UEFA Champions League PREVIEW 8 Sep 2026: Mourinho meets Chivu at the Bernabeu as the league phase opens, with suspensions decided by 'the algorithm'

Mon, Sep 7, 2026

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The league phase opens on Tuesday with a reunion at the top of the bill: Real Madrid against Inter Milan, Jose Mourinho against Cristian Chivu. Madrid go in short-handed — Football Italia reports they "will be without summer signing Bernardo Silva plus Edoardo Camavinga and Arda Guler through suspension" — and Mourinho would not say how he covers it: "I'm not going to comment on it.

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