South Korea defender Lee Han-beom made his Champions League debut Tuesday, playing the full match in Club Brugge's 3-2 home loss to Aston Villa.
Lee started at center back in Bruges, Belgium. He joined Club Brugge last month after moving to Europe with Danish club Midtjylland in 2023 and has started all five of the Belgian club's league matches this season.
Lee previously appeared in the Europa League and Champions League qualifying for Midtjylland but had never played in the main Champions League competition.
John McGinn gave Villa the lead in the 11th minute before Hugo Vetlesen equalized eight minutes later. Emiliano Buendia and Nicolas Jackson then scored to put Villa ahead 3-1 by halftime. Nicolo Tresoldi converted a second-half penalty for Brugge.
According to FotMob, Lee completed 95 of 100 passes, won all four of his aerial duels and three of five ground duels, earning a 6.6 rating.
Porto midfielder Hwang In-beom came off the bench in the 68th minute of his team's 2-0 home loss to Manchester City. Erling Haaland scored both goals for City.
Elsewhere, Real Madrid beat Inter Milan 2-1 behind goals from Kylian Mbappe and Federico Valverde. Borussia Dortmund defeated Villarreal 3-2, Real Betis beat Lille by the same score, and AEK Athens edged LASK 1-0.
(This article was produced with the assistance of AI. — Ed.)
