Champions League matches are back with the start of a new version of the continental competition in the middle of this week, with the first round of group stage matches.
On August 25, the draw ceremony for the group stage of the European Champions League took place in the Turkish city of Istanbul, at which 32 clubs participating in the tournament were divided into eight groups, four clubs each.
Here are the dates of the matches of the first round of the group stage in GMT:
Tuesday, September 6
Fifth group
Dinamo Zagreb (Croatia) – Chelsea (England) – 16:45
Salzburg (Austria) – Milan (Italy) – 19:00
Sixth group
Leipzig (Germany) – Shakhtar Donetsk – 19:00
Celtic (Scotland) – Real Madrid (Spain) – 19:00
Seventh group
Borussia Dortmund (Germany) – Copenhagen (Denmark) – 16:45
Seville (Spain) – Manchester City (England) – 19:00
Eighth group
PSG (France) – Juventus (Italy) – 19:00
Benfica (Portugal) – Maccabi Haifa (Israel) – 19:00
Wednesday, September 7
First group
Ajax (Netherlands) – Glasgow Rangers (Scotland) – 16:45
Naples (Italy) – Liverpool (England) – 19:00
– second group
Club Brugge (Belgium) – Bayer Leverkusen (Germany) – 19:00
Atletico Madrid (Spain) – Porto (Portugal) – 19:0
Third group
Inter (Italy) – Bayern Munich (Germany) – 19:00
Barcelona (Spain) – Victoria Plzen (Czech Republic) – 19:00
Fourth group
Eintracht Frankfurt (Germany) – Sporting (Portugal) – 16:45
Tottenham (England) – Marseille (France) – 19:00.
Source: RT