A little music and three sacred letters: LDC. The Champions League resumes service this Tuesday, but in a new format that promises to offer spectacle and shocks from September to fans of European football.
And looking at the menu for this first day of the Champions League, it's hard to disagree with the designers of this new formula, which will see the 36 qualified teams compete in a single league whose ranking will determine the final table of the competition. The two Milanese teams are thus offered a double clash against Premier League heavyweights: AC Milan will host Liverpool while Inter will have the difficult task of traveling to the Etihad Stadium to face Manchester City.
On the French side, the entry will be relatively smooth for Lille (away to the pitch of Sporting Portugal), PSG (which will host Girona) and Brest (which will host Sturm Graz). On the other hand, there will be no observation round for Monaco, which will see FC Barcelona land at Louis II from the start. RMC Sport takes stock of the menu for this first day of the Champions League.
The full schedule for the first day of the Champions League
Tuesday, September 17, 2024
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Juventus-PSV Eindhoven (6:45 p.m.)
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Young Boys-Aston Villa (6:45 p.m.)
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Bayern Munich-Dinamo Zagreb (9 p.m.)
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AC Milan-Liverpool (9 p.m.)
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Real Madrid-Stuttgart (9 p.m.)
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Sporting Portugal-Lille (9 p.m.)
Wednesday, September 18, 2024
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Bologna-Shakhtar Donetsk (6:45 p.m.)
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Sparta Prague-Salzburg (6:45 p.m.)
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Club Brugge-Borussia Dortmund (9 p.m.)
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Celtic Glasgow-Slovan Bratislava (9 p.m.)
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Manchester City-Inter (9 p.m.)
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PSG-Girona (9 p.m.)
Thursday, September 19, 2024
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Red Star-Benfica (6:45 p.m.)
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Feyenoord-Bayer Leverkusen (6:45 p.m.)
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Atalanta-Arsenal (9 p.m.)
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Atlético Madrid-Leipzig (9 p.m.)
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Monaco-Barcelona (9 p.m.)
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Brest-Sturm Graz (9 p.m.)
The second day of this 2024-2025 Champions League, like the six that will follow, will be held over two days, the October 1st and 2nd, 2024. Only the 8th day of the league phase will be played in multiplex on a single day, the January 29, 2025.
Original article published on RMC Sport
