A preview of what’s happening around the Champions League on Wednesday:
GROUP A
Bayern Munich’s defense of the name begins with a difficult game against Atlético de Madrid. Their last matches have been close, all winning 1-0 at home in the organization level of the 2016-17 competition, while Atlético completed the away goals of their semi-final last season. The Spanish aspect was enhanced with the arrival of Luis Suárez from Barcelona. He scored twice with his deyet in a 6-1 win over Granada. Bayern have an 11-game winning streak in the Champions League, but fell to a 4-1 loss to Hoffenheim in the Bundesliga on September 27, ending their 32-game streak unbeaten in all competitions. Bayern coach Hansi Flick complained about his squad’s busy schedule, one of the reasons the club responded with the signings of Leroy Sané, Marc Roca, Douglas Costa, Eric Maxim Choupo-Moting and Bouna Sarr. The club also has a new replacement for goalkeeper Manuel Neuer in Alexander Nübel, while defender Tanguy Nianzou is not on their Champions League squad. No enthusiast will be provided for the game due to the increased number of coronavirus cases in the Bavarian capital. Salzburg host Lokomotiv Moscow in the other organization game.
GROUP B
After not being able to succeed in the final eight of the last two seasons, Real Madrid, a 13-time winner, begins their crusade against Shakhtar Donetsk in an adjustment to be played at their school and une enthusiasts for the accumulation of coronavirus cases. in Spain. The Santiago Bernabéu stadium in Madrid is still under renovation, so the team will continue to play at the Alfredo Di Stéfano stadium, with a capacity of 6000 seats. It is in Di Stéfano that Madrid suffered on Saturday their first defeat of the season – 1-0 against the ascended Cadiz in the Spanish league. In the other party of the organization, Inter Milan receives Borussia Monchengladbach for the first assembly of the former heavyw8 in more than 40 years. The German aspect defeated Inter in the direction of the UEFA Cup victory in 1979. Gladbach hopes to do better in his third organization-level appearance in the Champions League after untimely outings in 2015 and 2016, and will seek a smart start with coach Marco Rose’s debut in the competition.
GROUP C
Manchester City make their last attempt as European champion for the first time with a home game against Porto and manager Pep Guardiola continues to suffer with an injured team, Kevin De Bruyne, Aymeric Laporte and Benjamin Mendy are the last marginal players, while striker Gabriel Jesús will be out for “months,” Guardiola said this weekend. Some inconsistent performances so far this season – adding a 5-2 goal from Leicester – and Portuguese central defender Ruben Dias already appears to be a signing to shore up the defence. They return to the Champions League after missing last season by the first Marseille, the only French Winner of the Champions League – in 1993 – is at the level of organization for the first time in seven seasons and leaves for Olympiakos.
GROUP D
Liverpool have a kind of defensive crisis in an away game at Ajax. Being without injured goalkeeper Alisson Becker for a few weeks is insignificant compared to the seismic blow of defeating center-back Virgil van Dijk for months, and in all likelihood the rest of the season, after injuring the cruciate ligaments in his right knee on Saturday. . Attack arguably now turns out to be the most productive form of defense for Liverpool, the six-time European champion who last won the name in 2019, the year Ajax reached the semi-finals. Since then, this team has been torn apart, with Donny van de Beek and Hakim Ziyech among the latest players to leave last offseason. The most sensible scorer Atalanta faces organizational newcomer FC Midtjylland in the other attack and is coming off a notable quarter-final appearance last season. The Italian look had a bad appearance in the 4-1 loss to Napoli this weekend. Midtjylland has reached the pinnacle of Danish football and is at the Champions League organization level for the first time, thanks to the knowledge and stat-driven technique the club has embraced in transfers and tactics.
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