Berlin – With the start of the new season of the Champions League, the Spanish champions, Real Madrid, will visit Celtic, Scotland, on Tuesday, in a match that attracts great attention.
Celtic returned to the Champions League group stage following an absence of four years and will play tomorrow’s match, rejoicing in its overwhelming victories in the last period, including its victory over Dundee United 9 / zero, as well as its victory over Glasgow Rangers 4 / 0 in the Scottish League yesterday, Saturday.
Real Madrid, who has won the European Championship five times in the last nine seasons, is looking forward to making a strong start in defending the European title under the leadership of coach Carlo Ancelotti.
But the Royal Club will have to deal with the enthusiasm and enormous determination expected from Celtic among its fans, especially in light of the great confidence that the team enjoys at the present time, following a series of positive results.
Celtic leads the Scottish League with a full mark, winning all six matches it has played so far.
Speaking regarding the match once morest Real Madrid, Celtic striker Kyogo Furuhashi said in a statement published by the European Football Association (UEFA) website: “I think we can beat them.”
The group stage matches will open tomorrow with Chelsea’s match once morest Dinamo Zagreb, Croatia.
After the sudden defeat once morest Southampton 1 / 2 last Tuesday, Chelsea, coached by coach Thomas Tuchel, managed to restore its balance by beating West Ham United yesterday, Saturday, in the sixth stage of the English Premier League, to be the third victory for the Blues this season, compared to two defeats and one draw.
In tomorrow’s match, Dinamo Zagreb will be armed with the ground workers and the public, as the team has not lost at the “Maximir Stadion” in 19 matches in all competitions, during which it achieved 16 victories and three draws.
Chelsea midfielder Mateo Kovacic will return in tomorrow’s match to the stronghold of his former team, where he played for Dinamo Zagreb for six years at the beginning of his career, and scored in his first appearance with the team in 2010 when he was 16 years and 198 days old, according to UEFA.
The spotlight is also focused on the match between Sevilla, Spain, and its guest, Manchester City.
City and its fans pin high hopes on the Norwegian star Erling Haaland, who has already scored 27 goals in 25 matches in European club competitions, with the teams of Molde, Salzburg and Borussia Dortmund.
And now Haaland is looking to continue the scoring glow, which he showed in the English Premier League by scoring ten goals so far, when he begins the Champions League campaign with Manchester City.
And in the scheduled confrontation between Paris Saint-Germain and its Italian guest, Juventus, tomorrow, the Argentine star Angel Di Maria is not expected to receive the same welcome he enjoyed before from the fans of the “Parc de Prince” stadium.
Angel Di Maria spent seven successful years with Saint-Germain, but recently moved to Juventus to play tomorrow’s match once morest the Parisian team.
At the Signal Iduna Park in Dortmund, Borussia Dortmund will have to deal with the enthusiasm of its Danish guest Copenhagen in their Group G match.
Copenhagen coach Jess Thorab said: “We will go into the tournament to compete, put in great performances and give our fans a good experience.”
And it was confirmed that young star Jimmy Benno Gittens will be absent from the ranks of Borussia Dortmund in tomorrow’s match due to injury, and there are doubts regarding the possibility of Donil Malin and Karim Adeymi.
Benno Gittens, 18, suffered a dislocated shoulder during the match that ended Dortmund’s 1-0 victory over Hoffenheim last Friday, and coach Eden Terzic said on Monday that he was still waiting for the final diagnosis to see if the injury might be treated or if the player would need to surgery.”
Terzic added: “Malin and Ademi are stepping up their efforts, but it is possible that they will not be available for tomorrow’s match.”
Copenhagen is the least fortunate candidate in Group G, which also includes Manchester City and Sevilla, Spain, but Terzic warned once morest underestimating the opponent in tomorrow’s match.
“We’ve seen all the games this season,” Terzic said. “I spoke with our Danish U-19 coach, Mike Tolberg, regarding the opposition. They have a good mix of experience, youth and enthusiasm.”
At the opening of the Group F competition, German Leipzig hopes to put aside its humble beginnings in the current season of the German League, when it meets its guest Shakhtar Donetsk of Ukraine.
Leipzig, the German Cup holder, has achieved one victory in five matches he has played so far in the Bundesliga, and he suffered a heavy defeat once morest Eintracht Frankfurt and lost to him 0-4 yesterday, Saturday.
RB Leipzig coach Domenico Tedesco said on Monday: “Everything I said following the Frankfurt game I say once more today. We missed the basics and the players supported that. It was important that we all admit that.”
“We weren’t good enough,” said goalkeeper and captain Peter Gulache.
Gulachi did not overlook the talk regarding the suffering of Shakhtar Donetsk from the crisis of the Russian invasion of Ukraine.
The goalkeeper said: “There are more important things in life than football. But we are looking forward to facing Shakhtar as a guest team in Leipzig. It will be a good match.”
Leipzig and Shakhtar Donetsk are competing in Group F of the Champions League with Celtic and Spanish champions Real Madrid.
Tomorrow, the fifth group will witness the meeting of Austrian Red Bull Salzburg with its guest Milan, who is currently in second place in the Italian League, with a difference of goals only behind Napoli following five stages of the competition.
Milan is playing the match with great spirits following its exciting victory over its neighbor Inter Milan 3/2 in the “Derby of Anger” match that brought them together yesterday, Saturday.
At the same time as the match between Saint-Germain and Juventus, Benfica will meet with Israel’s Maccabi Haifa in the other match in Group H.
