The UEFA Champions League opens play on Tuesday, Sept. 17 and one of the first matches of the competition pits Aston Villa against BSC Young Boys at Stade de Suisse Wankdorf in Bern, Switzerland.
The match is scheduled to start at 12:45 p.m. EST and will be broadcast exclusively on Paramount+. Fans looking to watch can do so through Paramount+, which offers exclusive live streams and on-demand replays of all UEFA Champions League matches along with a free trial when you sign up.
This is the first year with the new league phase format instead of a Group Stage at the UEFA Champions League, along with the other UEFA tournaments. Starting with the 2024-25 competition, the tournament increases to 36 teams instead of 32, with each team playing eight matches against two teams from each the four seeding groups. It will also feature a playoff phase that includes 16 teams fighting for the final eight spots in the knockout phase, which starts in the Round of 16. The top eight in the table are automatically placed in the Round of 16 while ninth through 24th compete in the playoff, with the bottom 12 teams being eliminated.
Young Boys will take on Barcelona on Oct. 1 in Matchday 2 competition while Aston Villa will clash with Bayern Munich on Oct. 2.
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Who: Young Boys vs. Aston Villa
When: Tuesday, Sept. 17 at 12:45 p.m. EST
Where: Stade de Suisse Wankdorf in Bern, Switzerland
Stream: Paramount+ (free trial)
Tickets: StubHub and *VividSeats
New customers who purchase tickets through VividSeats can get $20 off a $200+ ticket order by using the promo code MassLive20 at checkout.
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The UEFA Champions League opens play on Tuesday, Sept. 17 and one of the first matches of the competition pits Aston Villa against BSC Young Boys at Stade de Suisse Wankdorf in Bern, Switzerland.
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The match is scheduled to start at 12:45 p.m. EST and will be broadcast exclusively on Paramount+. Fans looking to watch can do so through Paramount+, which offers exclusive live streams and on-demand replays of all UEFA Champions League matches along with a free trial when you sign up.
This is the first year with the new league phase format instead of a Group Stage at the UEFA Champions League, along with the other UEFA tournaments. Starting with the 2024-25 competition, the tournament increases to 36 teams instead of 32, with each team playing eight matches against two teams from each the four seeding groups. It will also feature a playoff phase that includes 16 teams fighting for the final eight spots in the knockout phase, which starts in the Round of 16. The top eight in the table are automatically placed in the Round of 16 while ninth through 24th compete in the playoff, with the bottom 12 teams being eliminated.
Young Boys will take on Barcelona on Oct. 1 in Matchday 2 competition while Aston Villa will clash with Bayern Munich on Oct. 2.
WATCH MATCHES LIVE AND CATCH REPLAYS OF THE UEFA CHAMPIONS LEAGUE ON PARAMOUNT+ FREE
Who: Young Boys vs. Aston Villa
When: Tuesday, Sept. 17 at 12:45 p.m. EST
Where: Stade de Suisse Wankdorf in Bern, Switzerland
Stream: Paramount+ (free trial)
Tickets: StubHub and *VividSeats
New customers who purchase tickets through VividSeats can get $20 off a $200+ ticket order by using the promo code MassLive20 at checkout.
Gear: Shop around for jerseys, shirts, hats, hoodies and more at Fanatics.com.
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In the end, storied clubs who pushed for change from UEFA and created turmoil in European soccer got most of what they wanted: More teams, more games and more of them against strong opponents, more money.
That's not a reason to not make a change if you don't have it right. I want Hibs to be on the leading edge.
Musah played with the likes of Bukayo Saka, Emile Smith Rowe and Folarin Balogun during his seven years in north London - while aspiring to one day be a Mesut Ozil or Olivier Giroud on his trips to the Emirates - but was convinced by Valencia that his future lay in
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By age seven, people were telling Antonio to invest in his son because he had special talent. He responded by buying 10 footballs and sending him to live with an aunt in Nova Venecia.
I think at the moment it's not good or not fair to say we want to do this or reach this. At the moment we've only to be strong, to start to work together and think that we need to improve.
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