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Welcome back. It’s a fitting tagline for the first week of the 2023/24 UEFA Champions League group stage – and not just for the resumption of action precisely 101 days since Manchester City’s Istanbul final triumph
The biggest ‘welcome back’ belongs to Royal Antwerp, the Belgian champions who last played in Europe’s elite club competition in 1957. That European Cup campaign did not last long as they lost home and away to Real Madrid in the first round, including a 6-0 defeat at the Santiago Bernabéu.
They have had their ups and downs since – from a Cup Winners’ Cup final appearance in 1993 to a 13-year spell in the second tier until 2017 – yet in May they secured their first league title since 1957 when an injury-time goal by Toby Alderweireld earned the point they needed at Genk. Now their first Champions League group-stage adventure commences and there are few better places for it than Barcelona, the club where their coach Mark van Bommel won the trophy in 2006.
Now to two other returnees from a less distant past: Newcastle United and Lens, clubs who last played in this competition in the 2002/03 season when Sir Bobby Robson was their manager and Alan Shearer their centre-forward.
Newcastle have not played any European football since 2012/13 and their visit to AC Milan is one of the most mouthwatering of Tuesday’s fixtures. Milan suffered a stinging 5-1 loss to Inter at the weekend – and now come up against Sandro Tonali, one of the chief creative forces on their semi-final run last season, now wearing Newcastle colours.
The tagline applies to others too. Arsenal, Braga, Feyenoord and Real Sociedad have all been absent from the competition for five years or longer – 11 in the case of Braga and ten for La Real. As for Feyenoord, their home tie with Celtic is the clubs’ first encounter since the 1970 final when the Rotterdam side prevailed 2-1 at San Siro to become the competition’s first Dutch winners.
Tuesday’s fixture at De Kuip will be one of two final rematches in the offing this week, the other coming on Wednesday when Bayern host Manchester United. For United followers, it seems safe to suggest memories of the 1999 Camp Nou comeback against Bayern present an unhappy juxtaposition with the current state of play at Old Trafford. With their 3-1 home loss to Brighton on Saturday, Erik ten Hag’s men have suffered three defeats from their opening five league games – the first time that has happened since 1989/90 when a certain Alex Ferguson was still seeking a first trophy in English football.
Ten Hag did get his hands on the League Cup last term but he could do with something positive in Munich. Harry Kane, facing English opposition for the first time as a Bayern player, will have other ideas. The England skipper scored five goals against United as a Spurs player and has four in four in the Bundesliga so far… not the brightest augury for a United side who have conceded ten goals in their last four fixtures. Oh, and is it worth mentioning Bayern have not failed to score in their last 40 Champions League home group stage games?
If we can extend the ‘Welcome back’ theme to one last fixture, it has to be Lazio v Atlético de Madrid as Diego Simeone, coach of the Rojiblancos, returns to the Stadio Olimpico where he spent four years as a Lazio player from 1999 to 2003, winning the league and cup double in 2000. Whether it’s a happy return remains to be seen after Atleti’s 3-0 defeat at Valencia – their “weakest game since I arrived at the club” according to the Argentinian.
Let the final word go to one of the new boys of this group stage, Union Berlin, a club only promoted to the Bundesliga four years ago. In 2008 they almost lost their licence to play German third-tier football owing to the state of their crumbling terraces. In stepped more than 2,000 supporters who worked for a combined 140,000 hours to finish the renovations. A decade and a half on, here they are facing Real Madrid, the competition’s most garlanded club, at a newly refurbished Santiago Bernabéu.
Union have in their squad Robin Gosens, who played for Inter in last season’s final, and Rani Khedira – brother of former Madrid midfielder Sami, scorer of the final-day goal that earned them fourth place in the Bundesliga but an injury doubt for this Group C fixture. Can the new boys spoil Jude Bellingham’s first Champions League game for Real?
Well, Bellingham didn’t score in six games against Union as a Borussia Dortmund player. That said, after his blank against Real Sociedad at the weekend, the young Englishman is probably due a goal judging by his sensational scoring rate to date in Spain (five in his first five games). Union will do well to muzzle him but if any club has earned the right to dream this week, it’s surely them.
Welcome back. It’s a fitting tagline for the first week of the 2023/24 UEFA Champions League group stage – and not just for the resumption of action precisely 101 days since Manchester City’s Istanbul final triumph
The biggest ‘welcome back’ belongs to Royal Antwerp, the Belgian champions who last played in Europe’s elite club competition in 1957. That European Cup campaign did not last long as they lost home and away to Real Madrid in the first round, including a 6-0 defeat at the Santiago Bernabéu.
They have had their ups and downs since – from a Cup Winners’ Cup final appearance in 1993 to a 13-year spell in the second tier until 2017 – yet in May they secured their first league title since 1957 when an injury-time goal by Toby Alderweireld earned the point they needed at Genk. Now their first Champions League group-stage adventure commences and there are few better places for it than Barcelona, the club where their coach Mark van Bommel won the trophy in 2006.
Now to two other returnees from a less distant past: Newcastle United and Lens, clubs who last played in this competition in the 2002/03 season when Sir Bobby Robson was their manager and Alan Shearer their centre-forward.
Newcastle have not played any European football since 2012/13 and their visit to AC Milan is one of the most mouthwatering of Tuesday’s fixtures. Milan suffered a stinging 5-1 loss to Inter at the weekend – and now come up against Sandro Tonali, one of the chief creative forces on their semi-final run last season, now wearing Newcastle colours.
The tagline applies to others too. Arsenal, Braga, Feyenoord and Real Sociedad have all been absent from the competition for five years or longer – 11 in the case of Braga and ten for La Real. As for Feyenoord, their home tie with Celtic is the clubs’ first encounter since the 1970 final when the Rotterdam side prevailed 2-1 at San Siro to become the competition’s first Dutch winners.
Tuesday’s fixture at De Kuip will be one of two final rematches in the offing this week, the other coming on Wednesday when Bayern host Manchester United. For United followers, it seems safe to suggest memories of the 1999 Camp Nou comeback against Bayern present an unhappy juxtaposition with the current state of play at Old Trafford. With their 3-1 home loss to Brighton on Saturday, Erik ten Hag’s men have suffered three defeats from their opening five league games – the first time that has happened since 1989/90 when a certain Alex Ferguson was still seeking a first trophy in English football.
Ten Hag did get his hands on the League Cup last term but he could do with something positive in Munich. Harry Kane, facing English opposition for the first time as a Bayern player, will have other ideas. The England skipper scored five goals against United as a Spurs player and has four in four in the Bundesliga so far… not the brightest augury for a United side who have conceded ten goals in their last four fixtures. Oh, and is it worth mentioning Bayern have not failed to score in their last 40 Champions League home group stage games?
If we can extend the ‘Welcome back’ theme to one last fixture, it has to be Lazio v Atlético de Madrid as Diego Simeone, coach of the Rojiblancos, returns to the Stadio Olimpico where he spent four years as a Lazio player from 1999 to 2003, winning the league and cup double in 2000. Whether it’s a happy return remains to be seen after Atleti’s 3-0 defeat at Valencia – their “weakest game since I arrived at the club” according to the Argentinian.
Let the final word go to one of the new boys of this group stage, Union Berlin, a club only promoted to the Bundesliga four years ago. In 2008 they almost lost their licence to play German third-tier football owing to the state of their crumbling terraces. In stepped more than 2,000 supporters who worked for a combined 140,000 hours to finish the renovations. A decade and a half on, here they are facing Real Madrid, the competition’s most garlanded club, at a newly refurbished Santiago Bernabéu.
Union have in their squad Robin Gosens, who played for Inter in last season’s final, and Rani Khedira – brother of former Madrid midfielder Sami, scorer of the final-day goal that earned them fourth place in the Bundesliga but an injury doubt for this Group C fixture. Can the new boys spoil Jude Bellingham’s first Champions League game for Real?
Well, Bellingham didn’t score in six games against Union as a Borussia Dortmund player. That said, after his blank against Real Sociedad at the weekend, the young Englishman is probably due a goal judging by his sensational scoring rate to date in Spain (five in his first five games). Union will do well to muzzle him but if any club has earned the right to dream this week, it’s surely them.
Welcome back. It’s a fitting tagline for the first week of the 2023/24 UEFA Champions League group stage – and not just for the resumption of action precisely 101 days since Manchester City’s Istanbul final triumph
The biggest ‘welcome back’ belongs to Royal Antwerp, the Belgian champions who last played in Europe’s elite club competition in 1957. That European Cup campaign did not last long as they lost home and away to Real Madrid in the first round, including a 6-0 defeat at the Santiago Bernabéu.
They have had their ups and downs since – from a Cup Winners’ Cup final appearance in 1993 to a 13-year spell in the second tier until 2017 – yet in May they secured their first league title since 1957 when an injury-time goal by Toby Alderweireld earned the point they needed at Genk. Now their first Champions League group-stage adventure commences and there are few better places for it than Barcelona, the club where their coach Mark van Bommel won the trophy in 2006.
Now to two other returnees from a less distant past: Newcastle United and Lens, clubs who last played in this competition in the 2002/03 season when Sir Bobby Robson was their manager and Alan Shearer their centre-forward.
Newcastle have not played any European football since 2012/13 and their visit to AC Milan is one of the most mouthwatering of Tuesday’s fixtures. Milan suffered a stinging 5-1 loss to Inter at the weekend – and now come up against Sandro Tonali, one of the chief creative forces on their semi-final run last season, now wearing Newcastle colours.
The tagline applies to others too. Arsenal, Braga, Feyenoord and Real Sociedad have all been absent from the competition for five years or longer – 11 in the case of Braga and ten for La Real. As for Feyenoord, their home tie with Celtic is the clubs’ first encounter since the 1970 final when the Rotterdam side prevailed 2-1 at San Siro to become the competition’s first Dutch winners.
Tuesday’s fixture at De Kuip will be one of two final rematches in the offing this week, the other coming on Wednesday when Bayern host Manchester United. For United followers, it seems safe to suggest memories of the 1999 Camp Nou comeback against Bayern present an unhappy juxtaposition with the current state of play at Old Trafford. With their 3-1 home loss to Brighton on Saturday, Erik ten Hag’s men have suffered three defeats from their opening five league games – the first time that has happened since 1989/90 when a certain Alex Ferguson was still seeking a first trophy in English football.
Ten Hag did get his hands on the League Cup last term but he could do with something positive in Munich. Harry Kane, facing English opposition for the first time as a Bayern player, will have other ideas. The England skipper scored five goals against United as a Spurs player and has four in four in the Bundesliga so far… not the brightest augury for a United side who have conceded ten goals in their last four fixtures. Oh, and is it worth mentioning Bayern have not failed to score in their last 40 Champions League home group stage games?
If we can extend the ‘Welcome back’ theme to one last fixture, it has to be Lazio v Atlético de Madrid as Diego Simeone, coach of the Rojiblancos, returns to the Stadio Olimpico where he spent four years as a Lazio player from 1999 to 2003, winning the league and cup double in 2000. Whether it’s a happy return remains to be seen after Atleti’s 3-0 defeat at Valencia – their “weakest game since I arrived at the club” according to the Argentinian.
Let the final word go to one of the new boys of this group stage, Union Berlin, a club only promoted to the Bundesliga four years ago. In 2008 they almost lost their licence to play German third-tier football owing to the state of their crumbling terraces. In stepped more than 2,000 supporters who worked for a combined 140,000 hours to finish the renovations. A decade and a half on, here they are facing Real Madrid, the competition’s most garlanded club, at a newly refurbished Santiago Bernabéu.
Union have in their squad Robin Gosens, who played for Inter in last season’s final, and Rani Khedira – brother of former Madrid midfielder Sami, scorer of the final-day goal that earned them fourth place in the Bundesliga but an injury doubt for this Group C fixture. Can the new boys spoil Jude Bellingham’s first Champions League game for Real?
Well, Bellingham didn’t score in six games against Union as a Borussia Dortmund player. That said, after his blank against Real Sociedad at the weekend, the young Englishman is probably due a goal judging by his sensational scoring rate to date in Spain (five in his first five games). Union will do well to muzzle him but if any club has earned the right to dream this week, it’s surely them.
Welcome back. It’s a fitting tagline for the first week of the 2023/24 UEFA Champions League group stage – and not just for the resumption of action precisely 101 days since Manchester City’s Istanbul final triumph
The biggest ‘welcome back’ belongs to Royal Antwerp, the Belgian champions who last played in Europe’s elite club competition in 1957. That European Cup campaign did not last long as they lost home and away to Real Madrid in the first round, including a 6-0 defeat at the Santiago Bernabéu.
They have had their ups and downs since – from a Cup Winners’ Cup final appearance in 1993 to a 13-year spell in the second tier until 2017 – yet in May they secured their first league title since 1957 when an injury-time goal by Toby Alderweireld earned the point they needed at Genk. Now their first Champions League group-stage adventure commences and there are few better places for it than Barcelona, the club where their coach Mark van Bommel won the trophy in 2006.
Now to two other returnees from a less distant past: Newcastle United and Lens, clubs who last played in this competition in the 2002/03 season when Sir Bobby Robson was their manager and Alan Shearer their centre-forward.
Newcastle have not played any European football since 2012/13 and their visit to AC Milan is one of the most mouthwatering of Tuesday’s fixtures. Milan suffered a stinging 5-1 loss to Inter at the weekend – and now come up against Sandro Tonali, one of the chief creative forces on their semi-final run last season, now wearing Newcastle colours.
The tagline applies to others too. Arsenal, Braga, Feyenoord and Real Sociedad have all been absent from the competition for five years or longer – 11 in the case of Braga and ten for La Real. As for Feyenoord, their home tie with Celtic is the clubs’ first encounter since the 1970 final when the Rotterdam side prevailed 2-1 at San Siro to become the competition’s first Dutch winners.
Tuesday’s fixture at De Kuip will be one of two final rematches in the offing this week, the other coming on Wednesday when Bayern host Manchester United. For United followers, it seems safe to suggest memories of the 1999 Camp Nou comeback against Bayern present an unhappy juxtaposition with the current state of play at Old Trafford. With their 3-1 home loss to Brighton on Saturday, Erik ten Hag’s men have suffered three defeats from their opening five league games – the first time that has happened since 1989/90 when a certain Alex Ferguson was still seeking a first trophy in English football.
Ten Hag did get his hands on the League Cup last term but he could do with something positive in Munich. Harry Kane, facing English opposition for the first time as a Bayern player, will have other ideas. The England skipper scored five goals against United as a Spurs player and has four in four in the Bundesliga so far… not the brightest augury for a United side who have conceded ten goals in their last four fixtures. Oh, and is it worth mentioning Bayern have not failed to score in their last 40 Champions League home group stage games?
If we can extend the ‘Welcome back’ theme to one last fixture, it has to be Lazio v Atlético de Madrid as Diego Simeone, coach of the Rojiblancos, returns to the Stadio Olimpico where he spent four years as a Lazio player from 1999 to 2003, winning the league and cup double in 2000. Whether it’s a happy return remains to be seen after Atleti’s 3-0 defeat at Valencia – their “weakest game since I arrived at the club” according to the Argentinian.
Let the final word go to one of the new boys of this group stage, Union Berlin, a club only promoted to the Bundesliga four years ago. In 2008 they almost lost their licence to play German third-tier football owing to the state of their crumbling terraces. In stepped more than 2,000 supporters who worked for a combined 140,000 hours to finish the renovations. A decade and a half on, here they are facing Real Madrid, the competition’s most garlanded club, at a newly refurbished Santiago Bernabéu.
Union have in their squad Robin Gosens, who played for Inter in last season’s final, and Rani Khedira – brother of former Madrid midfielder Sami, scorer of the final-day goal that earned them fourth place in the Bundesliga but an injury doubt for this Group C fixture. Can the new boys spoil Jude Bellingham’s first Champions League game for Real?
Well, Bellingham didn’t score in six games against Union as a Borussia Dortmund player. That said, after his blank against Real Sociedad at the weekend, the young Englishman is probably due a goal judging by his sensational scoring rate to date in Spain (five in his first five games). Union will do well to muzzle him but if any club has earned the right to dream this week, it’s surely them.
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Welcome back. It’s a fitting tagline for the first week of the 2023/24 UEFA Champions League group stage – and not just for the resumption of action precisely 101 days since Manchester City’s Istanbul final triumph
The biggest ‘welcome back’ belongs to Royal Antwerp, the Belgian champions who last played in Europe’s elite club competition in 1957. That European Cup campaign did not last long as they lost home and away to Real Madrid in the first round, including a 6-0 defeat at the Santiago Bernabéu.
They have had their ups and downs since – from a Cup Winners’ Cup final appearance in 1993 to a 13-year spell in the second tier until 2017 – yet in May they secured their first league title since 1957 when an injury-time goal by Toby Alderweireld earned the point they needed at Genk. Now their first Champions League group-stage adventure commences and there are few better places for it than Barcelona, the club where their coach Mark van Bommel won the trophy in 2006.
Now to two other returnees from a less distant past: Newcastle United and Lens, clubs who last played in this competition in the 2002/03 season when Sir Bobby Robson was their manager and Alan Shearer their centre-forward.
Newcastle have not played any European football since 2012/13 and their visit to AC Milan is one of the most mouthwatering of Tuesday’s fixtures. Milan suffered a stinging 5-1 loss to Inter at the weekend – and now come up against Sandro Tonali, one of the chief creative forces on their semi-final run last season, now wearing Newcastle colours.
The tagline applies to others too. Arsenal, Braga, Feyenoord and Real Sociedad have all been absent from the competition for five years or longer – 11 in the case of Braga and ten for La Real. As for Feyenoord, their home tie with Celtic is the clubs’ first encounter since the 1970 final when the Rotterdam side prevailed 2-1 at San Siro to become the competition’s first Dutch winners.
Tuesday’s fixture at De Kuip will be one of two final rematches in the offing this week, the other coming on Wednesday when Bayern host Manchester United. For United followers, it seems safe to suggest memories of the 1999 Camp Nou comeback against Bayern present an unhappy juxtaposition with the current state of play at Old Trafford. With their 3-1 home loss to Brighton on Saturday, Erik ten Hag’s men have suffered three defeats from their opening five league games – the first time that has happened since 1989/90 when a certain Alex Ferguson was still seeking a first trophy in English football.
Ten Hag did get his hands on the League Cup last term but he could do with something positive in Munich. Harry Kane, facing English opposition for the first time as a Bayern player, will have other ideas. The England skipper scored five goals against United as a Spurs player and has four in four in the Bundesliga so far… not the brightest augury for a United side who have conceded ten goals in their last four fixtures. Oh, and is it worth mentioning Bayern have not failed to score in their last 40 Champions League home group stage games?
If we can extend the ‘Welcome back’ theme to one last fixture, it has to be Lazio v Atlético de Madrid as Diego Simeone, coach of the Rojiblancos, returns to the Stadio Olimpico where he spent four years as a Lazio player from 1999 to 2003, winning the league and cup double in 2000. Whether it’s a happy return remains to be seen after Atleti’s 3-0 defeat at Valencia – their “weakest game since I arrived at the club” according to the Argentinian.
Let the final word go to one of the new boys of this group stage, Union Berlin, a club only promoted to the Bundesliga four years ago. In 2008 they almost lost their licence to play German third-tier football owing to the state of their crumbling terraces. In stepped more than 2,000 supporters who worked for a combined 140,000 hours to finish the renovations. A decade and a half on, here they are facing Real Madrid, the competition’s most garlanded club, at a newly refurbished Santiago Bernabéu.
Union have in their squad Robin Gosens, who played for Inter in last season’s final, and Rani Khedira – brother of former Madrid midfielder Sami, scorer of the final-day goal that earned them fourth place in the Bundesliga but an injury doubt for this Group C fixture. Can the new boys spoil Jude Bellingham’s first Champions League game for Real?
Well, Bellingham didn’t score in six games against Union as a Borussia Dortmund player. That said, after his blank against Real Sociedad at the weekend, the young Englishman is probably due a goal judging by his sensational scoring rate to date in Spain (five in his first five games). Union will do well to muzzle him but if any club has earned the right to dream this week, it’s surely them.
Welcome back. It’s a fitting tagline for the first week of the 2023/24 UEFA Champions League group stage – and not just for the resumption of action precisely 101 days since Manchester City’s Istanbul final triumph
The biggest ‘welcome back’ belongs to Royal Antwerp, the Belgian champions who last played in Europe’s elite club competition in 1957. That European Cup campaign did not last long as they lost home and away to Real Madrid in the first round, including a 6-0 defeat at the Santiago Bernabéu.
They have had their ups and downs since – from a Cup Winners’ Cup final appearance in 1993 to a 13-year spell in the second tier until 2017 – yet in May they secured their first league title since 1957 when an injury-time goal by Toby Alderweireld earned the point they needed at Genk. Now their first Champions League group-stage adventure commences and there are few better places for it than Barcelona, the club where their coach Mark van Bommel won the trophy in 2006.
Now to two other returnees from a less distant past: Newcastle United and Lens, clubs who last played in this competition in the 2002/03 season when Sir Bobby Robson was their manager and Alan Shearer their centre-forward.
Newcastle have not played any European football since 2012/13 and their visit to AC Milan is one of the most mouthwatering of Tuesday’s fixtures. Milan suffered a stinging 5-1 loss to Inter at the weekend – and now come up against Sandro Tonali, one of the chief creative forces on their semi-final run last season, now wearing Newcastle colours.
The tagline applies to others too. Arsenal, Braga, Feyenoord and Real Sociedad have all been absent from the competition for five years or longer – 11 in the case of Braga and ten for La Real. As for Feyenoord, their home tie with Celtic is the clubs’ first encounter since the 1970 final when the Rotterdam side prevailed 2-1 at San Siro to become the competition’s first Dutch winners.
Tuesday’s fixture at De Kuip will be one of two final rematches in the offing this week, the other coming on Wednesday when Bayern host Manchester United. For United followers, it seems safe to suggest memories of the 1999 Camp Nou comeback against Bayern present an unhappy juxtaposition with the current state of play at Old Trafford. With their 3-1 home loss to Brighton on Saturday, Erik ten Hag’s men have suffered three defeats from their opening five league games – the first time that has happened since 1989/90 when a certain Alex Ferguson was still seeking a first trophy in English football.
Ten Hag did get his hands on the League Cup last term but he could do with something positive in Munich. Harry Kane, facing English opposition for the first time as a Bayern player, will have other ideas. The England skipper scored five goals against United as a Spurs player and has four in four in the Bundesliga so far… not the brightest augury for a United side who have conceded ten goals in their last four fixtures. Oh, and is it worth mentioning Bayern have not failed to score in their last 40 Champions League home group stage games?
If we can extend the ‘Welcome back’ theme to one last fixture, it has to be Lazio v Atlético de Madrid as Diego Simeone, coach of the Rojiblancos, returns to the Stadio Olimpico where he spent four years as a Lazio player from 1999 to 2003, winning the league and cup double in 2000. Whether it’s a happy return remains to be seen after Atleti’s 3-0 defeat at Valencia – their “weakest game since I arrived at the club” according to the Argentinian.
Let the final word go to one of the new boys of this group stage, Union Berlin, a club only promoted to the Bundesliga four years ago. In 2008 they almost lost their licence to play German third-tier football owing to the state of their crumbling terraces. In stepped more than 2,000 supporters who worked for a combined 140,000 hours to finish the renovations. A decade and a half on, here they are facing Real Madrid, the competition’s most garlanded club, at a newly refurbished Santiago Bernabéu.
Union have in their squad Robin Gosens, who played for Inter in last season’s final, and Rani Khedira – brother of former Madrid midfielder Sami, scorer of the final-day goal that earned them fourth place in the Bundesliga but an injury doubt for this Group C fixture. Can the new boys spoil Jude Bellingham’s first Champions League game for Real?
Well, Bellingham didn’t score in six games against Union as a Borussia Dortmund player. That said, after his blank against Real Sociedad at the weekend, the young Englishman is probably due a goal judging by his sensational scoring rate to date in Spain (five in his first five games). Union will do well to muzzle him but if any club has earned the right to dream this week, it’s surely them.
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