Matchday 1 of the UEFA Champions League’s league phase kicks off on Tuesday, when Texan Samuel Adeniran and Georgia product George Bello could make their UCL debuts with Austrian club LASK Linz. Villarreal, whose Alex Freeman started in LaLiga last weekend, takes on Borussia Dortmund, which named 17-year-old Mathis Albert to its Champions League roster. Atletico Madrid (Johnny Cardoso) is in action Wednesday, followed by PSV (Sergino Dest and Ricardo Pepi) on Thursday.

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