{"id":47916,"date":"2026-10-14T10:58:20","date_gmt":"2026-10-14T08:58:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/?post_type=news&#038;p=47916"},"modified":"2026-10-14T10:58:20","modified_gmt":"2026-10-14T08:58:20","slug":"uefa-champions-league-returns-with-exciting-clashes-tonight","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/news\/uefa-champions-league-returns-with-exciting-clashes-tonight\/","title":{"rendered":"UEFA Champions League returns with exciting clashes tonight"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p class=\"x_MsoNormal\">Another exciting round of Union of European Football Associations (UEFA) Champions League matches will be played tonight.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p class=\"x_MsoNormal\">Manchester City take on defending champions Paris Saint-Germain in what is expected to be a mouth-watering encounter, while Real Madrid travel to AS Roma.<\/p>\n<p>Ahead of their Champions League meeting with Paris Saint-Germain\u00a0(PSG), Manchester City remain under the spotlight for their ongoing financial misconduct.<\/p>\n<p>PSG coach Luis Enrique says he hopes City avoid sanctions and believes the process should be respected until a final verdict is reached.<\/p>\n<p>City&#8217;s coach also highlighted that the team&#8217;s success on the pitch should not be overlooked, and he emphasised that the club earned its trophies through its football.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, Real Madrid turn their attention to the Champions League clash with Roma, as they look to continue their strong start to the campaign.<\/p>\n<p class=\"x_MsoNormal\">The Spanish giants beat Villarreal 1-0 in their La Liga league encounter this past weekend despite finishing with 10 men after Vinicius Junior&#8217;s red card.<\/p>\n<p>Roma will be hoping to make home advantage count against the Spanish giants.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p class=\"x_MsoNormal\">&#8211;SABC&#8211;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":22693,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_members_access_role":[],"_members_access_error":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"news-type":[20],"class_list":["post-47916","news","type-news","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","news-type-sport","entry"],"acf":{"short_description":"","published_date":"","news_description":"UEFA Champions League matches will be played tonight.","form_embed":"","author":"","image_caption":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/47916","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/news"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/47916\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":47918,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/47916\/revisions\/47918"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/22693"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=47916"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"news-type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news-type?post=47916"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}