The Last Champions League Begins: Manchester City Face Red Star Belgrade in Group G Opener

14 minutes: The Citizens hurt the Balkans

The partnerships made up of Foden, Haaland, Julián Álvarez and Bernardo Silva complicate the last line of the Serbian team, which chooses to defend with nine men. Cherif Ndiaye is the only offensive player waiting for a counter.

8 minutes: Manchester City tries to impose its dominance

Guardiola’s men take control of the duel from the territorial aspect. The Citizens monopolize the ball, but lack depth. Red Star is waiting to counterattack.

Mirko Ivanic played for Cherif Ndiaye and the ball is already rolling at the Etihad Stadium. The public is excited about a new Manchester City production, which begins the defense of the most coveted title in Europe.

The teams take the field

After warming up, the protagonists appear at the Etihad Stadium to face their debut in Group G of the Champions League. After the traditional anthem of the international competition, the show between the British and Serbian will begin.

In the first round, Leipzig beat Young Boys

In Group G, the German team won 3 to 1 against the Swiss representative. Manchester City will look for a win to not give up ground in the area.

The former centre-back, Rio Ferdinand, on the playing field analyzing his concepts in the run-up to the duel between the English and Serbians.

Bernardo Silva, in full set-up

The talented Portuguese attacker steals the spotlight during pre-competitive work. The Lusitanian is one of Pep Guardiola’s scoring cards.

A crowd welcomed Guardiola

The Catalan strategist received the affection of the local public before entering the Etihad Stadium. The coach formed the forward line with Julián Álvarez, Bernardo Silva, Phil Foden and Erling Haaland.

The fans are taking their places

The expectation increases as we watch the British powerhouse make its debut in the Champions League. Some supporters begin to occupy their seats.

Photo: Reuters/Jason Cairnduff Photo: Reuters/Jason Cairnduff

The champions begin their title defense

The Ciudadanos delegation arrived at the stadium with the mission of getting off to a good start in the group stage. Their rival is the champion of the Serbian league.

Pep Guardiola announced the eleven that will take to the field

The Catalan coach chose Ederson, Walker (C), Días, Aké, Gómez, Rodrigo, Bernardo, Nunes, Foden, Julián Álvarez and Erling Haaland.

This is what the Etihad Stadium looks like

With less than two hours until the start of the show, the stage is quiet. Citizens fans gather in the preview near the stands.

Assumption: 3:00pm / ESPN, Star+

Bogotá: 14:00h / ESPN, Star+

Buenos Aires: 4:00 p.m. / ESPN, Star+

Guatemala City: 1:00 p.m. / Televideo

Mexico City: 1:00 p.m. / HBO Max

La Paz: 3:00 p.m. / Televideo

Los Angeles: 12:00 p.m. / CBS, TUDN Sports

New York: 3:00 p.m. / CBS, TUDN Sports

Madrid: 9:00 p.m. / Movistar+

Managua: 1:00pm / Televideo

Montevideo: 16:00h / ESPN, Star+

Panama: 2:00 p.m. / TVN, Medcom

Quito: 2:00 p.m. / Televideo

San José: 1:00 p.m. / Teletica

San Salvador: 1:00 p.m. / Channel Two

Santiago: 16:00h / ESPN, Star+

Santo Domingo: 3.00pm / Teletext

Tegucigalpa: 1:00 p.m. / Televicentro

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Haaland prepares for a new debut in the Champions League (Reuters)

Champion last season and top scorer of the tournament with 12 goals, Erling Haaland stands out as one of the main protagonists of the Champions League. The Norwegian already owns unrivaled marks of scoring precocity in the competition, from the first ‘treble’ in his debut to the speed with which he has assumed being the fastest and youngest player to score 15, 20, 25, 30 and 35 points, while he is running to be one also with 40.

Manchester City leads Group G along with Red Star (Serbia), Young Boys (Switzerland) and RB Leizpig (Germany) and is one of the clear favorites to repeat the title it won last season at the Atatürk Olympic Stadium in Istanbul (Turkey).

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The Serbian team, which has just been champion of the Super League last season, comes to a difficult stop after losing on the last date of the local championship against FK Cukaricki Stankom by 2-1 and is in third place.

The English team, far from relaxing after achieving practically everything in 2022-23, had a perfect start in the Premier League and arrives with a total of victories in the first five games they played, with wins against Burnley, Newcastle, Sheffield United , Fulham and West Ham of Dibu Martínez.

Guardiola appeared at a press conference (Reuters)

“I would like to say that for our club to win the Champions League is incredible, but in perspective, how many teams have won the Champions League once? Many have won two, three, four, five. In perspective, we haven’t done anything special, it’s just one.”

Manchester City: Ederson; Kyle Walker, Manuel Akanji, Ruben Dias, Josko Guardiol; Rodri, Bernardo Silva, Phil Foden, Julian Alvarez and Jeremy Doku; Erling Haaland.

Estrella Roja: Omri Glazer; Kosta Nedeljkovic, Uros Spajic, Aleksandar Dragovic, Milan Rodic; Marko Stamenic; Vladimir Lucic, Kings Kangwa, Mirko Ivanic, Peter Olayinka; Cherif Ndiaye.

What time does Manchester City-Red Star play?

14 Peru, Colombia and Ecuador.

15 Bolivia and Venezuela, Paraguay, Chile and Miami (United States).

16 Argentina, Uruguay and Brazil.

Came the day. Manchester City will defend for the first time the title they won last season by beating Inter Milan 1-0. It will be a long road for Pep Guardiola’s team, which opens his participation in the tournament against Red Star Belgrade (Serbia)

Welcome to the preview of the match between Manchester City and Red Star Belgrade for the first date of Group G of the 2023-24 Champions League.

2023-09-19 19:17:21
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