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UNION SG ARE TOP OF THE CHAMPIONS LEAGUE.
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Glory for Union SG but no clean sheet – Ruben van Bommel has poked in a consolation goal for PSV.
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A famous night for Union SG, woh are routing the 1988 winner on their Champions League debut. A corner was flicked on at the near post and bundled in from close range by Kevin Mac Allister, brother of Alexis but unrelated to Macaulay Culkin most iconic character. Yikes.
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Benfica Trubin, Dedic, Antonio Silva, Otamendi, Dahl, Rios, Barrenechea, Aursnes, Sudakov, Schjelderup, Pavlidis.
\n Subs: Soares, Obrador, Ivanovic, Barreiro, Prestianni, Henrique Araujo, Tomas Araujo, Oliveira, Veloso, Prioste, Rego, Santos.
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Qarabag FK Kochalski, Matheus Silva, Mustafazade, Medina, Cafarquliyev, Pedro Bicalho, Jankovic, Andrade, Borges, Zoubir, Duran.
\n Subs: Badavi Huseynov, Abbas Huseynov, Bayramov, Qurbanly, Kashchuk, Daniel, Addai, Kouakou, Mmaee, Buntic, Mahammadaliyev.
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Referee Erik Lambrechts (Belgium)
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Juventus Di Gregorio, McKennie, Bremer, Kelly, Kalulu Kyatengwa, Koopmeiners, Thuram, Cambiaso, Yildiz, David, Openda.
\n Subs: Cabal, Joao Mario, Rugani, Kostic, Adzic, Zhegrova, Vlahovic, Francisco Conceicao, Locatelli, Gatti, Pinsoglio, Perin.
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Borussia Dortmund Kobel, Ryerson, Anton, Bensebaini, Yan Couto, Sabitzer, Nmecha, Svensson, Adeyemi, Beier, Guirassy.
\n Subs: Ostrzinski, Meyer, Bellingham, Brandt, Gross, Chukwuemeka, Campbell, Mane, Kabar.
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Referee Francois Letexier (France)
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Trent Alexander-Arnold, who has been left out for two of Real Madrid’s last three games, returns to the starting XI. Franco Mastantuono, the teenager signed from River Plate, makes his Champions League debut.
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Real Madrid Courtois, Alexander-Arnold, Eder Militao, Huijsen, Carreras, Valverde, Tchouameni, Mastantuono, Guler, Rodrygo, Mbappe.
\n Subs: Lunin, Gonzalez, Carvajal, Alaba, Bellingham, Camavinga, Vinicius Junior, Gonzalo Garcia, Asencio, Ceballos, Francisco Garcia, Diaz.
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Marseille Rulli, Medina, Balerdi, Pavard, Emerson Palmieri, Kondogbia, Hojbjerg, Greenwood, O’Riley, Weah, Aubameyang.
\n Subs: de Lange, Van Neck, Egan-Riley, Gomes, Gouiri, Igor Paixao, Vermeeren, Nadir, Vaz, Bakola, Murillo.
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Referee Irfan Peljto (Bosnia-Herzegovina)
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The Champions League is back, baby! The road to glory is arduous, taking almost nine months, but the journey will be worth it for whoever gets to lift the trophy in Budapest on 30 May 2026.
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The club who part-own that trophy, Real Madrid, are one of 12 teams in action of opening night. We have separate liveblogs for Athletic Bilbao v Arsenal (5.45pm) and Lads, We Really Need to Put This To Bed and Just Call Them Tottenham v Villarreal (8pm), so it’s the job of clockwatch to flirt with nystagmus and follow the other games:
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Madrid take the headlines, they just do, but Juventus v Dortmund looks the best game of the night. It’s also a repeat of the memorable 1997 final, in which Zinedine Zidane was kept quiet by Mike Yarwood.
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The team news will arrive shortly. In the meantime, erm, pour yourself something nice?
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