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The new Champions League has already set a record: the most goals scored by a team in a single match. Bayern Munich achieved this remarkable feat in their home clash against Dinamo Zagreb, with a resounding 9-2 win that will go down in the tournament's history.
The floodgates opened in the second half after the Bavarians took an initial 3-0 lead, with goals from Harry Kane, Raphael Guerreiro, and Michael Olise. The injury to goalkeeper Manuel Neuer and the substitution of Sven Ulreich briefly unsettled the hosts, allowing the Croatian side to score two quick goals early in the second half.
Then, the goal fest began, with the English striker netting four goals himself. Olise (with a brace), Sane, and Goretzka completed the historic scoreline, marking a record-breaking result in the Champions League since it was rebranded in 1995. No club had ever scored nine goals in a single match before.
The last time something similar occurred was in 2003, when Monaco defeated Deportivo La Coruna 8-3. However, this isn’t the match with the highest total number of goals. That record belongs to Borussia Dortmund’s 8-4 win over Legia Warsaw in 2016.
As for the all-time record before the Champions League era, it’s held by Feyenoord. On September 17, 1969, exactly 55 years before Bayern’s 9-2 win, the Dutch side beat Iceland’s KR Reykjavik with an astonishing 12-2 scoreline, the match with the most goals in history.
