Champions League: Matchday 3 matches, times and where to watch them on TV

Rome, 21 October 2024 – The five Italians involved in Champions League will resume their march between Tuesday 21st and Wednesday 22nd October with the third day of the single round-robin phase. The great spectacle of the cup with the big ears is back and with the Italians in full swing. The standings are still very tight, with 7 teams at full points with 6 points (Borussia Dortmund, first on goal difference, then Brest, Benfica, Leverkusen, Liverpool, Aston Villa and Juventus) and then 15 teams within one point up to the twenty-third position of Atletico Madrid with 3 points. There are two races in progress, one for the first eight places which means direct access to the round of 24, and one to be within the best XNUMX which would mean a play-off round. All the others will be eliminated and there will be no 'relegations' to the Europa League. From now until January everything will be up for grabs

The situation of Italian women

of the Juve we have already talked. The team of Motta is currently the best of the Italians and has a full score after the success in its debut against PSV and the incredible victory in Leipzig with numerical inferiority. In the third round there is a match that on paper is feasible with the Stuttgart, who are sailing in mid-table in Germany but have started to grind out results with two draws and two wins in the last 4 matchdays. In the Champions League the Germans lost against Real and drew at home against Sparta. Match attackable even for Inter who travels to Bern against one Young Boys bottom of the table with 0 goals scored and 8 conceded. A chance for the Italian champions to climb to 7 points and get back into the top eight. At zero points is the Milan, defeated by both Liverpool and Lverkusen, difficult schedule, but now they will have a game to win at home against Club Bruges, who took three from Dortmund in their debut but won on Sturm's pitch on the second day. They are instead travelling strong Atalanta. The match in Bergamo with Arsenal was drawn, even with regret, but the Goddess then easily beat the Shakhtar and Wednesday's match against Celtic seems tempting to get another three points. The Scots took 7 from Dortmund, but had clearly won the debut against Slovan Bratislava by 5-1, however they seem to be a team of a lower level than Atalanta who have now assumed a European dimension. Finally, the Bologna, who have the most difficult task of this day. The rossoblù, after Anfield, will show their skills atAston Villa in Birmingham, another team with full points thanks to victories over Young Boys and Bayern Munich. A very difficult mission for Italian and partners, who are also coming off a poor start to the championship with just one win. Aston Villa, among other things, are fourth in the Premier League with 5 wins, 2 draws and one defeat.

The big matches of the day

There are four big matches of some importance on the third day. It will certainly be one to follow Real vs Borussia Dortmund, re-run of the final. Ancelotti's Merengues, among other things, are sailing in mid-table with 3 points due to the defeat in Lille and will need a win to avoid missing the round of XNUMX. Also watch out for the tricky away game of Liverpool who will visit Leipzig, fresh from a home defeat at the hands of Motta's Juve. Another Spain-Germany clash with a very juicy Barcelona-Bayern Munich, both at 3 points in the rankings. Maximum attention also to Atletico Madrid - Lille as the Colchoneros suffered a resounding 4-0 defeat against Benfica on the second day.

The program and TV times

As for the Italian teams, three will be playing on Tuesday 22nd October and the other two on Wednesday 23rd. The programme opens on Milan Fonseca's match against the Belgians of Bruges at 18.45 on Tuesday at San Siro, live exclusively on Sky, while at 21 the match will be played by Juve with Stuttgart and the Bologna away to Aston Villa, always exclusively on Sky. On Wednesday, Atalanta at the Gewiss Stadium at 18.45 with Celtic (Sky Sport), while Inter will play at 21 pm in Bern against Young Boys with exclusive live coverage on Amazon Prime. As for free-to-air TV, TV 8, digital channel 8, will broadcast Bayern Munich-Barcelona live on Wednesday at 21 pm and in the group stage no free-to-air matches involving Italian teams will ever be broadcast. Matches visible in streaming on Sky Go and Now TV. Tuesday October 22

Milan-Club Bruges at 18.45pm Sky Sport 1, 201, Sky Sport 252.

Monaco-Red Star 18.45pm Sky Sport Calcio, 202, Sky Sport 254.

Paris-PSV 21.00pm Sky Sport 356

Juventus-Stuttgart 21.00pm Sky Sport 1, 201, Sky Sport 252.

Arsenal-Shakhtar 21.00pm Sky Sport 255

Aston Villa-Bologna 21.00pm Sky Sport Calcio, 202, Sky Sport 253

Girona-Slovan Bratislava 21.00pm Sky Sport 258

Sturm Graz-Sporting Lisbon 21.00pm Sky Sport 257.

Real Madrid-Borussia Dortmund 21.00pm Sky Sport 254. Wednesday October 23

Atalanta-Celtic 18.45pm Sky Sport 1, 201, Sky Sport 252.

Brest-Leverkusen 18.45pm Sky Sport Calcio, 202, Sky Sport 253.

Manchester City-Sparta Prague 21.00pm Sky Sport 253.

Leipzig-Liverpool 21.00pm Sky Sport 254.

Barcelona-Bayern Munich 21.00pm Sky Sport Calcio, 202, Sky Sport 252.

Atletico Madrid-Lille 21.00pm Sky Sport 255

Benfica-Feyenoord 21.00pm Sky Sport 256

Salzburg-Dinamo Zagreb 21.00pm Sky Sport 257.

Young Boys-Inter 21.00pm Amazon Prime