Paris SG kicks off its 2022/23 campaign in the Champions League this Tuesday with a clash against Juventus (3:00 p.m. Bolivian time), coinciding with the debut in the Champions League with Manchester City of the Norwegian Erling Haaland, who plays in Seville.
Led by an attacking trio Messi-Mbappé-Neymar in good form, PSG start a first phase of the Champions League compressed by the proximity of the 2022 World Cup in Qatar (November 20-December 18).
Leaders of Ligue 1 thanks to their stellar attack (24 goals in 6 games), the men from Christophe Galtier will host Juventus at the Parc des Princes (Group H) with problems in the offensive aspect and only sixth in the Italian championship.
But PSG have never beaten Juventus in European competition and it has in its ranks former players of the French team such as Leandro Paredes and Angel Di Maria, who left for Turin this preseason, or Adrien Rabiot.
In parallel, the Norwegian Erling Haaland, scorer of nine goals in five Premier League games, will take his first steps in the Champions League with the colors of Manchester City on the lawn of Sevilla FC, six-time winner of the Europa League, in Group G.
Real Madrid, a candidate for its own succession, will begin the path towards a dreamor fifteenth title in Glasgow against Celtic.
In Austria, RB Salzburg will receive the Italian champion, AC Milan, while the german RB Leipzig will face Shakhtar Donestk.
Before that, the 2021 champion, Chelsea, will go to Zagreb (12:45 HB) with a reinforced squad cWith the arrivals of striker Raheem Sterling and French defender Wesley Fofana, bought from Leicester for 82 million euros (the same amount in dollars).
Borussia Dortmund, second in the Bundesliga last season, will play in their stadium against Copenhagen (12:45 HB), come out of the qualifications, just like Benfica Lisbon, which will receive another team coming out of the preliminary phase, Maccabi Haifa.
Program of the matches for Tuesday, September 6, andn the first day of the Champions League (in Bolivian time):
Group E
12:45 Dinamo Zagreb (CRO) – Chelsea (ENG)
15:00 RB Salzburg (AUT) – AC Milan (ITA)
Group F
15:00 RB Leipzig (GER) – Shakhtar Donestk (UKR)
15:00 Celtic Glasgow (SCO) – Real Madrid (ESP)
Group G
12:45 Borussia Dortmund (GER) – Copenhagen (DEN)
15:00 Sevilla FC (ESP) – Manchester City (ENG)
Group H
15:00 Paris SG (FRA) – Juventus (ITA)
15:00 Benfica (POR) – Maccabi Haifa (ISR)
