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The duels between the two biggest clubs in Spain and the most prestigious in Germany liven up the third round of the Champions League.

The replay of last season’s final between Real Madrid and Borussia Dortmund will stand out on Tuesday. In addition, Barcelona hosts Bayern Munich on Wednesday.

All four have been European champions in the past 30 years.

Dortmund won their first two games – 3-0 away to Bruges of Belgium and 7-0 at home to Celtic of Scotland – to lead the table and become the highest scoring team in the league level, which included each of the 36 teams, they will play eight games: four at home and four away.

Just like last season when they surprised them by reaching the final where they lost to Madrid, Dortmund have done more in Europe than in the Bundesliga. Four days after crushing Celtic, Dortmund conceded a trip to Union Berlin.

On the other hand, Madrid just lost 1-0 in the competition of Lille in France. This was the reigning champions’ first defeat in the competition since the 2022-23 semi-finals.

“We are trying to be more complex and firmer. We don’t concede many goals, but we concede chances to our rivals,” said Madrid coach Carlo Ancelotti. “If we are strong, we will have more chances to win, because sooner or later chance to score.”

The second round brought a number of unexpected results, such as Bayern’s 1-0 defeat when they visited Aston Villa, a result that left the team without control under new coach Vincent Kompany.

Bayern visit Barcelona in search of a seventh consecutive victory in their head-to-head duel, which includes a humiliating 8-2 defeat of Barca in the 2020 semi-finals Hansi Flick led Bayern on the night that and now leading the Blaugranas.

Man City for record If Manchester City beat Sparta Prague at home on Wednesday, the English champions will set a record for consecutive games without losing in the competition’s history, even dating back to 1992, in European Cup season.

City have gone 25 games unbeaten, tied with Manchester United since Alex Ferguson between 2007-09.

The last defeat for Pep Guardiola’s side in the Champions League was 3-1 against Madrid in the second leg of the 2022 semi-finals, which left City out.

Since then, City have won 17 games and lost eight. They were champions in 2022-2023 and lost on penalties to Madrid in 2023-24 after two draws in the quarter-finals.

Presentation Of the seven teams with a good six points, Brest is the most surprising.

The small French club will be making its first trip to Europe – in any competition – after finishing third in Ligue 1 last season.

After defeating Austrian champions Sturm Graz 2-1, they defeated fellow Austrian club Salzburg 4-0 in the second round.

They were the toughest opponents they faced. Now comes the toughest part, facing German champions Bayer Leverkusen on Wednesday.

Leverkusen will not travel to Brest, a port city in Brittany, but to Guingamp – which is about 114 kilometers (71 miles) away. This is because the Brest stadium does not meet UEFA’s capacity requirements.

Bad start As each team has eight games in the new league format, starting with a couple of losses is no longer the nightmare of the previous six-game group stage.

In any case, AC Milan, Leipzig, Girona, Salzburg, Sturm Graz, Slovan Bratislava, Young Boys and Red Star Belgrade must add at least one point on the third date.

Salzburg and Young Boys have not even scored a goal.

One of the eight without points, he is sure to make his debut, with Girona’s first match at home to Slovan Bratislava on Tuesday.

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