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Kylian Mbappé could make history against Manchester United, while Andrea Pirlo hopes for a positive start on the return of the Champions League.
The Champions League returns this week after a brief hiatus, with defeated finalist Paris Saint-Germain looking to get back on track – and get a measure of revenge – against Manchester United.
Juventus start European competition with new coach Andrea Pirlo, who faces one of the most experienced coaches in the game at Mircea Lucescu.
Barcelona will strive to banish memories of August’s 8-2 loss to Bayern Munich when they face Ferencváros for the first time, while Chelsea will hope to improve on the poor record that Premier League teams have had of late. against Sevilla.
Here are the key facts from Tuesday’s matches in the European elite competition …
Dynamo Kiev v Juventus
Twice winner of the Champions League with Milan in 2003 and 2007, Pirlo’s first match in the competition comes to Dynamo Kiev. None of Juve’s eight previous coaches have lost their first game in charge.
In fact, Juve have only been defeated on the first day of the competition once in 20 previous seasons., winning 11 of those games and drawing eight. That loss was a 3-0 loss in Barcelona three years ago.
Dynamo coach Lucescu will turn 75 years and 83 days on Tuesday, making him the oldest coach in Champions League history, overtaking Jupp heynckes (which was 72 and 357 days old in May 2018). If you want to celebrate in style, you will need to decline just one fifth group–stage defeat at Juve in 3. 4 games.
Paris Saint-Germain v Manchester United
PSG’s last home loss in the competition was the famous loss to United in the round of 16 of the 2018-19 season., when Marcus Rashford’s late penalty secured a 3-1 win for a low-strength Red Devils and sent them through on goal on the road.
If they are going to begin their quest to return to the final with a victory, Mbappé could be the man to do it. He has scored 19 goals in the tournament and, at 21 years and 305 days, he is only one against United to become the youngest player to reach 20. That would surpass Messi’s record, set in 2010 when he was 22. and 267. Old days.
Of course, if United’s shaky defense focuses on Mbappé, it runs the risk of leaving Neymar out of control.. Only Messi (45) had more carries with a shot in last season’s Champions League than Neymar (36), and no one advanced with the ball further than the Brazilian star (1,279 meters).
Barcelona v Ferencváros
Barça haven’t lost any of their last 31 group matches at home since Rubin Kazan upset Pep Guardiola’s team 2-1 in October 2009. Considering that Ferencváros have not been in competition since 1995-96, when they conceded 19 goals in six games, it would not be expected that Barça’s career would come to a halt.
However, coach Ronald Koeman enters his first European game in command with a rather poor record.. The fifth manager to take over at least six teams in the competition, after Carlo Ancelotti (eight), Claudio Ranieri (six), José Mourinho (six) and Rafael Benítez (six), has the worst win ratio (26.3 percent)) of anyone to manage at least 50 games in the tournament.
Still, he has Messi. The Barça captain has participated in at least one goal in 38 of his 43 previous group stage starts, scoring 56 times and assisting 16.
Chelsea vs Sevilla
Sevilla, which eliminated United in the semi-finals of the Europa League last season, have won all three major European games against teams from England.. Meanwhile, Chelsea have taken a win in their previous nine Champions League encounters with teams from Spain, drawing five and losing three.
Frank Lampard hopes Timo Werner can make a difference. The forward was involved in nine goals in his last 11 Champions League appearances for RB Leipzig (seven scored, two assists) and could become the third German to score for Chelsea in the competition, behind Michael Ballack (four goals) and Andre Schürrle (two). However, he has never scored at home.
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Lazio v Borussia Dortmund
3 – Dortmund’s last Champions League victory in Italy was a 1-0 win over Milan in March 2003, courtesy of a goal by Jan Koller. Since then, they have missed all three such visits.
8 – Only Robert Lewandowski (10) scored more goals in the group stage last season than Erling Haaland (eight). Haaland averages one goal or assist every 50 minutes in competition.
RB Leipzig v Istanbul Basaksehir
6 – Istanbul Basaksehir is the sixth Turkish team to play in the Champions League. Only one of the five above won their first game: Trabzonspor, who beat Inter 1-0 in September 2011.
14 – RB Leipzig’s Hwang Hee-chan created the most opportunities in open play in the group stage of the Champions League in 2019-20 (14) when he played for RB Salzburg. He was directly involved in six goals in his six group stage appearances (three goals, three assists) and was one of two players to score and assist three goals in the group stage, alongside Kylian Mbappé.
Rennes v Krasnodar
two – Rennes have only lost twice at home in major European matches, winning five and drawing seven of those 14 games, all in the UEFA Cup / Europa League between November 2007 and December last year.
36 – Krasnodar manager Murad Musayev is 36 years and 345 days old and the second-youngest coach in this season’s competition (behind Leipzig Julian Nagelsmann, 33). He could become the fifth youngest to win his first game and the youngest since Andre Villas-Boas in September 2011.
Zenit v Club Brugge
eleven – Artem Dzyuba has directly participated in 11 goals in his 12 Champions League group stage matches with Zenit (eight goals, three assists). That streak includes goals in both games against Belgian Gent in 2015-16.
19 – Of the 51 teams that have appeared in at least 40 Champions League games, only Steaua Bucharest (9.5 percent), Dinamo Zagreb (11.9 percent) and Anderlecht (16.7 percent) have a Winning percentage lower than Club Brugge (19 percent). penny). They have won only eight of 42 matches.
Source: m.allfootballapp.com
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