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It’s Back: Champions League Opening Week Features 4 Massive Fixtures

108 days after Liverpool lifted the Champions League trophy in Madrid, we’re set to do it all over again with a competition that’ll reach its conclusion on May 30 in Istanbul. Matchday one begins tomorrow (Tuesday, Sept. 17) with a couple massive group stage encounters before carrying through to Wednesday with a couple more. 

Below, we’ll highlight those four games while also breaking down the Champions League TV schedule on TNT. 

Champions League USA TV Schedule 2019-20 (Matchday One)

Tuesday, September 17

Jimmy Butler Answers 27 Rapid Questions While Attending Barcelona Match At The Camp Nou

Jimmy Butler was never really in contention for the United States squad at the 2019 FIBA Basketball World Cup. He played his part in helping Team USA to gold at the 2016 Olympics, and the 30-year-old must now adjust to life in Miami after being traded by Philadelphia. So you can’t really blame him for missing out on America’s shambolic seventh-place showing and going to Barcelona instead.

16-Year-Old Ansu Fati Scores 2 Minutes Into First Barça Start — His Assist Moments Later Was Even Better

Despite his age, Ansu Fati doesn’t need any time to adjust to the highest level.

A 16-year-old forward, Fati became Barcelona’s youngest-ever goal scorer a couple weeks ago. He received his first start at home against Valencia on Saturday and took no time proving he belongs on one of the best teams in the world.

Fati scored in the second minute and added an assist five minutes later in a mindboggling opening to his first career start.

Meet The 18-Year-Old Man City Player That’s Already Being Called The Next Guardiola

In time, the coaching tree that expands out from Pep Guardiola is going to be massive. Some will fail (like if Mikel Arteta had taken the job at Newcastle), but the Spanish tactician’s otherworldly training methods will almost certainly be absorbed and even expanded upon by some future coaching Übermensch that worked under Guardiola for a long period.

Lionel Messi Reveals The One Thing That Could Drive Him Away From Barcelona

It’s been a while since Lionel Messi’s last in-depth interview with a major news outlet, but one has just landed today from Barcelona-based daily SPORT.

Antoine Griezmann Had To Buy A Switch, Git Gud At Mario Kart To Fit In At Barcelona

Antoine Griezmann is a highly respected footballer who has won a World Cup and finished as high as third in Ballon d’Or voting.

But in order to really win over the respect and admiration of his new Barcelona teammates, he had to go out and get a Switch. 

This Adorable Giant Blaugrana Squirrel Has To Be A Messi Fan

Meet the Malabar giant squirrel, or Indian giant squirrel (Ratufa indica), the world’s cutest Barcelona fan.

Photos captured by wildlife photographer Kaushik Vijayan and posted to his Instagram page show a squirrel with blue and dark-red coloring that looks a bit like the blaugrana uniforms of famed football club Barcelona. 

A Look Inside 10 Of The World’s Most Expensive Training Grounds

Perhaps beginning with AC Milan’s historic Centro Sportivo Milanello and continuing to this day in previously undreamt of places like Atlanta and Utah, training facilities for the world’s most prestigious clubs have grown in importance as the most ambitious of organizations attempt to align the best in first-team training, sports science and academy development with a physical representation of an overarching ideology. 

Ansu Fati’s La Masia Highlight Reel Shows Just How Talented The Teenager Really Is

Barcelona slumped to a 2-2 draw with Osasuna on Saturday, leaving the Blaugrana in eighth place and five points back of leader Atlético Madrid following three match days.

16-Year-Old Wonderkid Becomes Barça’s Youngest-Ever Goal Scorer

Who needs Lionel Messi when you’ve got Ansu Fati?

Well, Barcelona still needs Messi, but the Catalan club has something special in this 16-year-old forward. 

With Messi out injured, Fati made his LaLiga debut last week as Antoine Griezmann stole the show. 

Against Osasuna on Saturday, Fati was the star.

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