Billi (@SGPSoccer) delivers his Champions 6-Pack, giving you his best bets from his six selected Champions League key games for Matchday 1, including Bayern Munich v Chelsea and Newcastle v Barcelona.
It is incomprehensible to think that Howe will send his team out to be as defensive as Champions League football returns to Tyneside on Thursday, so an entertaining game is expected. The Magpies always gave it a go at home during their ill-fated and injury-hit campaign two years ago when they beat Paris Saint-Germain 4-1 on a famous night. Howe’s team are not quite as gung-ho as they were in those days, but they are certainly capable of giving Barcelona – who will be without Lamine Yamal – some problems.
