{"id":25224,"date":"2025-10-01T20:16:37","date_gmt":"2025-10-01T20:16:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/naijaglobalnews.org\/?p=25224"},"modified":"2025-10-01T20:16:37","modified_gmt":"2025-10-01T20:16:37","slug":"barcelona-v-psg-monaco-v-manchester-city-and-more-champions-league-and-championship-live-champions-league","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/naijaglobalnews.org\/?p=25224","title":{"rendered":"Barcelona v PSG, Monaco v Manchester City and more: Champions League and Championship \u2013 live | Champions League"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\n<br \/><span class=\"dcr-90inr0\"><span id=\"key-events-carousel-mobile\"\/><span class=\"dcr-90inr0\"><\/p>\n<p>Key events<\/p>\n<p><\/span><span id=\"filter-toggle-mobile\"\/>Show key events only<\/p>\n<p><span>Please turn on JavaScript to use this feature<\/span><\/p>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-130mj7b\"><strong>An email from Colum Fordham:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-130mj7b\">\u201cHere in Naples, the focus, strangely, is on Napoli-Benfica at the Maradona. De Bruyne got a lot of stick for his performance against Inter on Sunday, despite a well-taken penalty and some insidious corners. But I was delighted to seem him ride off a tackle or two and dribble through three Sporting Lisbon players to set up a great finish from another former Man Utd reject Hojlund who has suddenly turned into a star forward.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Share<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"dcr-1wl2b6o\">GOAL! Villarreal 1-1 Juventus (Gatti 50)<\/h2>\n<p class=\"dcr-130mj7b\">Somebody sound the Bicycle Kick Klaxon! PLEASE SOMEONE SOUND THE JUVENTUS-BICYCLE-KICK KLAXON! Up from the back, centre-back Federico Gatti has improvised brilliantly in reacting to a near-post flick on, scissor-kicking a finish into the corner. Arnau Tenas should probably do better in the Villarreal but take nothing away from Gatti, that was a sensational strike. There is a quick check by VAR for dangerous play, with Gatti swiping his bicycle kick around head height, but the goal stands!<\/p>\n<p>Share<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"dcr-1wl2b6o\">GOAL! Borussia Dortmund 2-0 Athletic Bilbao (Chukwuemeka 50)<\/h2>\n<p class=\"dcr-130mj7b\">Former Chelsea midfielder Chukwuemeka gets his first Champions League goal, squeezing in a left-footed finish just inside the near post. Keeper (Unai Sim\u00f3n, of all people!) should not be beaten there, etc, so on.<\/p>\n<p>Share<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"dcr-1wl2b6o\">GOAL! Portsmouth 1-2 Watford (Rocco Vata 56)<\/h2>\n<p class=\"dcr-130mj7b\">Watford has turned this around completely! Rocco Vata has only been on since half-time but now he has a goal to go with his assist! It\u2019s an ugly goal in truth, bundling home a rebound, but the Scot won\u2019t care one bit!<\/p>\n<p>Share<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"dcr-1wl2b6o\">Peeeeeeeep!<\/h2>\n<p class=\"dcr-130mj7b\">We\u2019re back underway in all the 8pm BST kick-offs.<\/p>\n<p>Share<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"dcr-1wl2b6o\">Half-time scores<\/h2>\n<p><span class=\"dcr-1inf02i\"><\/span> Photograph: Guardian<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-130mj7b\">I\u2019m fairly sure the only goal I have missed in my commentary is Watford\u2019s equaliser at Portsmouth. That was scored by Imran Louza after good work from former Celtic winger Rocco Vata down the left. It\u2019s 1-1 there and that game has just kicked off for the second half. Millwall 0-1 Coventry and Norwich 0-1 West Brom all has resumed.<\/p>\n<p>Share<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"dcr-1wl2b6o\">GOAL! Monaco 1-2 Manchester City (Haaland 44)<\/h2>\n<p class=\"dcr-130mj7b\">Haaland has barely had a kick, yet he has scored two superb goals. This one is even better than his first: Nico O\u2019Reilly lofts a hopeful cross into the box with no pace, but Haaland completely bullies his marker (former Southampton defender Mohammed Salisu, who is no pushover) and powerfully nods a header into the corner. How on earth did he create that much power from such a weak cross?! Vintage centre-forward play. The sort of goal Dixie Dean would be proud of.<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"dcr-1inf02i\"><\/span><span class=\"dcr-1qvd3m6\">A cross finds it\u2019s way towards Erling Haaland \u2026<\/span> Photograph: Rico Brouwer\/Soccrates Images\/Getty Images<span class=\"dcr-1inf02i\"><\/span><span class=\"dcr-1qvd3m6\">A towering header from Haaland gives him, and Manchester City, a second goal at Monaco.<\/span> Photograph: Alexandre Dimou\/Reuters<span class=\"dcr-1inf02i\"><\/span><span class=\"dcr-1qvd3m6\">Here\u2019s a view of Haaland\u2019s header from the other side of the pitch.<\/span> Photograph: Kieran McManus\/Shutterstock<span class=\"dcr-1inf02i\"><\/span><span class=\"dcr-1qvd3m6\">Haaland celebrates again.<\/span> Photograph: Kieran McManus\/ShutterstockShare<\/p>\n<p>Updated at\u00a016.01 EDT<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"dcr-1wl2b6o\">GOAL! Napoli 1-0 Sporting (H\u00f8jlund 36)<\/h2>\n<p class=\"dcr-130mj7b\">We spoke about the H\u00f8jlund-De Bruyne link up, and the two have combined brilliantly for Napoli\u2019s opening goal! From the edge of their own area, Napoli pounce: De Bruyne rolling back the years, powerfully gliding past two before laying on an inch-perfect through ball. H\u00f8jlund shows great pace to latch onto the ball, and nutmegs Rui Silva with the finish. Diego Armando Maradona Stadium erupts!<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"dcr-1inf02i\"><\/span><span class=\"dcr-1qvd3m6\"> Rasmus H\u00f8jlund slots home to give Napoli the lead againt Sporting.<\/span> Photograph: Ciro De Luca\/ReutersShare<\/p>\n<p>Updated at\u00a015.52 EDT<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"dcr-1wl2b6o\">GOAL! Barcelona 1-1 PSG (Mayulu 38)<\/h2>\n<p class=\"dcr-130mj7b\">Mayulu equalises for PSG in Barcelona! This is all down to Nuno Mendes, surely the best left-back on the planet, who streams clear of Kound\u00e9 down PSG\u2019s left. Nuno Mendes checks, and picks a perfect pass to Mayulu, who beats Cubars\u00ed to the ball, takes a touch and finishes with aplomb past Szczesny. Great finish from the teenager!<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"dcr-1inf02i\"><\/span><span class=\"dcr-1qvd3m6\">A fine left footed finish by PSG&#8217;s Senny Mayulu, centre, puts the visitors back on level terms at Barcelona.<\/span> Photograph: Joan Monfort\/APShare<\/p>\n<p>Updated at\u00a015.50 EDT<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-130mj7b\"><strong>Monaco 1-1 Manchester City<\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-130mj7b\"><strong>30 min:<\/strong> With his weaker right foot, Phil Foden has rattled the underside of the bar for City, who are pushing to take the lead again. The ball bounced just the wrong side of the goalline, from City\u2019s perspective.<\/p>\n<p>Share<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-130mj7b\"><strong>A word<\/strong>, please, for Dortmund\u2019s kits this season. The home has a retro feel, somewhere between their 90s kits and the Manchester United 2000s home shirt, which might have something to do with the Vodafone sponsor.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-130mj7b\">The away kit, which Dortmund played in at the weekend, is also delicious.<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"dcr-1inf02i\"><\/span><span class=\"dcr-1qvd3m6\">Dortmund\u2019s Nico Schlotterbeck clears the ball against Mainz. <\/span> Photograph: Xinhua\/ShutterstockShare<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"dcr-1wl2b6o\">GOAL! Borussia Dortmund 1-0 Athletic Bilbao (Svensson 28)<\/h2>\n<p class=\"dcr-130mj7b\">Adeyemi has been ridiculously good this season and he pops up with another assist here, using his pace to zoom past his marker and cross to Svensson at the back stick. The Swede makes no mistake.<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"dcr-1inf02i\"><\/span><span class=\"dcr-1qvd3m6\">Borussia Dortmund&#8217;s Daniel Svensson fires home to open the scoring,<\/span> Photograph: Leon Kuegeler\/Reuters<span class=\"dcr-1inf02i\"><\/span><span class=\"dcr-1qvd3m6\">Which he\u2019s pretty pleased about.<\/span> Photograph: Martin Meissner\/APShare<\/p>\n<p>Updated at\u00a015.44 EDT<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"dcr-sa35sa\">Will Unwin<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-130mj7b\"><strong>Re the crowd at Monaco<\/strong>, another problem I believe is that they have ripped some seats out because they are finally going to make the ground red and white. This means that two big sections are closed.<\/p>\n<p>Share<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"dcr-1wl2b6o\">GOAL! Millwall 0-1 Coventry (Wright 29)<\/h2>\n<p class=\"dcr-130mj7b\">Coventry are absolutely flying under Frank Lampard. The Sky Blues are the top scorers in the Championship this season by a distance and now have their 19th goal of the season through Haji Wright, who has seven of his own, tapping in at the back post after good work by Brandon Thomas-Asante. For context, the next biggest scorers in the Championship are Bristol City, who have five fewer with 14.<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"dcr-1inf02i\"><\/span><span class=\"dcr-1qvd3m6\">Coventry City&#8217;s Haji Wright (third right) celebrates with teammates after opening the scoring at Millwall.<\/span> Photograph: Andrew Matthews\/PAShare<\/p>\n<p>Updated at\u00a015.41 EDT<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"dcr-1wl2b6o\">GOAL! Barcelona 1-0 PSG (Ferran Torres 20)<\/h2>\n<p class=\"dcr-130mj7b\">After Vitinha gives the ball away in midfield, PSG are punished! It\u2019s a brilliant, sweeping counter attack. Lamine Yamal feeding Pedri, Pedri feeding Rashford on the left and an brilliant, incisive pass to the back post, where Ferran Torres slides in and sidefoots a finish past Chevalier.<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"dcr-1inf02i\"><\/span><span class=\"dcr-1qvd3m6\">Barcelona&#8217;s Ferran Torres slides the ball home to open the scoring against PSG.<\/span> Photograph: Albert Gea\/ReutersShare<\/p>\n<p>Updated at\u00a015.31 EDT<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"dcr-1wl2b6o\">GOAL! Monaco 1-1 Manchester City (Teze 18)<\/h2>\n<p class=\"dcr-130mj7b\">Monaco draw level after Teze bends a pearler into the top corner from 25 yards out! It had to be some shot to beat Donnarumma from there, and it was!<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"dcr-1inf02i\"><\/span><span class=\"dcr-1qvd3m6\">AS Monaco&#8217;s Jordan Teze celebrates scoring after getting the home side back on level terms in style.<\/span> Photograph: Alexandre Dimou\/Reuters<span class=\"dcr-1inf02i\"><\/span><span class=\"dcr-1qvd3m6\">Which disappoints Erling Haaland and his Manchester City teammates.<\/span> Photograph: Kieran McManus\/ShutterstockShare<\/p>\n<p>Updated at\u00a015.30 EDT<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"dcr-1wl2b6o\">GOAL! Villarreal 1-0 Juventus (Mikautadze 18)<\/h2>\n<p class=\"dcr-130mj7b\">The Georgian, who was so good at Euro 2024, gives the Yellow Submarine the lead! Parejo, who is still doing bits in 2025, threads a through ball through to Mikautadze. There is an initial tackle, but P\u00e9p\u00e9 is there in support and he squares the ball to Mikautadze again, who makes no mistake from eight yards.<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"dcr-1inf02i\"><\/span><span class=\"dcr-1qvd3m6\">Villarreal&#8217;s Georges Mikautadze celebrates after scoring his side&#8217;s opening goal against Juventus.<\/span> Photograph: Alberto Saiz\/APShare<\/p>\n<p>Updated at\u00a015.27 EDT<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"dcr-1wl2b6o\">GOAL! Monaco 0-1 Manchester City (Haaland 15)<\/h2>\n<p class=\"dcr-130mj7b\">Gvardiol steps into midfield, has time to pick a pass and floats a perfect pass into the path of Haaland. It\u2019s an awkward bouncing ball for the striker, but no matter. The Norwegian simply lifts it over Kohn and into the net. That looked so easy, but that was an elite finish. And despite 15 minutes being played, that was Haaland\u2019s first touch!<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"dcr-1inf02i\"><\/span><span class=\"dcr-1qvd3m6\">A leaping Erling Haaland connects with the ball \u2026<\/span> Photograph: Kieran McManus\/Shutterstock<span class=\"dcr-1inf02i\"><\/span><span class=\"dcr-1qvd3m6\">And his lofted finish gives Manchester City the lead at Monaco.<\/span> Photograph: Kieran McManus\/ShutterstockShare<\/p>\n<p>Updated at\u00a015.26 EDT<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-130mj7b\"><strong>There\u2019s been a goal at Arsenal<\/strong>, but I\u2019ll let John Brewin tell you all about that in our dedicated liveblog.<\/p>\n<p>Share<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"dcr-1wl2b6o\">GOAL! Norwich 0-1 West Brom (Maja 20)<\/h2>\n<p class=\"dcr-130mj7b\">After Samuel Iling-Junior made a great dash to the byline down the right, his cutback causes chaos in the box, pinballing around before Josh Maja pings a shot into the bottom corner from around the penalty spot.<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"dcr-1inf02i\"><\/span><span class=\"dcr-1qvd3m6\">West Bromwich Albion&#8217;s Josh Maja celebrates scoring their side&#8217;s first goal of the game at Norwich.<\/span> Photograph: Joe Giddens\/PAShare<\/p>\n<p>Updated at\u00a015.14 EDT<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-130mj7b\"><strong>Julien Laurens<\/strong>, a French pundit on TNT Sport, has just been asked about why the stands are so empty at Monaco\u2019s stadium, Stade Louis II. He claims that only 4,000 people live in Monaco during winter, so that goes some way to explaining why the team struggle so much with attracting fans. Four thousand!<\/p>\n<p>Share<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-130mj7b\"><strong>Bayer Leverkusen 0-0 PSV \u2013 goal disallowed for PSV!<\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-130mj7b\"><strong>5 min:<\/strong> Ivan Perisic ghosted in at the back post for PSV and nodded past Mark Flekken, but the Croatian was just adjudged to be offside. Replays show he was half a yard off.<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"dcr-1inf02i\"><\/span><span class=\"dcr-1qvd3m6\">PSV Eindhoven&#8217;s Ivan Perisic heads the ball home but it\u2019s chalked off by the offside flag. <\/span> Photograph: Thilo Schm\u00fclgen\/ReutersShare<\/p>\n<p>Updated at\u00a015.13 EDT<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-130mj7b\"><strong>Barcelona 0-0 PSG<\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-130mj7b\"><strong>3 min:<\/strong> Lamine Yamal, in his first start for Barcelona since August, has just doing a perfect Zidane turn\/roulette to skip away from two PSG markers. Absolutely outrageous skill.<\/p>\n<p>Share<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"dcr-1wl2b6o\">Peeeeeep peeeeeeep!<\/h2>\n<p class=\"dcr-130mj7b\">Six Champions League games and one Championship match are (also) underway!<\/p>\n<p>Share<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"dcr-1wl2b6o\">GOAL! Portsmouth 1-0 Watford (Yang Min-hyeok 5)<\/h2>\n<p class=\"dcr-130mj7b\">In what already feels like a big match between two sides likely to fight it out at the bottom of the Championship table, Tottenham loanee Yang Min-hyeok has opened the scoring for Pompey! After a long throw was launched into the box, the ball broke loose and Yang leathered it into the far corner from around just inside the 18-yard box. Nice finish.<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"dcr-1inf02i\"><\/span><span class=\"dcr-1qvd3m6\">Portsmouth Yang Min-hyeok wheels away in celebration after firing the home side into an early lead against Watford.<\/span> Photograph: Steve Bailey\/ProSports\/ShutterstockShare<\/p>\n<p>Updated at\u00a015.07 EDT<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"dcr-1wl2b6o\">Three Championship games are underway!<\/h2>\n<p class=\"dcr-130mj7b\">Three of the Championship matches are 7.45pm GMT kick-offs: Millwall v Coventry, Norwich v West Brom and Portsmouth v Watford. Unhelpfully, QPR v Oxford United is a 8pm kick-off.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-130mj7b\">This is the league table, as things stand before kick-off.<\/p>\n<p>Share<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-130mj7b\"><strong>Speaking of Newcastle United<\/strong>, they have just wrapped up a comprehensive 4-0 win over Union Saint-Gilloise.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-130mj7b\">Away victories in the Champions League are not easy over any opponent \u2013 just as Spurs and Liverpool \u2013 but that will be a massive boost for Newcastle after their opening defeat to Barcelona. And it will do wonders for their goal difference, which is very important in the league phase. Remember Manchester City, Sporting and Club Brugge only qualified for the knockout play-off on goal difference.<\/p>\n<p>Share<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-130mj7b\"><strong>Very interesting that Robert Lewandowski<\/strong> has been left on the Barcelona bench to face PSG \u2013 particularly because he has scored twice in La Liga in the last week, including the winner over Real Sociedad on Sunday. Hansi Flick has preferred Ferran Torres and Marcus Rashford preferred \u2013 the latter, of course, scored both goals for Bar\u00e7a in their Champions League opener at Newcastle, a 2-1 win.<\/p>\n<p>Share<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-130mj7b\"><strong>If you are wondering why Paul Pogba<\/strong> isn\u2019t in the Monaco squad to face City, it\u2019s because he is still building up his fitness since his summer move. Monaco\u2019s club\u2019s general director, Thiago Scuro said in July that they \u201cexpect a three-month process\u201d in terms of getting fit, and that seems to be on track. This week, prior to City\u2019s visit, Monaco manager Adi H\u00fctter confirmed the club were \u201cfollowing his plan. We expected him maybe for the game against Nice [on Sunday] in the squad, but I think we have to postpone it for the game against Angers [on 18 October] maybe.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-130mj7b\">\u201cAt the moment he\u2019s doing more of the warming up, and also in small-sided games. Now he\u2019s increasing a lot, he\u2019s doing well at the moment, and I hope after the national team break he can be a part of the squad.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-130mj7b\">Here\u2019s a bit of background to Pogba\u2019s move to Monaco, in case you are catching up.<\/p>\n<p>Share<span class=\"dcr-sa35sa\">Will Unwin<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-130mj7b\"><strong>It is a warm night in Monaco<\/strong>, a place Pep Guardiola does not remember fondly from his first Champions League campaign as Manchester City head coach. It was the Ligue 1 side that ended that European tour. Monaco had a team including Kylian Mbapp\u00e9, Bernardo Silva and Fabinho, to name a few. The current crop of Monaco stars are far less bright and Adi Hutter\u2019s problems are exacerbated by an array of injury problems, which means the midfield is down to its bare bones.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-130mj7b\">After beating Napoli in their opening fixture, Guardiola will see this as the perfect chance to double their point count and make an important step towards qualifying for the knockout stages. John Stones is brought into the team at right-back as the continuous rotation in that position keeps the rest of the defence and goalkeeper interested. After a disappointing European campaign last time, Guardiola cannot afford any slip ups. Considering the gap in quality between the two starting lineups, anything other than a City win would be a huge shock.<\/p>\n<p>Share<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-130mj7b\"><strong>Imagine being Rasmus H\u00f8jlund right now<\/strong>. Rather than warming the Manchester United bench, reeling from another defeat at Brentford and wincing at the thought of facing Sunderland this weekend, he is living in Naples, starting in the Champions League with Kevin De Bruyne on hand to provide assists. Oh, and he\u2019s still earning that Premier League coin. Oooof.<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"dcr-1inf02i\"><\/span><span class=\"dcr-1qvd3m6\">Rasmus H\u00f8jlund and Napoli face Sporting at home this evening. <\/span> Photograph: Andrea Staccioli\/Insidefoto\/ShutterstockShare<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"dcr-1wl2b6o\">Champions League team news<\/h2>\n<h2 id=\"monaco-v-manchester-city\" class=\"dcr-12ibh7f\"><strong>Monaco v Manchester City<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p class=\"dcr-130mj7b\"><strong>Monaco:<\/strong> Kohn, Kehrer, Dier, Salisu, Vanderson, Teze, Coulibaly, Diatta, Akliouche, Fati, Balogun. <br \/><strong>Subs:<\/strong> Ouattara, Cabral, Ilenikhena, Minamino, Idumbo-Muzambo, Biereth, Henrique, Lienard, Hradecky.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-130mj7b\"><strong>Man City:<\/strong> Donnarumma, Stones, Dias, Gvardiol, O\u2019Reilly, Rodri, Foden, Silva, Reijnders, Doku, Haaland. Subs: Lewis, Mukasa, Bobb, Matheus Luiz, Savio, Gonzalez, Kovacic, Ake, Trafford, Bettinelli.<\/p>\n<h2 id=\"barcelona-v-psg\" class=\"dcr-12ibh7f\"><strong>Barcelona v PSG<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p class=\"dcr-130mj7b\"><strong>Barcelona:<\/strong> Szczesny, Kounde, Eric Garcia, Cubarsi, Gerard, De Jong, Gonzalez, Yamal, Olmo, Rashford, Torres. <br \/><strong>Subs:<\/strong> Kochen, Aller, Balde, Araujo, Lewandowski, Christensen, Casado, Bernal, Torrents, Dro Fernandez, Bardghji, Toni Fernandez.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-130mj7b\"><strong>PSG:<\/strong> Chevalier, Hakimi, Zabarnyi, Pacho, Nuno Mendes, Fabian, Vitinha, Neves, Mbaye, Mayulu, Barcola. <br \/><strong>Subs:<\/strong> Safonov, Marin, Lucas Beraldo, Goncalo Ramos, Lee, Hernandez, Zaire Emery, Jangeal, Ndjantou.<\/p>\n<h2 id=\"bayer-leverkusen-v-psv\" class=\"dcr-12ibh7f\"><strong>Bayer Leverkusen v PSV<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p class=\"dcr-130mj7b\"><strong>Bayer Leverkusen:<\/strong> Flekken, Quansah, Bade, Tapsoba, Tape, Garcia, Fernandez, Grimaldo, Tillman, Poku, Kofane. <br \/><strong>Subs:<\/strong> Blaswich, Lomb, Echeverri, Arthur, Ben Seghir, Maza, Belocian,<br \/>Izekor.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-130mj7b\"><strong>PSV:<\/strong> Kovar, Junior, Obispo, Gasiorowski, Saleh-Eddine, Saibari, Schouten, Veerman, Man, Til, Perisic. <br \/><strong>Subs:<\/strong> Olij, Schiks, Flamingo, Wanner, Driouech, Bajraktarevic, Fernandez, Nagalo, Van Duiven.<\/p>\n<h2 id=\"borussia-dortmund-v-athletic-bilbao\" class=\"dcr-12ibh7f\"><strong>Borussia Dortmund v Athletic Bilbao<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p class=\"dcr-130mj7b\"><strong>Borussia Dortmund:<\/strong> Kobel, Sule, Anton, Bensebaini, Ryerson, Sabitzer, Chukwuemeka, Svensson, Adeyemi, Bellingham, Guirassy.<br \/><strong>Subs:<\/strong> Meyer, Yan Couto, Schlotterbeck, Nmecha, Brandt, Gross, Beier, Silva.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-130mj7b\"><strong>Athletic Bilbao:<\/strong> Simon, Gorosabel, Paredes, Vivian, Lekue,<br \/>Jauregizar, Rego, Inaki Williams, Navarro, Gomez, Sannadi. <br \/><strong>Subs:<\/strong> Santos, Padilla, Sancet, Guruzeta, Areso, Laporte, Ruiz de Galarreta, Yuri, Boiro, Serrano, Perez, Sanchez.<\/p>\n<h2 id=\"villarreal-v-juventus\" class=\"dcr-12ibh7f\"><strong>Villarreal v Juventus<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p class=\"dcr-130mj7b\"><strong>Villarreal:<\/strong> Tenas, Mourino, Marin, Veiga, Pedraza, Comesana, Parejo, Gueye, Pepe, Mikautadze, Buchanan. Subs: Junior, Conde, Altimira, Akhomach, Partey, Moleiro, Oluwaseyi, Cardona.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-130mj7b\"><strong>Juventus:<\/strong> Perin, Kalulu Kyatengwa, Gatti, Kelly, Cambiaso, McKennie, Locatelli, Cabal, Koopmeiners, Yildiz, David. <br \/><strong>Subs:<\/strong> Di Gregorio, Pinsoglio, Francisco Conceicao, Vlahovic, Zhegrova, Adzic, Kostic, Openda, Rugani, Joao Mario.<\/p>\n<h2 id=\"napoli-v-sporting\" class=\"dcr-12ibh7f\"><strong>Napoli v Sporting<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p class=\"dcr-130mj7b\"><strong>Napoli:<\/strong> Milinkovic-Savic, Spinazzola, Juan Jesus, Beukema, Gutierrez, Lobotka, Politano, Anguissa, De Bruyne, McTominay, Hojlund. <br \/><strong>Subs:<\/strong> Meret, Ferrante, Gilmour, Neres, Olivera, Elmas, Vergara, Lucca, Ambrosino, Lang.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-130mj7b\"><strong>Sporting:<\/strong> Rui Silva, Fresneda, Quaresma, Inacio, Araujo, Hjulmand, Simoes, Catamo, Trincao, Quenda, Ioannidis. <br \/><strong>Subs:<\/strong> Virginia, Matheus Reis, Morita, Debast, Goncalves, Vagiannidis, Kochorashvili, Diomande, Alisson Santos, Ribeiro, Ricardo Mangas, Suarez.<\/p>\n<p>Share<\/p>\n<p>Updated at\u00a015.26 EDT<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"dcr-1wl2b6o\">Preamble<\/h2>\n<p class=\"dcr-130mj7b\">Hello world!<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-130mj7b\">Who says you can\u2019t have a clockwatch that straddles both Europe\u2019s finest club competition \u2026 and the Champions League. Boom, boom! We\u2019ll be here all night (or around 11pm BST) with that sort of hollow humour. Come on in, the water is lukewarm.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-130mj7b\">That\u2019s right, as well as four Championship fixtures, there is the small matter of Barcelona v PSG, Monaco v Manchester City and much, much more. Here is the full list of games we will be attempting to cover, although it should probably be flagged not equally. Not all matches are created as such.<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"dcr-1inf02i\"><\/span> Photograph: Guardian<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-130mj7b\">We\u2019ll have the team news shortly. But while you wait, please get stuck into these other liveblogs. Newcastle, playing in the earlier kick-off, are winning in Belgium.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-130mj7b\">And we have a dedicated liveblog to Arsenal v Olympiakos (8pm BST kick-off), which you can see right here.<\/p>\n<p>Share<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Key events Show key events only Please turn on JavaScript to use this feature An email from Colum Fordham: \u201cHere in Naples, the focus, strangely, is on Napoli-Benfica at the Maradona. De Bruyne got a lot of stick for his performance against Inter on Sunday, despite a well-taken penalty and some insidious corners. 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