Contrasting European ties for Manchester rivals
As the Champions League enters Match Day 2, Tuesday night’s list of fixtures sees contrasting ties for Premier League joint leaders Manchester United and Manchester City.
Roberto Mancini’s City, who drew against Napoli on Match Day 1, face a tough trip to the Allianz Arena to take on 2010 finalists Bayern Munich. Bayern have been in fine form recently and beat Bayer Leverkusen 3-0 in their weekend Bundesliga clash. Indeed City fans having bought Champions League tickets for this fixture in Germany will be expecting a keenly contested game.
Manchester United meanwhile have a relatively straightforward fixture at home against Swiss outfit Basel. Like City, United also drew their opening group tie against Portuguese giants Benfica. And if you are a Roger Federer fan, you may want to consider buying Manchester United tickets for this game as the Swiss tennis legend will grace Old Trafford to watch the fixture.
Elsewhere Inter Milan will travel to Russia to take on CSKA in an early kick off, while the Nerazzurri’s league rivals Napoli will host Villarreal. Turkish outfit Trabzonspor, who shocked Inter on Match Day 1, are at home to Lille. Lyon play Benfica at Stade Gerland while Benfica will meet Otetul Galati. Dutch giants Ajax will be hopeful of an upset as they travel to Madrid to take on Jose Mourinho and Real Madrid.
