A Czech invasion in Barcelona - CL Group Stage MD4

5 November 2019

FC Barcelona vs. Slavia Prague

Barcelona will look to win in better fashion than in the first leg in Prague, where they needed some luck to get two goals behind Prague. The Czech football fans seem to show great interest in this game, traveling down with no less than five chartered aircraft:

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Zenit St. Petersburg vs. RB Leipzig

The team from Leipzig has been playing fairly strong so far, keeping up with some much more fancied outfits. The trip to the Krestovsky Stadium in St. Petersburg is never an easy one though. SR these days stands for the German airline Sundair.

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SSC Napoli vs. RB Salzburg

Qualified for the Champions League for the first time ever as this club, RBS is on its way to Naples to restore some pride after losing a couple of tight matches against Liverpool and at home against Napoli.

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Liverpool FC vs. KRC Genk

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Borussia Dortmund vs. Inter Milan

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Olympique Lyonnais vs. SL Benfica

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Ready to go - Champions League Group Stage MD1

17 September 2019

Group E

FC Salzburg vs. KRC Genk

Missing out on the Champions League for ten years, Salzburg has finally made it to the main event as a result of Austria's improving country coefficient. They will play against Genk first up, an opponent that should not be underestimated, because after all, Belgium's national team is the number 1 in the world. There will be two flights for the team and the staff traveling to Salzburg, with Jet Netherlands and TUI Belgium:

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SSC Napoli vs. Liverpool FC

Last season's winners Liverpool start their title defence in Italy, away at the refurbished San Paolo. There is only a hint yet of what they will fly with, which should be one of the spectacularly painted KlasJet Boeing 737-500s.

Group F

Borussia Dortmund vs. FC Barcelona

Two heavyweights of European football clash in Dortmund, where the Borussia takes on the mighty FC Barcelona. As usual, Barcelona will travel with Air Europa, while their supporters will have to make do with a Vueling flight. The late night departure is still not possible from DTM, so these flights will depart from Cologne instead.

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Inter Milan vs. Slavia Prague

The Czech champions have come through the qualifiers, while Inter of course are well-known guests in the Champions League.

Group G

Olympique Lyonnais vs. Zenit St. Petersburg

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SL Benfica vs. RB Leipzig

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Group H

Ajax Amsterdam vs. OSC Lille

Much was written about Ajax and them having to qualify for the competition again, even though they had almost made to the final last season. But here this young team is again, looking to put smiles on the fans of Dutch football again.

Chelsea vs. Valencia CF

Valencia face a difficult task straight away, traveling to Stanford Bridge for a game against the Europa League winners from last season.

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