All the keys to this Tuesday’s matches in the Champions League

The Champions League reaches the fourth day this week and throughout Tuesday a total of nine meetings will be held, two of which are those of real Madrid and the Girona respectively and there is another main dish like Liverpool-Bayer Leverkusen.

PSV-Girona

6:45 p.m

Girona faces a big challenge in its Champions League quest. Míchel’s team visit the Philips Stadion to face PSV Eindhoven, a team that, although it has yet to win European competition, is showing itself to be a very solid rival at home. The Dutch, leaders of the Eredivisie with ten wins and one loss – certainly last weekend against second-placed Ajax – have not lost at their stadium since November 12, 2022, when AZ Alkmaar managed a 0-1 . Since then, PSV has turned its expanse into an impregnable fortress, a challenge the Catalans are ready to meet.

2

Slovan Bratislava-Dinamo Zagreb

6:45 p.m

Slovan Bratislava is the last classified in the Champions League (36th). They are yet to score any points and are the team with the most goals with 11 goals. Furthermore, their squad is the lowest cost in the competition so far (28.78 million). Dinamo Zagreb also struggled to progress, after suffering a tough 9-2 win in Munich. However, he recovered and went undefeated for two days. In total there are four units.

3

Bologna-Monaco

9:00 p.m

The great exit of Bologna’s best players in the summer limited the team; In the Champions League they have not won yet, while in the league they are far from repeating last season. Thiago Motta, the former coach, also left, although the club invested 123 million in the squad to alleviate the casualties. On the other hand, Monaco had a good start to the season. In the Champions League he has seven points (4th) and has not lost a game. The red and white team kept the base of last year’s squad and made some important signings. Balogun and Salisu, two of the most important players, are out due to injury.

4

Dortmund-Sturm Graz

9:00 p.m

Borussia Dortmund, who just lost at the Bernabéu 5-2 in a match in which they led 2-0 in the first half, occupy eleventh place in the Champions League standings with two wins and one loss. Sahin’s team wants to forget what happened in Madrid and will face Sturm Graz, who are classified first in the Austrian Bundesliga. The German team still has a full infirmary and will have many absences from the match; Gregor Kobel, Julian Ryerson, Yan Couto, Waldemar Anton and Nikas Sule. Despite the defeats, Dortmund occupy fifth place in the Bundesliga and have won their last nine games at Singal Iduna Park

5

Celtic-Leipzig

9:00 p.m

After receiving a heavy defeat in their first match in the Champions League against Borussia Dortmund (7-1), Celtic did not lose again. The Scottish team, who occupy 20th place in the standings, will be looking for a second consecutive victory against Leipzig, a team that has accumulated three consecutive defeats in Europe’s top competition. The German club, which did not raise its head in the Champions League, occupies the 31st place in the table, however, the team has a different face in the Bundesliga. Marco Rose’s team was unbeaten in the national competition until last Saturday, when they lost to Borussia Dortmund (1-2) and ended their streak.

6

Lille-Juventus

9:00 p.m

Lille, who host Juventus today, have had a good start to the season, both in Ligue 1 and in the Champions League. In European competition they beat Real Madrid and Atlético, adding six points. The French team is playing in Europe for the second consecutive year, after passing the four-game qualifying phase. Jonathan David will return to lead the team; adds up to 12 goals between all competitions. After a few seasons in the shadows, Juventus is once again the great club it once was. Thiago Motta manages to revive a team with some young players who compete very well; The black and white team is unbeaten in Serie A. In the Champions League they have six points and their only defeat was in the last minute against Stuttgart. The club made a great effort last summer and spent 164 million on the signing

7

Liverpool-Leverkusen

21.00

Perhaps it is written: Xabi Alonso is now back at Anfield, which was his home, as a player, between 2004 and 2009, before signing for Real Madrid. He returned to the helm of Bayer Leverkusen, as champion coach of the Bundesliga (the first for the BayArena club) and the German Cup, to face Liverpool on matchday 4 of the new Champions League.

8

R. Madrid-Milan

9:00 p.m

After not playing this past weekend due to the DANA tragedy, Real Madrid will return to competition tonight. He does it at the Bernabéu where the echoes of the last match still reverberate: Barcelona’s 0-4. A Clásico that left the white team “touched” and, in addition, saw how Vinicius was left without the Ballon d’Or Now, another classic awaits Ancelotti’s men. This time, European and a bit decaffeinated as Real Madrid haven’t faced Milan, the current rivals, in the Champions League for 14 years. Of course, the two teams with the most titles in that competition are on the field: 15 for Real Madrid and seven for Milan.

9

Sporting-Manchester City

21.00

More morbid impossibilities tonight at the José Alvalade stadium, with fans Rúben Amorim saying goodbye to his last game in charge of Sporting de Portugal before starting work in the 11th as coach of Manchester United. Well, their rivals today are Pep Guardiola’s City. It’s like an early derby.
After facing City, Amorim will coach Sporting for the final time on Sunday, at home to Braga. Tonight at Alvalade, in his last match in the Champions League as coach of the Lisbon team, Amorim will star in a great rivalry with Guardiola. The next between the two is at least in the Premier on December 15 at City-United.