The UEFA Champions League schedule gets going on Tuesday with a number of great matches and Real Madrid enters the day after a draw against Olimpic in the Copa del Rey and the match against FC Copenhagen will be an away match at the Parkstadion and comes after their last win against Galatasaray in UCL play.
Real Madrid will be playing Copenhagen in their Group B set, while Juventus will be playing against Galatasaray on Tuesday and some of the other matches includes Bayern Munich and Manchester City in a Group C match, while Manchester United and Shakhtar Donetsk are playing in Group A where Man U is looking to get the top spot in the set heading into the knockout round of 16. Paris Saint-Germain and CSKA Moscow are also in action and the matches come before a big day on Wednesday as well. Chelsea is looking to improve from their performance in the Premier League over the weekend when they play a Group E match against Steaua Bucuresti, while Napoli and Arsenal will be playing a Group F match.
Barcelona and Celtic is one of the biggest matches of the day on Wednesday and in Group H AC Milan will also be in action against Ajax Amsterdam, while Atletico Madrid and FC Basel are also playing in Group E. Ronaldo has once again been having a great season for Real Madrid and he has made it on the shortlist for the Ballon d'Or, as well as the FIFA World XI shortlist and now he will be in action on Tuesday for the match. The club is in first place with 13 points in Group B and they have four wins and no losses in Champions League play this phase.
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Real Madrid are not planning to ease off in their final Champions League Group B match at FC Copenhagen on Tuesday despite having secured top spot and a place in the last 16, coach Carlo Ancelotti said.
Cristiano Ronaldo, joint top scorer in Europe's elite club competition this season with eight goals, and record signing Gareth Bale are both available, Ancelotti told a news conference on Monday.
Portugal forward Ronaldo has been out since picking up a minor muscle strain on November 23 and Wales winger Bale missed Saturday's King's Cup match at Olimpic de Xativa due to what local media reported was a dose of flu.
"Bale has recovered," Ancelotti said, without specifying the nature of the player's complaint.
"He had a small problem on Friday and he recovered and trained and tomorrow he will play without problem," added the Italian.
"All the players here are available to play and we will field the best possible team."
Copenhagen are out of the Champions League but can still finish third and qualify for the Europa League as long as Galatasaray do not win at home to Juventus in the other match in the group.
Real are top on 13 points from five games, with Juve on six and Galatasaray and Copenhagen both on four. The Danish side have an inferior head-to-head record against their Italian and Turkish rivals.
(Reuters)