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LC: FC Porto with a painful debut at home against Manchester City

SAPO Notícias8 September 2026 at 05:31

FC Porto makes its debut in the Champions League league phase with a home game against Manchester City. The match takes place at the Estádio do Dragão, in Porto, in what is the dragons' first participation in this new format of the European competition.

The game pits the leaders of the two main national championships against each other. FC Porto tops the Portuguese League, while Manchester City leads the English Premier League, making this confrontation a clash between two teams in good form in their domestic competitions.

This match represents FC Porto's return to the Champions League after a season of absence from the top European club competition. The dragons thus enter a league phase that promises to be challenging, immediately starting against one of the main favourites for the title.

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