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Madrid (EFE).- Real Madrid and Athletic will begin the 2025/26 Champions League at home against Marseille and Arsenal, respectively, while Barcelona will visit Newcastle, Atlético de Madrid will visit Liverpool, and Villarreal will visit Tottenham. You may be interested in: Cibao FC visits O&M this Saturday in the LDF Athletic will be the first Spanish team to enter the fray, playing against the 'gunners' at San Mamés at 18:45 on Tuesday, September 16, the day Real Madrid and Villarreal will debut at 21:00. Atlético de Madrid will play at Anfield at 21:00 on Wednesday 17th and Barcelona at St. James Park at that same time, but on Thursday 18th. Real Madrid will have the longest trip in its history in the continental tournament to Almaty against Kairat (18.45 Tuesday, September 30), will receive Juventus on Wednesday, October 22, will visit Liverpool on Tuesday, November 4, Olympiacos on Wednesday 26 of that month and will return to the Santiago Bernabéu on Wednesday, December 10 against Manchester City and on Tuesday, January 20 against Monaco, to finish the phase in Benfica's fiefdom on January 28. Barcelona, after playing in Newcastle, will receive PSG of Luis Enrique on Wednesday, October 1st, and Olympiacos on the 21st of that month (this one at 6:45 PM), will visit Bruges and Chelsea on November 5th and 25th, will return to its field against Eintracht Frankfurt on December 9th, will travel to Prague against Slavia on January 21st, and will finish as a local on January 28th against Copenhagen. Atlético de Madrid, after their match at Anfield, will receive Eintracht Frankfurt on Tuesday, September 30, will visit Arsenal on Tuesday, October 21, will play at the Metropolitano against Union Saint Gilloise on Tuesday, November 4 and against Inter on the 26th of that month, to play two consecutive away games against PSV on December 9 and Galatasaray on January 21 and close at home against Bodo Glimt on January 28. After celebrating its debut in front of its fans against Arsenal, Athletic will visit Borussia Dortmund on October 1, receive Qarabag on the 22nd of this month, and face Newcastle on English soil on November 5 and Slavia in Prague on the 25th, a step prior to receiving PSG on December 10, facing Atalanta in Bergamo on January 21 and finishing at home against Sporting Lisbon. Villarreal, after its match in London against Tottenham, will play at La Cerámica against Juventus on Wednesday, October 1st and Manchester City on the 21st; they will face Pafos in Cyprus on Wednesday, November 5th, and Borussia in Dortmund on the 25th; they will host Copenhagen on December 10th and Ajax on January 21st, and will conclude this phase in Leverkusen against Bayer on January 28th. PSG, the defending champion, will start at home against Atalanta on Wednesday, September 17, in a first matchday that also features duels such as Juventus-Borussia Dortmund or Manchester City-Naples. Luis Enrique's team will finish at home against Newcastle. Pep Guardiola's team, another of the great contenders for the continental throne, will also close at home against Galatasaray.