– Arsenal travel to Paris to face French champions PSG– Atletico Madrid, Barcelona and Man City play tonight – Real Madrid are the reigning Champions League holders The UEFA Champions League returns tonight with some of the biggest clubs facing each other on match day one of the 2016/2017 season.Arsenal players in a training sessionFor starters.
below are the matches that will be played today;Basel vs Ludogorets RazgradParis Saint Germain vs ArsenalBenfica vs BesiktasDynamo Kyiv vs SSC NapoliBarcelona vs CelticManchester City vs Borussia MoenchengladbachBayern Munich vs FC RostovPSV Eindhoven vs Atletico Madrid .The pick of the matches is obviously PSG vs Arsenal with that match in particular set to decide who tops group A.PSG midfielder Marco Verratti has already saidplaying Arsenal will make things easy for his sidegiven that they know how Wenger’s side play.Another match to watch out for is PSV vs Atletico. The two teams played each other in the round of 16 last season with the Spanish side progressing on penalties last season.Gaston Pereiro (L) of PSV duels with Gabi (R) of Atletico Madrid during the UEFA Champions League match in Eindhoven, The Netherlands, 24 February 2016.Celtic have history against Barcelona and the Scots defeated the Catalans in 2012 in a famous 2 – 1 win at Parkhead.Barcelona are scarred after losing their last game; a La Liga clash to newly promoted Alaves at Camp Nou…a shocker could be in the cards…maybe.Pep Guardiola’s third Champions League tie with City (the Citizens played in the play-offs) comes against opponents he knows well in Moenchengladbach. The German side are still reeling the loss of star midfielder Granit Xhaka to Arsenal.check the pictures below.
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