This archive report was first published on 17 September 2019.
On Tuesday, September 17, 2019, the 2019-20 UEFA Champions League kicked off, marking the beginning of the European club football's greatest tournament.
The competition features 32 teams from the top tier leagues across the continent, boasting the best players, as they battle to be crowned Europe's best.
Among the top games to catch in the first week of the competition are Liverpool vs Napoli, Borussia Dortmund vs Barcelona, PSG vs Real Madrid, Atletico Madrid vs Juventus, and Chelsea vs Valencia.
Defending champions Liverpool face Napoli once again in group E, after having faced each other last year. Coincidentally, the two teams battled in 2018/19, with the Reds losing away to the Serie A giants.
PSG will be without their attacking trio Edinson Cavani, Kylian Mbappe, and Neymar, for their first encounter on Wednesday, September 18.
Diego Simeone welcomes Maurizio Sarri to the Wanda Metropolitano when Atletico Madrid host Juventus for their opening match of this season's competition.
It will be the third time Lampard's side will face the Spanish side in the group stages, and the campaign went well on two of the previous occasions, with Chelsea advancing to the final.
