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It would have been the scoop of the year if he had said otherwise

Full-time: Young Boys 1-3 RB Leipzig

As expected, Leipzig were too good for Young Boys. With Manchester City also in Group G, there isn’t too much danger.

AIM! Youth Boys 1-3 RB Leipzig (Sesko 90+2) Young and exciting striker Benjamin Sesko sealed the victory for Leipzig.

Milan 0-0 Newcastle Eight minutes left at San Siro, where Newcastle are clinging to a point in their first Champions League match since the days of Junior Senior and Maid in Manhattan.

This time next year, Rodney…

AIM! Youth Boys 1-2 Leipzig (X Schlager 74)

Xaver Schlager gave Leipzig the lead, who hope to finish second in Group G, in Switzerland. Red Star and Manchester City are the other teams in this group.

Manchester City vs Red Star Belgrade team news

Matheus Nunes makes his full City debut, one of three changes since the win at West Ham on Saturday. Sergio Gomez And Nathan Aké come in too; Jeremy Doku, Manuel Akanji and Josko Gvardiol kindly gave up their places.

Manchester City (possible 4-2-3-1) Ederson; Walker, Dias, Ake, Gomez; Rodri, Nunes; Bernardo, Alvarez, Foden; Haaland.
Substitutes: Ortega, Carson, Phillips, Doku, Gvardiola, Akanji, Bobb, Lewis.

Red Star Belgrade (possible 4-2-3-1) O Glazer; Mijailovic, Djiga, Dragovic, Rodic; Hwang, Stamenic; Bukari, Ivanic, S Mitrovic; Ndiaye.
Substitutes: Popovic, Vasiljevic, Degenek, Spajic, Kanga, Katai, Olayinka, Krasso, Milunovic, Kangwa, Lucic, Kabic.

Arbitrator João Pedro Silva Pinheiro (Portugal)

Shakhtar Donetsk vs FC Porto team news

Shakhtar Donetsk (possible 4-3-3) Riznyk; Konoplya, Lemkin, Rakitskiy, Miroshi; Nazaryna, Stepanenko, Sudakov; Zubkov, Sikan, Kelsy.
Substitutes: Rudko, Castillo, Eguinaldo, Kryskiv, Puzankov, Gocholeishvili, Azarovi, Vyunnyk, Bondarenko, Ocheretko, Kozik, Kashchuk.

FC Porto (possible 4-3-3) Costa; João Mario, Carmo, Kleper Pepe, Sanusi; Varela, Franco, Stephen Eustaquio; Jaime, Taremi, Galeno.
Substitutes: Fabio Cardoso, Grujic, Francisco Conceicao, Claudio Ramos, Sanchez, Gonzalez, Wendell, Navarro, Baro, Martinez, Borges.

Arbitrator Davide Massa (Italy)

Team news Feyenoord vs Celtic

Two changes for Celtic since the victory over Dundee this weekend. Luis Palma And Gustave Lagerbielke replacing the injured Nat Phillips and the uninjured David Turnbull.

Feyenoord (4-2-3-1 possible) Wellenreuther; Geertruida, Trauner, Hancko, Hartman; Wieffer, Stengs; Wood, Igor Paixao, Minteh; Ivanusec.
Substitutes: Beelen, Zerrouki, Jahanbakhsh, Dilrosun, Lopez, Van den Belt, Sauer, Lamprou, Lingr, van Sas.

Celtic (possible 4-3-3) Hart, A. Johnston, Lagerbielke, Scales, Taylor; O’Riley, McGregor, Hatate; Palma, Furuhashi, Maeda.
Subs: Yang, Turnbull, Holm, Oh, Iwata, Bernardo, Bain, Forrest, Ralston, M Johnston, Morrison.

Arbitrator Irfan Peljto (Bosnia and Herzegovina)

Lazio vs Atletico Madrid team news

Lazio (4-3-3 possible) Provedel, Marusic, Patric Gil, Romagnoli, Pellegrini, Kamada, Vecino, Luis Alberto, Felipe Anderson, Immobile, Zaccagni.
Substitutes: Guendouzi, Pedro, Casale, Isaksen, Castellanos, Hysaj, Lazzari, Cataldi, Sepe, Gila, Rovella, Renzetti.

Atlético Madrid (possible 5-3-2) Oblak, Molina, Lino, Savic, Witsel, Hermoso; Llorente, Barrios, Saul; Griezmann, Morata.
Substitutes: Grbic, Gimenez, Azpilicueta, Correa, Galan, Riquelme, Kostis, El Jebari, Gomis, Calatrava, Mini.

Arbitrator Slavko Vincic (Slovenia)

AC Milan 0-0 Newcastle Still virgin after an hour at San Siro. Milan had most of the chances, but they didn’t take them very well.

Paris Saint-Germain vs Borussia Dortmund team news

Paris Saint-Germain (possible 4-3-3) Donnarumma; Hakimi, Skriniar, Marquinhos, Hernandez; Ugarte, Zaire Emery, Vitinha; Dembélé, Kolo Muani, Mbappé.
Substitutes: Navas, Fabian, Goncalo Ramos, Danilo Pereira, Lee, Mukiele, Carlos Soler, Barcola, Tenas.

Borussia Dortmund (possible 4-3-3) Kobel; Ryerson, Sule, Hummels, Schlotterbeck; Brandt, Can, Sabitzer; Wolf, Malen, Adeyemi.
Substitutes: Bensebaini, Ozcan, Reyna, Nmecha, Haller, Reus, Fullkrug, Moukoko, Meyer, Laurenz Lotka, Bynoe-Gittens.

Arbitrator Jesus Gil Manzano (Spain)

Barcelona vs Antwerp team news

Barcelona (possible 4-3-3) ter Stegen; Joao Cancelo, Kounde, Christensen, Balde, Gundogan, de Jong, Gavi; Raphinha, Lewandowski, João Félix.
Substitutes: Martinez, Torres, Pena, Alonso, Romeu, Sergi Roberto, Astralaga, Yamal, Casado, Lopez.

Antwerp (possible 4-2-3-1) Butez; Bataille, Alderweireld, Coulibaly, Wijndal; Keita, Vermeeren; Muja, Ekkelenkamp, ​​Balikwisha; Janssen.
Subs: De Laet, Kerk, Yusuf, Ilenikhena, Ejuke, De Wolf, Van Den Bosch,
Valencia, Lammens.

Arbitrator Radu Petrescu (Romania)

Group by group overview

Preamble

Hello, good evening and welcome to follow live the opening night of the 2023-24 Champions League itself. Holders Manchester City are in action, as are teams ranked 4th, 9th, 13th, 14th and 16th in the UEFA club coefficient list.

The 79th ranked team, Newcastle, are involved in one of the most interesting matches of the evening. They travel to AC Milan in one of the first two kick-offs; you can follow this with the genius Scott Murray, minute by minute. If you don’t want to know the score, why are you reading a Champions League watch?

Newcastle are in a dog group, with PSG meeting Dortmund coming up. They face each other this evening in Paris. The other British team in action is Celtic: winners in 1967, they are now trying to reach the round of 16 for the first time since 2007, when they lost a draw to eventual winners AC Milan. Their group is also quite tricky. They have Feyenoord tonight, a repeat of the 1970 final, followed by Lazio and Atletico Madrid.

These are tonight’s matches, all kick off at 8pm BST unless otherwise stated.

Group E

  • Feyenoord vs Celtic

  • Lazio vs Atlético Madrid

Group F

Group G

Group H

* Paris Saint-Germain, Leipzig, Dortmund, Barcelona and Atletico Madrid.


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