{"id":24945,"date":"2025-09-30T18:23:09","date_gmt":"2025-09-30T18:23:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/naijaglobalnews.org\/?p=24945"},"modified":"2025-09-30T18:23:09","modified_gmt":"2025-09-30T18:23:09","slug":"chelsea-v-benfica-bodo-glimt-v-tottenham-and-more-champions-league-live-champions-league","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/naijaglobalnews.org\/?p=24945","title":{"rendered":"Chelsea v Benfica, Bod\u00f8\/Glimt v Tottenham, and more: Champions League \u2013 live | Champions League"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Real Madrid are up 3-0 in Kazakhstan<\/strong>, with Kylian Mbapp\u00e9 scoring a penalty before netting two in the second-half. The hosts were doing well to fend off the Spanish giants but inexperience cost Kairat with their 18-year-old goalkeeper Sherkhan Kalmurza made a silly foul in the box on Franco Mastantuono. The Kazakhstani keeper saved a spot-kick against Sporting in their first Champions League match but could not do the same against Mbapp\u00e9.<\/p>\n

His second came after Thibaut Courtois caught the hosts\u2019 defence sleeping. Mbapp\u00e9 latched onto the keepers long ball before lifting it over Kalmurza. The Frenchman\u2019s hat-trick was rounded out with a laser shot into the bottom corner.<\/p>\n

Club Brugge led at Atalanta after a curling finish from Christos Tzolis. That is now two goals and four assists in six Champions League matches this season (includes qualifying). But the hosts bounced back after VAR confirmed a penalty, Lazar Samardzic pulling one back.<\/p>\n

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Bayern head to the coasts of Cyprus<\/strong> to take on Pafos and Harry Kane will be keen to add to his Champions League goal tally. He has scored eight goals in his last eight Champions League appearances and is now one of only three players with 20+ goals scored for two different clubs, joining Cristiano Ronaldo and Neymar.<\/p>\n

The striker has also scored a century of goals for the club in record time and, somehow, Bayern and Kane is a combination that just makes sense. Here is more from Andy Brassell.<\/p>\n

<\/span>Harry Kane has been in-form for Bayern Munich. <\/span> Photograph: Matthias Schr\u00e4der\/APShare<\/p>\n

Team news: Bod\u00f8\/Glimt v Spurs<\/h2>\n

Bod\u00f8\/Glimt (4-3-3):<\/strong> Haikin; Sj\u00f8vold, Bj\u00f8rtuft, Aleesami, Bj\u00f8rkan; Evjen, Berg, Brunstad Fet; Auklend, H\u00f8gh, Hauge<\/p>\n

Subs:<\/strong> Lund, Sjong, Nielsen, Gundersen, Blomberg, Helmersen, Klynge, Riisnaes, M\u00e4\u00e4tt\u00e4, J\u00f8rgensen, Hansen<\/p>\n

Spurs (4-3-3):<\/strong> Vicario; Spence, Danso, Van de Ven, Porro; Sarr, Bergvall, Bentancur; Johnson, Richarlison, Odobert<\/p>\n

Subs:<\/strong> Kinsk\u00fd, Austin, Palhinha, Simons, Udogie, Gray, Kudus, Davies, Scarlett, Olusesi, Hardy<\/p>\n

Referee:<\/strong> Ivan Kruzliak (Slovakia)<\/p>\n

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Team news: Chelsea v Benfica<\/h2>\n

Chelsea (4-2-3-1):<\/strong> S\u00e1nchez; Gusto, Chalobah, Badiashile, Cucurella; Caicedo, Fern\u00e1ndez; Neto, Buonanotte, Garnacho; George<\/p>\n

Subs:<\/strong> J\u00f8rgensen, Merrick, Gittens, Jo\u00e3o Pedro, Hato, James, Acheampong, Guiu, Est\u00eav\u00e3o, Lavia, Walsh<\/p>\n

Benfica (4-2-3-1):<\/strong> Trubin; Dedi\u0107, Otamendi, Ant\u00f3nio Silva, Dahl; Barrenechea, R\u00edos; Luk\u00e9bakio, Aursnes, Sudakov; Pavlidis<\/p>\n

Subs:<\/strong> Ferreira, Soares, Obrador, Ivanovi\u0107, Barreiro, Schjelderup, H Ara\u00fajo, T Ara\u00fajo, Oliveira, Veloso, Rego, Prioste<\/p>\n

Referee:<\/strong> Daniel Siebert (Germany)<\/p>\n

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Farther north, Thomas Frank <\/strong>will hope his side can find a creative spark, something they have lacked since the start of the season. While they lie fourth in the Premier League, they are ninth for chance creation.<\/p>\n

Last year, most of the games, it was [Dejan] Kulusevski, [James] Maddison, Sonny [Heung-min] and Dom[inic Solanke] who played. Now we have more or less a new front four and they are doing very well. Maybe we are creating more chances, dominating a bit more. All the right signs are there.<\/p>\n

Read more from Frank and the task at hand in Bod\u00f8 from Jonathan Wilson.<\/p>\n

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Check out the always-funny David Squires<\/strong> on Mourinho\u2019s homecoming before watching the Portuguese describe in his own words his special connection with Chelsea.<\/p>\n

<\/span>‘I will always be a Blue’: Jos\u00e9 Mourinho says Chelsea will always be a part of him \u2013 video<\/span>Share<\/p>\n

Jos\u00e9 Mourinho made his name in European football<\/strong> when he followed up a 2002-03 Uefa Cup success at Porto with a historic Champions League win the next season.<\/p>\n

He went on to lift league titles with Chelsea, Inter and Real Madrid and a second Champions League with the Nerazzurri. The Portuguese legend more recently won the Europa League with Manchester United and completed a clean sweep of the major Uefa club trophies by steering Roma to Conference League glory. Now he is back at Benfica, the club where, for a few months in 2000, he took his first senior coaching role.<\/p>\n

He faces a Chelsea that is much changed from his days as manager. Enzo Maresca has had an tumultuous tenure so far, with Conference League and Club World Cup highs and injury-woes and in-game management lows. While the comparison with Mourinho\u2019s glory days will be clear, the Stamford Bridge hierarchy firmly believe in their current man and he must use his squad if he wants to win over Mourinho today.<\/p>\n

<\/span>Throwback Tuesday: the Guardian\u2019s Tom Jenkins chases Jos\u00e9 Mourinho at Stamford Bridge after the Portuguese was unveiled as Chelsea\u2019s new manager in 2004. <\/span> Photograph: Andrew Parsons\/EPAShare<\/p>\n

How things stand<\/strong> in the Champions League league phase table after the first games.<\/p>\n

And here is a refresher on who stood out in matchday one. Hint: Marcus Rashford and PSG.<\/p>\n

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Jos\u00e9 Mourinho is back in west London. The Special One\u2122 returns to Chelsea today with an abundance of memories that swirl around him in his introduction to English football. With three Premier League titles to his name at Stamford Bridge, Mourinho claims he remains the club\u2019s best manager.<\/p>\n

But he will have his work cut out for him. Benfica are without a win in their last seven Uefa competition games against English teams, their most recent being a 3-1 away victory against Tottenham in the 2013-14 Europa League round of 16. Plus the Portuguese is winless in his past seven against Chelsea. Can he cause an upset with Benfica today? And will we get a revival of his greatest hits on the touchline?<\/p>\n

That is, of course, not all in this jam-packed matchday 2 of the Champions League league phase. Two all-time Champions League\/European Cup geography records will be broken today as Thomas Frank\u2019s Tottenham head north of the Arctic Circle to face Bod\u00f8\/Glimt in the competition\u2019s most northerly match ever. And Real Madrid are 30 minutes into their match against Kazakhstan\u2019s Kairat Almaty, the competition\u2019s most easterly match.<\/p>\n

Meanwhile, Atl\u00e9tico Madrid host Eintracht Frankfurt while Ajax head to Marseille.<\/p>\n

Plus action in the Championship and League One includes Leicester v Wrexham, Bristol v Ipswich and Blackpool v Luton.<\/p>\n

Champions League<\/strong>
Atalanta 0-0 Club Brugge
Kairat Almaty 0-1 Real Madrid
Pafos v Bayern Munich
Atl\u00e9tico Madrid v Eintracht Frankfurt
Bod\u00f8\/Glimt v Spurs
Chelsea v Benfica
Inter v Slavia Prague
Marseille v Ajax
Galatasaray v Liverpool<\/p>\n

Championship<\/strong>
Birmingham v Sheffield Wednesday
Blackburn v Swansea
Bristol City v Ipswich
Hull v Preston North End
Leicester v Wrexham
Middlesbrough v Stoke
Sheffield United v Southampton
Derby v Charlton<\/p>\n

League One<\/strong>
Blackpool v Luton
Cardiff v Burton Albion<\/p>\n

Phew! Lots to look forward to. Feel free to get in touch with any thoughts, predictions, queries or memories of your favourite former managers returning to their previous clubs \u00e0 la Jos\u00e9 via email.<\/p>\n

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