Club Brugge seek confirmation in Eindhoven, De Bruyne recovers in time and Kompany's Bayern win in Madrid
After a Tuesday that brought a Bayern win at Atlético, Club Brugge and De Bruyne's Napoli play tonight, while Belgium has moved past the Netherlands in the UEFA ranking.
Club Brugge visit PSV tonight at 9pm on the fourth matchday of the Champions League. The Belgian side sit eleventh with 6 points, PSV are eighteenth with 4, Sporza reports. Coach Ivan Leko told the press conference that Belgian football has made big strides since his own playing days 15 to 20 years ago: in his view Belgian clubs no longer turn up just to take part but play to win. Captain Hans Vanaken sees PSV as slight favourites at most, because they are at home.
Dutch journalists in Bruges pointed out that Belgium has overtaken the Netherlands for seventh place in UEFA's coefficient ranking, Sporza writes. Vanaken called it a sign that the standard in Belgium has risen.
Kevin De Bruyne also looks available tonight. He sprained his ankle on Sunday in the top game against Juventus and stayed in the dressing room at half-time, but trained with the squad again on Tuesday evening, Sporza and Voetbalkrant report. Napoli are 24th with 3 points and play in Porto at 9pm. According to Voetbalkrant it is also good news for the Red Devils, who travel to Turkey and host Italy in the Nations League next week.
On Tuesday Vincent Kompany's Bayern won 2-0 at Atlético Madrid through goals from Lennart Karl (54th minute) and Konrad Laimer (74th), ESPN reports. PSG won 6-0 at Villarreal after leading 4-0 within 16 minutes, Manchester United turned a 2-0 deficit against AS Roma into a 3-2 win despite a red card, and Barcelona beat Aston Villa 3-0. Lille drew 0-0 at Bodø/Glimt, according to UNN and The Sports Encounter.