The 1st matchday of the brand new Champions Leaguehopefully reaches its finale. The first of his total eight “steps”. League Phase ends today, Thursday evening (19/09).
Two games stand out on the schedule. OR Atalanta will welcome her to Bergamo Arsenal in a battle of final… fall. His team Arteta seems determined to chase the English championship to the end this year, but he is not going to leave it to chance Champions League. The absences of the “gunners” are enough with them Odegard and Merino to confidently lose the game while his participation Satchel in the basic 11 ada still remains doubtful.
On the other hand, Atalanta as its owner Europa League is aiming to make a strong start to this year’s All-Star event and in front of her fans she will not want to miss this opportunity. Of course, the Italians are equally struck by “fate”, as they have long since lost his services Shackbut also his Scalviniwhile the new transfer acquisition, Godfreyhas a problem in the back.
Equally impressive is expected to be the game between Atletico Madrid and her Leipziginside the “Metropolitano”. The Madrilenians have made an excellent start to the La Ligawith three wins and two draws and hope to carry their good form into the top club competition.
In the opposing camp, Leipzig consistently in recent years presents a highly competitive face at Champions League and is a permanent danger against teams, with its size Atlético.
OR Monaco will “bump” with her Barcelonawhich appears to be one of the most established teams in Europe, with Hansie Flick to count only victories in his career so far on the bench of the “Blaugrana”, who have knocked out the Danny Olmo.
For the first time in the history of Brest advanced to its final stage Champions Leaguebut will play its home games at its home ground Gingabas the stadium was considered old enough to host such matches. Her opponent will be Storm Garth which returns to the organization after 24 whole years and the distant year 2000.
We remind you that League Phase will last until January 29. The top 8 teams in the single standings will be directly in the knockouts, those from the 9th “step” to the 24th will go through Playoffs with double matches to give the “present” to the “16”, while the positions 25-36 lead to elimination, without “relegation” to the Europa League,
The program in detail:
Tuesday 17/9
Juventus-Eindhoven 3-1
(21′ Yildiz, 27′ McKenney, 52′ Gonzales – 90’+3′ Salibari)
Young Boys-Aston Villa 0-3
(27′ Tielemans, 38′ Ramsey, 86′ Onana)
Bayern Munich-Dinamo Zagreb 9-2
(19’/57’/72’/78′ Kane, 33′ Guerreiro, 38’/60′ Olisse, 85′ Sane, 90’+2′ Gorecka – 48′ Petkovic, 50′ Ogiwara)
Milan-Liverpool 1-3
(3′ Pulisic – 23′ Konate, 41′ Van Dijk, 67′ Soboslay)
Real Madrid – Stuttgart 3-1
(46′ Mbappe, 83′ Riedinger, 90’+5′ Edrick – 68′ Udav)
Sporting Lisbon-Lille 2-0
(38′ Giokeres, 65′ Debast)
Wednesday 18/9
Bologna-Shakhtar 0-0
Sparta Prague-Salzburg 3-0
(2′ Cairen, 42′ Olatuni, 58′ Latsi)
Club Brugge-Dortmund 0-3
(68′, 76′ Gittens, 90+5′ Girassi)
Celtic-Slovan Bratislava 5-1
(17′ Scales, 47′ Furuhashi, 56′ Engels, 70′ Maenda, 87′ Ida – 61′ Wimmer)
Manchester City-Inter 0-0
Paris-Girona 1-0
(90′ Gazzaniga own goal)
Thursday 19/9
Red Star-Benfica 19:45
Feyenoord-Leverkusen 19:45
Atalanta-Arsenal 22:00
Atletico Madrid-Leipzig 22:00
Monaco-Barcelona 22:00
Brest-Sturm Graz 22:00
Source: Sport Fm
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