-0 lead. In the 43^rd minute Edgar Olenovich added another to make it 3-0 and essentially end the match.

Lille got a goal in the 60^th from Aurelien Chedjou, but it was not enough as Borisov sat back and defended for the remainder of the match.

Next up is a match between Valencia and Lille while Bayern Munich takes on BATE Borisov.