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The fourth round of the Champions League is played tonight. Out of 9 confrontations booked tonight, 4 of them stand out.
Lille-Juventus
The first is the match between Lille and Juventus. Lille have been impressive at the start of the season, winning against Real Madrid, Atlético Madrid, Lens and recently drawing Monaco and Lyon.
But after Real and Atlético, can LOSC dethrone another European giant? Lille's next opponent in this Champions League will be a new big name: Juventus Torino.
In the midst of a transition phase following the arrival this summer of Thiago Motta as coach, the results are satisfactory at the moment. The only real setback was the only defeat this season, on October 22nd in the Champions League against Stuttgart. Proof that this team is not invincible even if it maintains this status in the championship!
Liverpool - Bayer Leverkusen
Liverpool continue their incredible start to the season. With a record of 13 wins, 1 draw and 1 narrow defeat, the Reds are undoubtedly among the best clubs in Europe and are the leaders of the Premier League. They are also top of the Champions League as they are one of the only two clubs with 9 points, with Aston Villa. Arne Slot's side aim to continue their form against Bayer Leverkusen to register more goals in the Champions League and show their dominance in another tournament.
On the other hand, Bayer Leverkusen is not the same as last year. While the squad is almost identical, the unprecedented success that followed this club in every game seems to have left the scene. Indeed, the reigning German champion is "only" 4th in the Bundesliga with 4 wins in 9 games. But Florian Wirtz's club continues to almost never lose as it suffered only one setback in the championship and has 2 wins and 1 draw in the Champions League! They will need to be extra vigilant at Anfield to avoid a second defeat.
Real Madrid - Milan
After showing weaknesses in their game and especially in the defensive sector, especially against Lille and in the first half against Dortmund, Real have touched the bottom. They also lost 0-4 to Barcelona in El Clasico. A setback that threw Madrid into turmoil last weekend, a few days after a sublime second half against Borussia and 5 goals scored. Real must now redeem themselves from this humiliation and confirm their dominance in the Champions League by taking 3 points against AC Milan.
On the other hand, AC Milan has started a new cycle by registering the arrival of Paulo Fonseca, the former coach of Lille. And, at the moment, both results and content are inconsistent. If the Milanese club has not yet been abandoned in the championship, it cannot afford to make any more mistakes in the Champions League after the first two defeats against Liverpool and Bayer Leverkusen. Fortunately, the 3 points obtained leave hope for at least a place in the playoffs.
Bologna-Monaco
Last year's surprise in Italy is going through a lot of difficulties this season. Without Thiago Motta, who has left for Juventus, ex-Toulouse Thijs Dallinga's teammates have won just 3 games this season. In the Champions League they only got one point on the first day and have not scored a single goal so far.
It is up to Monaco to take advantage of this, against an opponent who is struggling in his first experience in the Champions League. But the Monegasques have not gone well in recent days and have just suffered two defeats in a row... It is up to them to return to a competition that has been successful for them this year, with two victories (2-1 against Barça and 5- 1 against Red Star) but also a draw at the end of the match in Zagreb (2-2).
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