{"id":25810,"date":"2022-09-06T14:38:16","date_gmt":"2022-09-06T14:38:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/mozambique\/all-news\/champions-league-returns-to-europe"},"modified":"2022-09-06T14:48:16","modified_gmt":"2022-09-06T14:48:16","slug":"champions-league-returns-to-europe","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/mozambique\/all-news\/champions-league-returns-to-europe","title":{"rendered":"Champions League returns to Europe"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Mozambique. <\/strong><\/span>The <b>Champions League<\/b> returns to Europe this evening with the group stages. <b>Chelsea<\/b> are in Zagreb, <b>Croatia<\/b>, to launch their campaign.<\/p>\n<p><b>\u00c9douard Mendy<\/b> and his teammates will be welcoming their new striker, <b>Gabon international Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang<\/b>, who arrived from Barcelona on the last day of the market.<\/p>\n<p>Aubame could make his debut for the Blues and will have to succeed where <b>Lukaku<\/b> failed last year: scoring goals.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;He will be a big addition for us because he&#8217;s a proper striker, a goal-scorer which we miss. In the last years, we haven&#8217;t had a goal-scorer who scores 20, 25 goals per season which you obviously need to win the title&#8221;, said <b>Chelsea midfielder Mateo Kovacic<\/b>.<\/p>\n<p><b>Paul Pogba<\/b> is not ready to return to the Champions League and should even miss the <b>World Cup<\/b>.<\/p>\n<p>The Frenchman had an emergency knee operation just hours after returning to training, while <b>Juventus<\/b> face <b>PSG<\/b> tonight.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I think he will come back just before the World Cup. There are still 45 to 50 days before the World Cup starts so I have to calculate that we will get him back in January. Whether he plays in the World Cup or not is not my problem&#8230;My concern is that he is with us on January 13th&#8221;, said Juventus head coach, <b>Massimiliano Allegri<\/b>.<\/p>\n<p>Paul Pogba was injured during the pre-season training camp and initially opted not to go under the knife to keep his chance of defending his world title in <b>Qatar<\/b>.<\/p>\n<p>The French-Guinean star is already embroiled in extra-sporting affairs.<\/p>\n<p><strong>For More News And Analysis About <a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/mozambique\">Mozambique<\/a> Follow <a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/\">Africa-Press<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press &#8211; Mozambique. The Champions League returns to Europe this evening with the group stages. 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