UEFA CHAMPIONS LEAGUE GROUP STAGE: PREVIEW

Finally, those magical Champions League nights are back. Tonight’s matches feature current holders Bayern Munich, the most successful team Real Madrid, youth powerhowse Ajax and English champions Liverpool among others.

Bayern Munich VS Atletico Madrid

This would be a battle between all out attack and all out defense. Simeone will set his team up to defend for their lives. Bayern with their array of attacking talent will keep attacking relentlessly. Having added Luis Suarez to their team, Atletico’s attack looks much better now. He had scored in the 8-2 defeat at the hands of Bayern for Barcelona. The departure of Thomas Partey has wounded Atleti’s midfield. Bayern, on the other hand, lost Thiago, but they have covered up for him well and do not seem to have a weakness. Leroy Sane’s arrival has made their already world class attack better. Lewandowski is in the form of his life and with assistance from the likes of Gnabry and Mueller, Bayern are a threat going forward. But, if there is one team in Europe who can grind out results against the big names, it is Atletico.

Ajax VS Liverpool

Ajax take on Liverpool in Amsterdam tonight. Although the best players from Ajax have been poached on by other clubs, somehow Ajax still have a good enough squad. Onana in goal, Neres and Tadic on the wings and Tagliafico at left back are few of the players who have stayed at Ajax since their miraculous run into the Champions League semi finals. Liverpool on the other hand have a crisis of their own. Virgil Van Dijk’s injury against Everton means that he will be out for most of this season. Alisson’s injury has made Adrian Liverpool’s number one and he has a lot of mistakes in him. Joe Gomez isn’t really performing well. On the other hand, the frontline of Salah and Mane are fit and firing. It will be a good game given Liverpool will have to field a weakened team. Both teams have to play out of their skins to gain points from this fixture.

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