Follow AC Milan, Barcelona, Bayern Munich and Chelsea kick off their Champions League campaign LIVE on Goal.com

18/09/2012 5:00:00 AM

Join us to find out how the favourites will fare on matchday 1 of the group stages of Europe’s elite club competition, on Tuesday and Wednesday

With all the domestic competitions well underway, the Champions League is set for kick-off too, as matchday 1 takes place on Tuesday and Wednesday.

Goal.com will bring you all the coverage you need as European club football's finest teams battle for a place in the final at Wembley on May 25, 2013.

On Tuesday, European powerhouses AC Milan, Arsenal and Real Madrid kick off their campaign, while dark horses Manchester City and Paris Saint-Germain are in action as well.

Our LIVE! blog will be running from Tuesday 16:00BST until midnight, and is set to take you through all the build-up, team news and the games themselves.

Additionally, our European football experts will be online all day to answer your questions about the games, giving you the chance to ask everything you want to know via either our Twitter account or our Facebook page.

Click here to follow all the action as it happens, from build-up and team news to results and reaction.

And 24 hours later, Barcelona, Bayern Munich, Chelsea, Juventus and Manchester United are among the teams who will be getting their European campaigns underway.

Our LIVE! blog will once more be running from 16:00BST until midnight, while our national experts will be on hand again as well to answer your questions.

Goal.com is the only place you need for full coverage of matchday 1 of the Champions League, follow it all LIVE! on Tuesday and Wednesday, and look out for all our news and features before and after the games.

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