Champions League start
Who shows the games of the German representatives?
Will new signing Harry Kane be able to celebrate his first Champions League goal for Bayern in the game against Manchester United?
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The Champions League season starts. Who will broadcast the opening games of the four German participants Bayern, Dortmund, Leipzig and Union?
Four German teams start the new Champions League season this week. Premier class permanent guest FC Bayern Munich as well as Borussia Dortmund, RB Leipzig and sensational participants 1. FC Union Berlin are representing the Bundesliga this year. While the sympathies are likely to be clearly divided in most games, some fans still wonder what the distribution of broadcast rights actually looks like for the respective games. Who is broadcasting which game?
If you want to see all the games, you can’t avoid a Dazn and Prime Video membership. RB Leipzig will kick off the German teams on Tuesday (September 19th): In Group G, coach Marco Rose’s (47) team will face Young Boys Bern away. Preliminary reporting starts at 6:15 p.m. on Dazn, kick-off is at 6:45 p.m. Marco Hagemann (46) comments on the game, and Seb Kneißl is at his side as an expert.
Also on Tuesday, although it can be seen via the streaming service Prime Video, the premier class begins for Dortmund, who had a bumpy start to the Bundesliga. In France, the game against the starting team of Paris St. Germain kicks off at 9 p.m., here the preliminary reporting begins at 8 p.m. Jonas Friedrich (43) and former national player Benedikt Höwedes (35) comment on BVB’s difficult away game.
CL veterans and newcomers start on Wednesday
It’s not just Union Berlin supporters who are eagerly awaiting the first Wednesday game (September 20th) with German participation: the Champions League newcomer can play his debut game against record holders Real Madrid in the venerable Estadio Santiago Bernabeu. Dazn will broadcast the duel, the preliminary report starts at 6:15 p.m. and the kick-off half an hour later. Uli Hebel (35) and former national player Sami Khedira (36) are at the start as commentator duo.
FC Bayern Munich fans don’t have to switch gears on Wednesday. The record champions’ game will also be broadcast on Dazn (preview from 8:00 p.m., kick-off at 9:00 p.m.). The commentator/expert duo is Jan Platte and ex-national player Michael Ballack (46). The Munich team around record purchaser Harry Kane (30) will be facing Manchester United “at home”. This is a new edition of the dramatic Champions League final of the 1998/1999 season, when the English won 2-1 with two goals in stoppage time and thus snatched the pot from under Bayern’s noses.
FC Bayern Munich will face FC Copenhagen (October 3rd) and Galatasaray Istanbul (October 24th) in Group A in the first half of the season. RB Leipzig will also face the reigning CL winners Manchester City (October 4th) and Red Star Belgrade (October 25th). 1. FC Union Berlin still has to play against Sporting Braga (October 3rd) and SSC Napoli (October 24th). And in the “Group of Death F”, after the game against Paris St. Germain, BVB will face duels with AC Milan (October 4th) and Newcastle United (October 25th).