Real Madrid and Borussia Dortmund meet in a rematch of last year's UEFA Champions League final on Tuesday in this season's Champions League league phase at Santiago Bernabeu. Carlo Ancelotti's Blancos beat BVB to continental glory at Wembley less than six months ago for the Spanish giants' 15th UCL crown.

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Two teams with ambitions of finishing in the top eight of the league phase will meet despite less-than-ideal starts to Champions League play when Barcelona host Bayern Munich. Each has already dropped a match in this expanded UCL field and while there won't be issues for either finishing in the top 24 teams of this stage,