Champions League: pending the attractive duel between Bayern Munich and Barcelona, Inter defeats Viktoria Pilsen

Bayern Munich hosts FC Barcelona on the second date of the UEFA Champions League group stage.

a renewed FC Barcelona Visit this Tuesday Allianz Arena to face the Bayern Munich on the second day of the group stage of the UEFA Champions Leaguein what will also be the return to Bavarian territory of the Polish artilleryman Robert Lewandowskiwho currently tops the scoring charts for the continental championship and will now be a threat to his former team.

The Blaugrana team is facing its first big test after thrashing last Wednesday by 5-1 al Viktoria Pílsen of the Czech Republic, the humblest rival they have in the Group Cwhere is also the Inter de Milan. Those led by Xavi Hernandez lead the area with the Germans ahead of the Italian team, which will be measured at Viktoria in first turn.

Lewandowski scored three goals for the Barça took a win and quickly moved to the top of the competition’s scoring charts. Last year he was surpassed by Karim Benzema as top gunner in the Champions but the Pole accumulates 9 goals in 6 official matches this course and is also the top scorer in the The league alone (6 points).

Lewy He is the star signing of the culé team in the last market and he has not needed much filming to become a key piece of this Barça reinforced, who dreams of raising the fight Champions Leaguea trophy he has not won since 2015. He comes from scoring one of the goals in the 4-0 before him Cadizwhere Xavi He made many rotations thinking about the duel in the German field.

Barcelona has never won an official match at the Allianz Arena in six visits but now has Lewandowski on his side to try to break that losing streak. The Bayern has prevailed in the last four occasions in which they have faced each other, with the memory of the 8-2 conceded by Barcelona in the quarterfinals in 2020.

The German team comes to this match after winning 2-0 last week to Inter de Milan, the other great contender who has Group C for classification to the round of 16. However, the bavarians they have an irregularity that has led them to accumulate three draws in a row in the Bundesliga, where on Saturday they could not get past 2-2 with the Stuttgart.

It will be one of the stellar clashes in a day of Champions League very attractive, which also highlights other confrontations such as Leverkusen-Atlético o Liverpool-Ajaxwho will seek to win their respective matches to become strong in a competition that consecrates the winner as the king of Europe.

Likely formations:

Bayern Munich: Neuer – Pavard, De Light, Hernández, Davies – Kimmich, Sabitzer – Sané, Musiala (or Gnabry); Müller, Mane. DT: Julian Nagelsman

Barcelona: Ter Stegen – Kounde, Araujo, Eric Garcia, Balde – Sergio Busquets, Gavi, Pedri – Dembele, Lewandowski, Raphinha. DT: Xavi Hernandez

Referee: Danny Makkelie (NED)

Hour: 21:00 CET / 19:00 GMT

16:00 Argentina, Uruguay and Chile

15:00 Paraguay, Bolivia, Venezuela

14:00 Colombia, Peru, Ecuador and Mexico City

TV: ESPN

ALL MATCHES ON TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 13 IN THE CHAMPIONS LEAGUE

• SPORTING LISBOA vs. TOTTENHAM HOTSPUR

HOUR: 16:45 GMT (13:45 ARG-URU-CHI / 12:45 PAR-VEN-BOL / 11:45 COL-PER-ECU-MEX)

TV: Fox Sports

• VIKTORIA PILSENvs. INTER DE MILAN

HOUR: 16:45 GMT (13:45 ARG-URU-CHI / 12:45 PAR-VEN-BOL / 11:45 COL-PER-ECU-MEX)