The 2020/2021 Champions League season starts playing the first matches on Wednesday (21/10) and Thursday (22/10), including four big matches that are interesting to watch. Among them are PSG vs Manchester United and Bayern Munich vs Atletico Madrid.
Here are four Champions League big matches this week.
1. PSG vs Man Utd
PSG and Man Utd immediately faced each other in the first match of Group H. Both of them became the leading teams in this group, even though there was RB Leipzig who were the dark horses.
PSG and Man Utd have met in the last 16 of the 2019/2020 Champions League. At that time Man Utd, who lost 0-2 at Old Trafford in the first leg, managed to come back after winning 3-1 at the Parc des Princes Stadium. Man Utd escapes with an away goal advantage.
In the match tonight, both PSG and Man Utd cannot be strengthened by a number of key players.
PSG will certainly lose Icardi, Bernart, Thilo Kehrer, Marco Veratti and Leandro Paredes. Meanwhile, five Red Devils were absent, namely Edinson Cavani, Eric Bailly, Jesse Lingard, Harry Maguire and Mason Greenwood.
This duel took place on Wednesday (21/10).
2. Bayern Munchen vs Atletico Madrid
Last season’s Champions League defending champion, Bayern Munich had guests from Spain, Atletico Madrid. This is the first duel for the two teams in Group A.
Bayern and Atletico have met four times in the Champions League in the last five years. In the 2015/2016 season, Atletico successfully eliminated Bayern in the semifinals 2-2 on aggregate with an away goal advantage.
In the following season, Atletico and Bayern also competed in Group D. Both beat each other 1-0.
Now the two teams will again elbow each other in a group. The Bayern vs Altetico match takes place on Thursday (23/10).
3. Man City vs PC Porto
The last time Man City met Porto was in the Europa League in the 2011/2012 season. At that time, The Citizens were too powerful for Porto. Man City won 4-1 and 2-1 twice.
Now Man City are back together in a Champions League group. This is the first duel for the two teams in Group C. The Man City vs Porto match takes place, Thursday (23/10).
4. Ajax Amsterdam vs Liverpool
Liverpool will play their first match in Group D of the Champions League when they travel to Ajax Amsterdam.
Ajax and Liverpool have never met in the Champions League. The last time the two clashed on the European stage occurred in the second round of the European Cup in the 1966/1967 season.
Johan Cruyff’s Ajax at that time managed to get rid of Liverpool with a 5-1 victory in Amsterdam and 2-2 at Anfield.
Ajax vs Liverpool will take place on Thursday (23/10).
