The first matchday of the UEFA Champions League group stage wrapped up Wednesday, and there were plenty of must-see highlights from the eight-game slate. Once again, goals came aplenty as teams from all over the continent tried to get their campaigns off on the right foot.
This season, there will be a chance for fans to catch all of the major moments of every match as they happen with CBS Sports' brand new "The Golazo Show." It is a live whip-around program on group stage matchdays hosted by Nico Cantor. For the Wednesday broadcast, Cantor was joined by former Everton manager, and current Belgium boss, Roberto Martinez. Coverage begins at 2:30 p.m. ET on CBS Sports Network and CBS All Access.
In other words, if there's a program that understands which goals from Wednesday's matches were worthy of celebrating, it's this one. The Golazo Show put together a countdown collection of the Top 5 Golazos of the day.
Here are the top five goals from Wednesday:
🚨Here are the top 5 Golazo's of the day from The Golazo show🚨
— Champions League on CBS Sports (@UCLonCBSSports) October 21, 2020
Who do you have as number 1? 👀 pic.twitter.com/FOAUcPzsM5
5. Papu Gomez, Atalanta
It was yet another offensive thrashing from the Italian darlings of last season's Champions League, defeating Midtjylland 4-0 in the opener. The best of the bench came from Gomez, who fired a rocket from outside of the box.
Papu Gomez! What a strike, he makes it 2-0. pic.twitter.com/YVtUmUNKRm
— Champions League on CBS Sports (@UCLonCBSSports) October 21, 2020
4. Dominik Szoboszlai, RB Salzburg
A standout from the two early games came from the American-coached Austrian team with Szoboszlai firing one from way downtown outside of the corner of the box from a seemingly impossible angle.
GOLAZOOO 🚀
— Champions League on CBS Sports (@UCLonCBSSports) October 21, 2020
Dominik Szoboszlai levels it for @FCRBS_en before the half. pic.twitter.com/h0GwO0tMwT
3. Kingsley Coman, Bayern Munich
Coman absolutely undressed a purportedly stout Atletico defense to get his club's lead to four, a total that would hold until the final whistle.
Kingsley Coman does it AGAIN 🤯 pic.twitter.com/5gdxfJekB8
— Champions League on CBS Sports (@UCLonCBSSports) October 21, 2020
2. Luka Modric, Real Madrid
It wasn't the best night for Los Blancos on Wednesday, but there was a brief moment where a strong comeback seemed possible. Such thoughts began with Modric firing a powerful shot from outside the box into the top corner of the net that seemed to galvanize his team into thinking they could still pull out a win -- though they fell short thanks to VAR.
QUE GOLAZO! Pick that one out. Luka Modric makes it 3-1 with this sublime effort. pic.twitter.com/dlteZvCQWo
— Champions League on CBS Sports (@UCLonCBSSports) October 21, 2020
1. Corentin Tolisso, Bayern Munich
An absolute thunderbolt from a player making his Champions League debut that just further drove home how outmatched their Spanish opponents were on Wednesday.
Corentin Tolisso, are you kidding me?!
— Champions League on CBS Sports (@UCLonCBSSports) October 21, 2020
Watch it again and again 🥵 pic.twitter.com/rWm2YI6OYb
Matchday 2 of the Champions League kicks off next Tuesday.