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Champions League matches today, Tuesday September 8: kickoff times and where to watch

From La Nación · () Spanish

Translated from Spanish and summarized by DistantNews. Read the original for the full story.

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  • The 2025-2026 UEFA Champions League league phase begins with six matches on Tuesday, including Real Madrid against Inter Milan.
  • The games start at 2 p.m. or 4 p.m. Argentina time and can be watched on Disney+, ESPN or Fox Sports, depending on the match.
  • Other fixtures include Porto versus Manchester City, Borussia Dortmund versus Villarreal, Betis versus Lille, AEK versus LASK and Club Brugge versus Aston Villa.

The new UEFA Champions League season begins Tuesday with six matches in the first round of the 2025-2026 league phase. The day’s main attraction is Real Madrid’s meeting with Inter Milan.

The opening games start at 2 p.m. Argentina time. AEK face LASK at Athens’ OPAP Arena, while Club Brugge host Aston Villa at Jan Breydel Stadium in Belgium. The AEK match will air on ESPN 3, and Fox Sports will broadcast Club Brugge against Aston Villa.

Four more matches begin at 4 p.m. Argentina time. Porto, featuring Alan Varela and Nehuén Pérez, host Manchester City, with Enzo Fernández in the English squad, at the Estádio do Dragão. Villarreal visit Borussia Dortmund, while Real Betis face Lille in France.

Real Madrid and Inter provide the headline fixture. Lautaro Martínez is set to captain Inter in Madrid, while the article also lists players including Juan Foyth, Giovani Lo Celso and Valentín Gómez among the South American names connected to the day’s matches. Foyth’s starting place for Villarreal is not confirmed.

All matches are available through the premium Disney+ streaming plan and on ESPN and Fox Sports television channels. Live minute-by-minute coverage and updated statistics are also available on canchallena.com. Real Madrid lead the competition’s list of winners, followed by Milan with seven titles and Liverpool and Bayern Munich with six each.

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Originally published by La Nación in Spanish. Translated, summarized, and contextualized automatically by DistantNews, with a note on how the source frames the story. Not individually reviewed before publishing. How this works.

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