Third day of the 1st matchday of the Champions League maxi-group, at 18:45 the challenge between Red Star and Benfica will be played at Mitic in Belgrade. Two former protagonists of our Serie A will be on the field: there is the former AC Milan player Krunic among the hosts, while Di Maria will lead the Portuguese, whose attack will also include a name often associated with Serie A clubs like Pavlidis. On the bench, Radonjic and Arthur Cabral, speaking of former Serie A players.
RED STAR (4-3-3): Glazer; Mimovic, Djiga, Spajic, Seol; Krunic, Elsnik, Silas; Ivanic, Olayinka, Bruno Duarte.
Available: M. Ilic, Gutesa, Kanga, Ndiaye, Dalcio Gomes, Lekovic, Felicio Milson, L. Ilic, Drukusic, Radonjic, Prutsev.
Trainer: Milovic.
BENFICA (4-4-2): Trubin; Bah, Otamendi, A. Silva, Carreras; Di Maria, Kokcu, Florentino Luis, Akturkoglu; Rollheiser, Pavlidis.
Available: Samuel Soares, André Gomes, Amdouni, Aursnes, Cabral, Barreiro, Schjelderup, Prestianni, Kabore, Beste, Tomas Araujo, A. Bajrami.
Trainer: Lage.
The complete program of the first day
Tuesday 17th September
Juventus – PSV Eindhoven 3-1
Young Boys – Aston Villa 1-3
Bayern Munich – Dinamo Zagreb 9-2
Milan – Liverpool 1-3
Real Madrid – Stuttgart 3-1
Sporting CP – Lille 2-0
Wednesday 18th September
Sparta Prague – Salzburg 3-0
Bologna – Shakhtar 0-0
Celtic – Slovan Bratislava 5-1
Brugge – Borussia Dortmund 0-3
Man City – Inter 0-0
PSG – Girona 1-0
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
Classification
Bayern Munich 3 points (goal difference +7)
Celtic 3 (+4)
Aston Villa 3 (+3)
Sparta Prague 3 (+3)
Juventus 3 (+2)
Liverpool 3 (+2)
Sporting CP 3 (+2)
Real Madrid 3 (+2)
Borussia Dortmund 3 (+2)
PSG 3 (+1)
Man City 1
Bologna 1
Inter 1
Shakhtar 1
Arsenal 0
Monaco 0
Brest 0
Storm Graz 0
Leverkusen 0
Slovenian Bratislava 0
Atalanta 0
Feyenoord 0
Barcelona 0
Atlético Madrid 0
Benfica 0
Red Star 0
Leipzig 0
Girona 0 (-1)
Stuttgart 0 (-2)
PSV Eindhoven 0 (-2)
Milan 0 (-2)
Lilac 0 (-2)
Club Brugge 0 (-3)
Salzburg 0 (-3)
Young Boys 0 (-3)
Dinamo Zagreb 0 (-7)