The UEFA Champions League picks up on Tuesday with a number of exciting games, as clubs like Chelsea, Arsenal and Barcelona will all be in action for matches, with Chelsea facing off against Steaua Bucuresti, while Arsenal will be playing against Napoli.
The schedule has plenty of entertaining matches on Tuesday, with some of the games including Borussia Dortmund against Marseille, FC Basel taking on Schalke 04, Barcelona and Celtic going at it, as well as FC Porto and Athletico Madrid playing at 2:45 PM ET. The first phase of the Champions League is continuing and as of Tuesday, Manchester United and Shakhtar Donetsk are tied with three points in Group A, while Real Madrid is tops in Group B with three points as well.
Arsenal is tied at the top of Group F with three points with Napoli and the club will be looking for another victory on Tuesday when they face off against the team right there at the top. Arsenal is coming off of a 2-1 victory in the Premier League and this game for the Champions League will be at Emirates Stadium for the first phase. Heading into the match earlier, manager Arsene Wenger made some news after appearing in a documentary.
According to ESPNFC.com, the club was close to signing Cristiano Ronaldo years ago, as he said for a TV doc that the team almost was able to snag him back when he was just 18, as the club had a jersey number ready for him to take. Wenger said that Manchester United was able to sign him over Arsenal and while the team was disappointed, sometimes that's how things play out and clearly Arsenal has done okay over the years without him.
Wenger was asked about the top players in the world in Ronaldo as well as Gareth Bale and Lionel Messi, saying that all players are different and saying that Messi is like an "artists" when he plays on the pitch. Wenger was asked by reporters about winning a title, but he brushed off any speculation about that early, saying the season has just started and even though they have won every match they have played in the Premier League, it's too early to look into things.
