Fans of the most popular sport in the world will be in for exciting matches in the first round of the Champions League for the 2023-2024 season.
Defending champion Manchester City is seeking to make a perfect start to maintain its title when it hosts Crvena Zvezda of Serbia.
The first day of the competition will also witnesses Algerian participation, with Ramy Bensebaini and his Borussia Dortmund team traveling to the Parc des Princes stadium in the French capital, Paris, to face PSG. Meanwhile Feyenoord Rotterdam, for which the Algerian midfielder and international Ramiz Zerrouki will receive Celtic. As for Ismail Bennacer will miss AC Milan in the group stage due to injury.
The summit of the round will be on Wednesday at the Allianz Arena in Munich, when Bayern Munich will host Manchester United, in this match the FC Bayern coach Thomas Tuchel will be absent from his team’s substitutes’ bench due to the punishment imposed on him by UEFA, according to what was stated in several German press reports, most notably Kicker magazine.