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Barcelona will visit Monaco's Stade Louis II at 2am on September 20 (Vietnam time), starting their 2024-2025 Champions League journey with a new format. This is a big challenge for coach Hansi Flick and his team, especially for 17-year-old player Lamine Yamal after a brilliant summer at EURO 2024 and an impressive start to the La Liga season, scoring 3 goals and having 4 assists in 5 wins.

Lamine Yamal will help Barcelona fly high in the Champions League

Monaco is having a brilliant record in Ligue 1 (France), when they are unbeaten in 4 matches (3 wins, 1 draw), only behind PSG who have won all 4 matches. Monaco and Marseille are the 2 biggest rivals competing for the Ligue 1 championship in the 2024-2025 season with PSG.

Monaco's growth is an opportunity for Barcelona to prove its rise in the journey to regain its most glorious glory in the period with Messi's contribution. After more than 3 seasons since Messi had to leave (August 2021), the Catalan team has only now really taken firm steps under the leadership of coach Hansi Flick. This is thanks to the maturity of many young players from the famous La Masia training academy, typically Lamine Yamal, Pau Cubarsi (both only 17 years old), or Gavi, Pedri, Fermin Lopez who are only 20, 21 years old. In addition, top stars such as Robert Lewandowski, Raphinha or rookie Dani Olmo are suitable for coach Hansi Flick's football philosophy, helping the Catalan team fly high from the beginning of the 2024-2025 season.

Making a splash in the Champions League would be a huge step forward for Barcelona, ​​as it would help them address the financial problems that have stalled the club’s progress for years.

Since their last Champions League win in 2015, Barcelona have only reached the quarter-finals once last season, while they have been eliminated in the group stage twice in 2021 and 2022. This is in stark contrast to their most successful years, when they reached the semi-finals 10 out of 15 times from 1999 to 2015. During this period, Barcelona won 4 Champions League titles, matching Messi's number of titles.

Messi's cycle with Barcelona has ended for more than 3 years, which was also the period when the team struggled on all fronts to find itself again. Now, they have Lamine Yamal, a near-perfect copy of Messi. The Catalan team therefore has the right to hope and believe in entering a period of regaining its glory, after many years of having to watch rival Real Madrid win the Champions League over and over again (a total of 5 times since 2015).

Results of the match on the morning of September 18

Championship contenders Real Madrid started with a 3-1 win over Stuttgart. Juventus also beat PSV with the same score. Bayern Munich "destroyed" Dinamo Zagreb with a record score of 9-2. Two English clubs, Liverpool beat AC Milan 3-1 and Aston Villa beat Young Boys 3-0, along with Sporting Lisbon (beat Lille 2-0) are the teams at the top of the rankings with 3 points.

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