The UEFA Champions League returns this time with a series of high-profile games that would make matchday four the most fun round of the league yet. Tuesday’s action in particular is packed with defending champions Real Madrid hosting Christian Pulisic’s AC Milan and Liverpool taking on Bayer Leverkusen. Most importantly, however, Ruben Amorim will overcome Carrying Lisbon in one of his last games before joining Manchester United, and in doing so he will face a daily enemy: Manchester Town. Meanwhile, Wednesday’s action is headlined by Arsenal’s clash against Inter as two teams with similar data face off.
Before matchday 4, here’s what you need to know.
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Paramount+ will have all the action on day four, with supplemental coverage on CBS Sports Network and CBS Sports Golazo Network. Each time begins with the Champions League matchday on CBS Sports Golazo Network before the UEFA Champions League pre-game showcase begins today, ending on Paramount+ and CBS Sports Network. Selected suits will air on CBS Sports Network and CBS Sports Golazo Network on the Paramount+ generation, which will promote the entire roster as well as The Golazo Display. Paramount+ and CBS Sports Network can have the UEFA Champions League these days after the game, the CBS Sports Golazo Network generation closes out the time action with unused editions of Scoreline and The Champions Club.
Television agenda for matchday 4
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Arguments of the fourth day
1. Rubén Amorim’s comfortable configuration
A few weeks ago, Port Lisboa’s accident with Manchester Town was interesting in its own right. Both teams have seven of nine problems in Champions League action so far, but Town’s vulnerabilities would face the test of a top Porting side that boasts one of Europe’s most in-form strikers, Viktor Gyokeres. .
However, when the two sides finally meet on Tuesday, it will be the most notable contest in Amorim’s journey so far in his final time in Carrying. The incoming Manchester United manager has already made a good start in his final games with the Portuguese champions, beating Estrela Amadora 5-1 on Friday. Some will think that this moment’s competition against Town is a preview of what is to come for United, although Amorim’s transport team is naturally a more complete product than the Red Devils are today. Amorim played a big role not only in crafting a tactical identity for a resurgent Carrying, which expertly uses defensive balance in a 3-4-3 as the basis for its fluid attack, but also in deciding the wave group. of the team. workers. A group of players who graduated from some of Europe’s top clubs worked with Amorim in the process, and others are likely to follow suit. Although the force to achieve this will fall on him as Amorim approaches his arrival at United, he will also play games without the pockets of imperfections of the Red Devils team.
To make things more naughty, Carrying emerges against a City team that is particularly vulnerable. They land in Lisbon later 2-1 defeat against Bournemouth over the weekend, one in which they out-possessed and out-shot the opposition, but didn’t put together many detailed chances. City generated 1.56 expected goals from 18 shots, while Bournemouth had 2.04 expected goals from 12 shots. It wasn’t exactly the first time Town have had this illness either, so Saturday’s performance does nothing to allay concerns that Pep Guardiola’s side have already lost steam after almost a decade of dominance. As much as Amorim has the strength to provoke, there is probably an equal amount of emphasis on Guardiola to take it in the right direction.
2. Real Madrid and AC Milan focus on form
AC Milan are also coming off a 1-0 win over Monza on Saturday and, after all, got their first Champions League win on Matchday 3 against Club Brugge, but their up-and-down season isn’t over yet. They have three wins and three losses in their last six games in all competitions, which shows that coach Paulo Fonseca is still working on balance in Milan, which is not exactly encouraging news ahead of a trip to Real Madrid. on Tuesday.
US Men’s National Team star Christian Pulisic rests Milan’s top consistent player with seven goals and three assists in 13 games, Fonseca has stepped up to limit Rafael Leao’s decisive role after of a start to the season without privileges that coincides with the tactic of the unused coach. shifts. Although Fonseca solves Milan’s problems, his inconsistencies will continue to be considered vulnerabilities in the life that sport begins at the Santiago Bernabéu stadium.
This will also be Madrid’s first match since their crushing 4-0 loss to Barcelona in El Clasico, with their game in Valencia being put on hold and then sweeping southeast Spain. The current EU champions are going through their own season of inconsistency, but they tend to win more often than ever and the lack of negative certainty can show a big reaction when they get back on track. By far, coach Carlo Ancelotti will have a full roster of stars to choose from, including Ballon d’Or runner-up Vinicius Teen, so a statement-making performance could be on the cards for the hosts.
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The first two teams reach the fourth day with a total of nine out of nine points: Aston Villa and Liverpool. The former has a good chance of keeping that run of success alive with an injury at Club Brugge on Wednesday, but Liverpool face a big test on Tuesday if they are to keep their easiest run alive: German champions Bayer Leverkusen.
Leverkusen has seven problems out of nine and achieved a surprising draw in Brest on matchday three. The signs from last season’s great run of titles continue to be very promising for Xabi Alonso’s team, which is sixth in the Champions League standings and has only conceded a role in 3 EU games. However, things do not seem to be trending the same in the Bundesliga: they are seven things behind leaders Bayern Munich after nine games and have won only four games. Their specific vulnerability has been their defence, conceding 15 goals in league games, the worst tally for anyone among Germany’s top seven.
Liverpool, for their part, go into Tuesday’s game with few headaches. New coach Arne Slot has improved in all but one so far this season, and his team has a defensive balance that serves as a foundation for an effective attack. The Reds have conceded just one goal in three Champions League games and still boast the best defensive record in the Premier League with just six goals conceded in 10 games. This match will be delivered like any other test of Slot’s style of restraint, with Liverpool being more methodical with their shots, but also serving to protect an image of Alonso. This adjustment is a fight between emerging managerial stars, although Leverkusen’s first victory in the Champions League campaign after the title will probably be a measuring stick for the team’s (and executive’s) talent to remain a month in the elite European.
