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Real Madrid begin UCL title defense against Ronaldo’s boyhood club Sporting CP

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The Champions League resumes tonight with the second bunch of Day 1 group stage games being played across Europe.

Holders Real Madrid will begin their title defence against Portuguese side Sporting Lisbon, a game that will see Ballon d’Or contender Cristiano Ronaldo face his boyhood club at the Santiago Bernabéu Stadium.

Real triumphed on a post-match penalty shoot-out in last season’s final against city rivals Atletico Madrid, with Ronaldo scoring the last penalty to ensure his side won the coveted trophy for a record eleventh time.

Having just started his first game of the season in Real Madrid’s Liga 5-2 win over Osasuna, Ronaldo will be keen to kick-start his Champions League quest positively, hoping to make another final appearance in The Millennium Stadium in Cardiff, Wales.

Other games to be played tonight are;

Bayer Leverkusen vs CSKA Moscow

Tottenham Hotspur vs Monaco

Legia Warszawa vs Borussia Dortmund

Club Brugge vs Leicester City

FC Porto vs FC Koebenhavn

Juventus vs Sevilla

Lyon vs Dinamo Zagreb

Manchester City vs Borussia Moenchengladbach

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