Champions League Roundup: 9/17 - 9/18

Several Mexicans saw action in the first week of Champions League play for the 2013-2014 season.  Here is a recap of the action organized by league:

Liga BBVA

Carlos Vela played 90 minutes in Real Sociedad's 0-2 loss at Ukrainian club Shaktar Donetsk.  Several chances were created for the Spanish side, but none finding the back of the net.  Sociedad has been struggling on offense lately, having scored only 1 goal in their last 3 fixtures.

Elsewhere in Champions League play, Jonathan Dos Santos was not called as Barcelona hosted Dutch club Ajax.  Barcelona defeated Ajax 4-0.

English Premier League

Javier "Chicharito" Hernandez substituted Wayne Rooney at 84' as Manchester United cruised to a 4-2 home victory over German club Bayer Leverkusen.  Hernandez has featured little for Manchester United thus far in the 2013-2014 season, even as Wayne Rooney and Danny Welbeck have missed time with injury.

Hector Herrera played his first Champions League minutes for Porto

Primeira Liga

Hector Herrera and Diego Reyes both began Porto's Champions League opener at Austria Wien on the bench.  Reyes remained on the bench throughout Porto's hard fought 1-0 victory, while Herrera was substituted at 79' for his first career UEFA minutes

Champions League play resumes on Tuesday, October 1st, as Porto host red-hot Spanish power Atelico Madrid and Barcelona travels to Scotland to face Celtic.  On October 2nd, Real Sociedad travel to Germany to face Bayer Leverkusen, and Manchester United face Shaktar Donetsk in Ukraine.