– Man City’s rescheduled match will be played tonight in England
– Real Madrid play Sporting Lisbon, a club Ronaldo wants to retire in
– Leicester City play their first ever Champions League tie tonight
– All UCL matches will kick-off at 7.45 pm (Nigerian time)
The match day one fixtures of the 2016/2017 Champions League season continues today and NaiJ.com gives you live build up to the clashes.
For those who do not know, here are the matches to be played today;
Group C
Manchester City vs Borussia Moenchengladbach (rescheduled from yesterday)
Pep Guardiola’s Man City will be hoping to make an impression
Group E
Bayer Leverkusen vs CSKA Moscow
Tottenham Hotspur vs Monaco
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Group F
Legia Warszawa vs Borussia Dortmund
Real Madrid vs Sporting CP
Group G
Club Brugge vs Leicester City
FC Porto vs FC Koebenhavn
Group H
Juventus vs Sevilla
Lyon vs Dinamo Zagreb
The biggest tie of the day is Sevilla’s trip to Turin to face Italian powerhouse Juventus who are considered one of the favorites for the title this season.
Juventus are one ofd the favourites for the Champions League
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Cristiano Ronaldo returns to the club of his dreams and where he intends to end his career; Sporting Lisbon.
Cristiano Ronaldo will be hoping to get one over his former club
Monaco travel to London to face Tottenham Hotspursin another must follow clash. Radamel Falcao is set to start for the principality club after spending the last month on the sidelines.
English Champions Leicester City are playing their ever Champions League clash against Belgian side Club Brugge. The Champions have had a shaky start to the season but the team have enough in them to win.
Ahmed Musa should start for the Foxes while Jamie Vardy will lead the line.
Jamie Vardy’s speed was key to Leicester City’s counter-attacking style last season
Finally, Man City’s rescheduled clash against Borussia Moenchengladbach holds at 7.45pm (as with other matches).
The German side are missing the bite of the departed Granit Xhaka in midfield while City have dropped Yaya Toure from the Champions League squad.
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