The Champions Blog

 THE CHAMPIONS BLOG The Champions League is back, and what a phenomenal amount of drama, excitement, and hype that has been delivered all across Europe over the last three days. From the return of many favorites and the debuts of three teams to the nail-biting drama that the Champions League has delivered on many occasions in the past. Welcome back, everyone. This is the Champions Blog. Tuesday 17th:  Juventus vs PSV Eindhoven (Allianz Stadium, Turin, Italy) Young Boys vs Aston Villa (Wankdorf Stadium, Bern, Switzerland) Real Madrid vs Vfb Stuttgart (Santiago Bernabeu, Madrid, Spain) Bayern Munich vs Dinamo Zagreb (Allianz Arena, Munich, Germany) Sporting CP vs LOSC Lille (Estadio Jose Alvalade, Lisbon, Portugal) AC Milan vs Liverpool (San Siro, Milan, Italy) The football week started with separate games in Turin and Bern, with Juventus and PSV taking to the stage in the Allianz Stadium and Young Boys and Aston Villa taking each other on at the Wankdorf Stadium. Villa is appearing in t

 THE CHAMPIONS BLOG: LEAGUE PHASE DRAW SPECIAL The Champions League is back after a long and restful summer, which kicked off with a month of international football in Germany. All the players have been well rested and are ready to take on this historic new season of the Champions League. As the new season begins, the first-ever draw of the brand-new League Phase has been drawn, and the games UEFA has in store for us are certainly breathtaking.  This is the Champions Blog.  Pot 1: Who Each Team Got: Real Madrid:  Borussia Dortmund (h) Liverpool (a)  AC Milan (h) Atalanta (a) RB Salzburg (h) Lille (a) VfB Stuttgart (h) Brest (a) Real Madrid's quest to retain their European title requires them to face off against the last two teams they met in the final of the Champions League. As most fans of both teams would've known, Liverpool and Real Madrid have had some quite exciting encounters in recent times, most notably in the 2018 and 2022 Champions League finals, with Real Madrid pre