Manchester City, the English Premier League title holder for a record four consecutive times, is preparing to host Inter Milan today in its first match in the new Champions League, while Paris Saint-Germain, led by its Spanish coach Luis Enrique, is looking forward to a good start against Girona.
This is the first confrontation between the English and Italian teams after their meeting in the 2022-2023 season final in Istanbul, which ended with City winning 1-0, and winning the title for the first time in its history.
City’s Norwegian striker, Erling Haaland, appears to be in his best form, having scored nine goals in four matches since the start of the season, in addition to a goal for his country’s national team against Austria, in the European Nations League.
On the other hand, Inter’s start in the league was not distinctive, and although they did not lose, they stumbled against Monza and Genoa.
In another match, Paris Saint-Germain, who still dream of winning the Champions League title, hopes that the new version of the tournament will bring them relief, after starting the league season with four consecutive victories, and their guest, Girona of Spain, will be their first continental test.
Girona, who were last season’s surprise package after finishing third in the league, are taking part in the European competition for the first time and do not appear to be as strong as they once were after losing their top scorer, Ukrainian Artem Dovbyk, to Roma, and midfielder Alex Garcia to Bayer Leverkusen.
In turn, runner-up Dortmund will play against host Club Brugge of Belgium in the first match for new coach Nuri Sahin in the competition.
Bologna of Italy will play in the competition for the first time after a 60-year wait, and its first match will be against its guest Shakhtar Donetsk of Ukraine, while Salzburg of Austria will visit Sparta Prague of the Czech Republic, and Celtic of Scotland will host Slovakia’s Slovan Bratislava.
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