Hello everyone and welcome along to The Athletic‘s coverage of the Champions League!
Today is the first day of the group stage in the 2024-2025 iteration of Europe’s biggest and glitziest football competition — and it has a brand new format, too.
Several heavyweight sides from across the continent are in action tonight, including Liverpool, Bayern Munich, and Real Madrid.
We’ll have all the build-up, quotes, team news, stats, analysis, and more throughout the day, right here in this live blog. So stick with us.
