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Champions League time for Inter, who will face Manchester City at the Etihad Stadium tonight in their opening match. Simone Inzaghicoach of the Nerazzurri, introduced the challenge also speaking about Lautaro Martinez and the ambitions of his team in this edition of the top European competition. Watch the video again with the coach’s words: “We have a good debut, we know that the new format is more difficult. We don’t prepare three games but eight with as many different opponents. It will be a different game compared to the final: there you play with hesitation, while tomorrow will be important and we will have to play a gigantic game. We know Manchester City and their coach. They are an excellent team, we will have to be aggressive and attentive”.
Do you think Lautaro can win the Ballon d’Or? And will he be a starter?
“Lautaro is our captain. Let’s not forget that he arrived a month later than his teammates, he worked 10 days for Genoa. Then he stopped before Lecce, went to the national team and played 180 minutes. He will return to scoring and will score many goals”.
Guardiola said you can win the Champions League…
“We always start to win, this is the mentality. We want to play as many games as possible. We know what kind of opponents we have but we start to make a great debut”.
The complete program of the first day
Tuesday 17th September
18.45 Juventus – PSV Eindhoven 3-1
6.45pm Young Boys – Aston Villa 0-3
21 Bayern Munich – Dinamo Zagreb
21 Milan – Liverpool
21 Real Madrid – Stuttgart
21 Sporting CP – Lille
Wednesday 18th September
18.45 Bologna – Shakhtar
18.45 Sparta Prague – Salzburg
21 Celtic – Slovenia Bratislava
21 Brugge – Borussia Dortmund
21 Man City – Inter
21 PSG – Girona
Thursday, September 19
18.45 Feyenoord – Bayer Leverkusen
18.45 Red Star – Benfica
21 Atalanta – Arsenal
21 Atletico Madrid – Leipzig
21 Brest – Sturm Graz
21 Monaco – Barcelona