2ND Round: Action Resumes At UEFA Champions League
By Tanko Bauka
Actions would resume in the UEFA Champions League for the second round of matches in the new league format that football fans are yet to come to terms with.
The defending champion, Real Madrid, which opened their defence with a 3-1 win over Stuttgart, travel to France to take on Lille, who lost 2-0 to Sporting CP.
Manchester City, winner of the Champions League in the 2022-2023 season, will need to hit the ground running as they seek the three points at stake, having been held to a goalless draw by Inter Milan, as they locked horns with Slovan Bratislava, which was hammered heavily by Celtic.
There are mouth-watering encounters across the various venues in Europe, but some of the encounter that stand out is the match between Aston Villa vs Bayern Munich and Arsenal vs Paris Saint Germain.
Aston Villa and Bayern Munich both begin the tournament with a fine start, scoring 13 combined goals in the process, with Bayern Munich scoring 9 against Dinamo Zagreb while Aston Villa putting three past Young Boys.
Arsenal, on the other hand, played a goalless draw with Atalanta, but PSG snatched a late goal against Girona.
Barcelona lost to Monaco by a lone goal and will take on Young Boys to redeem their image.
Fixtures
Tuesday
Salzburg vs Stade Bretois
Stuttgart vs Sparta Praha
Arsenal vs PSG
Barcelona vs Young Boys
Bayern Leverkusen vs AC Milan
Dortmund vs Celtic
Inter Milan vs Crvena Zvezda
PSV vs Sporting Lisbon
Slovan Bratislava vs Manchester City
Wednesday
Girona vs Feyenoord
Shakhar Donetsk vs Atalanta
Aston Villa vs Bayern Munich
Benfica vs Atletico Madrid
Dinamo Zagreb vs Monaco
Lille vs Real Madrid
Liverpool vs Bologna
RB Leipzig vs Juventus
Sturm Graz vs Club Brugge
