Another 18 more games will leave the third day of the Champions League between Tuesday, October 22 and Wednesday, October 23. A new marathon date will once again quench the thirst of the most fans of the best football with exciting matches and others with a lesser lineup.
The four Spanish teams in contention will pursue their objectives, although without a doubt those that will have the worst time due to the category of their rivals will be Football Club Barcelona and the Real Madrid. There will be a double Spanish-German duel between the best teams from both leagues.
He Girona and the Atlético de Madrid, For their part, they face much more affordable opponents, and it could be the perfect opportunity for the Catalans to sign their first European victory in history.
The matches of Real Madrid, Barça, Atlético and Girona in the Champions League
The most attractive and complicated duel that affects a Spanish team is played by Fútbol Club Barcelona. The culés face the powerful Bayern Municheternal contender to go the furthest in the continental competition and current leader of the Bundesliga, and they will do so on Wednesday at 9:00 p.m. Montjuïc
The other duel against a German rival will be experienced by Real Madrid. Ancelotti’s men will not have it easy either, since they will have to face the Borussia Dortmund. The Germans are not having their best season in Germany, since they are seventh and out of the European positions, but in the Champions League they count their games by wins in their favor.
Who will also play on Tuesday at 9:00 p.m. will be Girona. Míchel’s team receives in Montilivi Slavic Bratislava in what seems like a perfect opportunity to achieve the first victory in history in the Champions League. The Slovaks are second to last and in their two games to date they have conceded two goals.
Lastly, the Atlético de Madrid you will see faces with him Lille in a party in which, on paper, it is superior to the French. The clash will be on Wednesday at 9:00 p.m. at the Metropolitano, and the colchoneros will try to make up for what they experienced against Benfica the previous day.
Other important matches in the Champions League
The third day of this new format of the Champions League It doesn’t leave too many flashy confrontations, and there won’t be any direct clash between two giants. On Tuesday, Milan will open the game against Bruges at 6:45 p.m.
Other big European teams also come into action this Tuesday. He Arsenal Shakhtar is measured, the Juventus to Stuttgart or the Paris Saint-Germain to PSV, among others.
For Wednesday there will be other meetings of leading teams, such as Manchester City – Sparta Praguehe Leipzig-Liverpool or the Young Boys – Inter Milan.
Before the start of this third day of the Champions League, the leader of this new competition format is Borussia Dortmund, which has achieved two goals in the first two rounds.
In that leading car, also with six points, are Brest, Benfica, Bayer Leverkusen, Liverpool, Aston Villa and Juventus. Barça and Real Madrid appear in 16th and 17th position, respectively, both with three points, the same as Atlético de Madrid, which is 23rd. Girona, for its part, is 30th, with zero points.
