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Paris Saint-Germain – Manchester United, Munich Bayern – Madrid Atletico, London Chelsea – Sevilla. These famous European teams will face each other in the UEFA Champions League start. The first round of group stage matches will take place on Tuesday and Wednesday. TV3 Sport, TV3 Sport 2, TV6 channels, and the new generation television Go3 plan to show live about 90 UEFA Champions League and 20 Europa League matches. Last season's finalists PSG players have not forgotten the painful defeat to Manchester United in the 2018-2019 tournament quarter-finals. Then Saint-Germain celebrated a 2-0 victory in the first away game and almost everyone believed they would progress to the next stage. However, the "red devils" triumphed in the final moments of the second leg with a 3-1 victory, leaving their opponents behind thanks to the away goal. In the 2020-2021 Champions League Group H, besides PSG and United, RB Leipzig and Istanbul Basaksehir will compete. Manchester United started slowly in the English Premier League - collecting only 6 points in 4 games and currently occupying the 14th place. PSG now gives up the leading position in the French championship to Olympique Lyon. After 7 rounds, the Parisian club has two points less and is in second place. The defending champion title Bayern Munich faces a serious challenge. The Bavarians will test their strength against Madrid Atletico. This team eliminated Liverpool in the previous season quarter-finals. The latter club won the Champions League in 2019. However, Atletico started weakly in the Spanish championship, earning only 8 points in 4 matches and currently holds the 9th place. Bayern is one point behind Leipzig in Germany - in second place. In Group A, besides Bayern and Atletico, Moscow's Lokomotiv and Salzburg's Red Bull will play. Chelsea will face Sevilla, who triumphed in the UEFA Europa League last season. Interestingly, these clubs will face each other for the first time. The E group also includes Rennes and Krasnodar Lokomotiv. Liverpool will face Ajax in the first round of Group D. The matches will also feature Atalanta and Midtjylland. Liverpool players are struggling at the beginning of the English Premier League. After 5 rounds, they have already lost 5 points and are in third place. In the group stage of the Champions League, 32 teams are divided into eight groups. The top two teams from each group will advance to the knockout stage. Eight matches will be broadcasted live in the first round. Schedule of broadcasts: October 20 7:45 pm Kiev Dynamo - Juventus (TV3 Sport, Go3), 9:50 pm Chelsea - Sevilla (TV3 Sport 2, Go3), 9:50 pm Barcelona - Ferencvaros (TV6, Go3), 9:50 pm PSG - Manchester United (TV3 Sport, Go3); October 21 7:45 pm Real - Shakhtar (TV3 Sport, Go3), 9:50 pm Bayern - Atletico (TV3 Sport 2, Go3), 9:50 pm Manchester City - Porto (TV6, Go3), 9:50 pm Ajax - Liverpool (TV3 Sport, Go3).
