Scandal-hit Man City returns to Champions League hosting PSG. In-form Barcelona goes to Galatasaray
Manchester City faces possible Champions League sanctions while PSG arrives as defending champion in a meeting of clubs shaped by state-backed spending.
- On Wednesday, Manchester City hosts Paris Saint-Germain in a Champions League match marked by the club's return to the competition following a tribunal verdict confirming financial rule-breaking.
- Both clubs were transformed by Middle East state-backed wealth beginning in 2008 and 2011, and both faced identical UEFA Financial Fair Play penalties of 20 million euros in 2014.
- A Premier League tribunal proved long-held suspicions about Manchester City's financial success last month, with the club now facing potential sanctions and years of Champions League exile while appealing.
- Barcelona arrives at Galatasaray on Tuesday with a nine-game winning streak and has been described as Europe's best team this season, averaging over four goals per game.
- Elsewhere, Arsenal hosts Lille on Tuesday seeking a 14th straight win, while Bayern Munich plays Viking on Tuesday and Real Madrid visits Roma on Wednesday.
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The main club tournament, the Champions League, presents a new challenge to a Manchester City cornered by its extra-sport problems.
Los Angeles Times
Independent EspañolThe football calendar gods had a sense of humor in making Manchester City's return to the Champions League, after the devastating failure to break financial rules, a match against Paris Saint-Germain.
The Champions returns with a City-PSG, representatives of a model under suspicion.
The Toronto Star
Scandal-hit Man City returns to Champions League hosting PSG. In-form Barcelona goes to Galatasaray
GENEVA (AP) — The soccer schedule gods had a sense of humor making Manchester City’s return to the Champions League after a devastating verdict of financial rule-breaking a game against
Manchester City, en medio de escándalo, vuelve a la Champions ante PSG
Los dioses del calendario del fútbol tuvieron sentido del humor al hacer que el regreso del Manchester City a la Liga de Campeones, tras el devastador fallo por infringir normas financieras, fuera un partido contra el Paris Saint-Germain.
Aristegui Noticias
eldeportivo.com.coThanks to the money of Abu Dhabi and Qatar, respectively, City and PSG have in recent years become alternatives to the power of the more traditional clubs.
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