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The Champions League main tournament returns on Tuesday, 115 days after Gareth Bale's double for Real Madrid helped them beat Liverpool in the 2017-18 final.
It starts with a bang, with several big matches in this week's opening round. Here are the ones we're most excited about watching.
The best strikeforces in the world?
Liverpool v Paris St-Germain (Tuesday, 18 September 20:00 BST)
Two of European football's great entertainers - and potential champions -meet, with arguably the best attacking players in world football.
Since the break-up of Real Madrid's 'BBC' - Karim Benzema, Gareth Bale and Cristiano Ronaldo - and Barcelona's 'MSN' - Lionel Messi, Luis Suarez and Neymar, the debate for the top strikeforce is wide open.
Neymar left Barcelona for PSG in the summer of 2017 for a world record £200m, joining £165.7m Kylian Mbappe and the club's all-time top scorer Edinson Cavani in a fearsome front three.
But Liverpool's is equally impressive, with Roberto Firmino, Sadio Mane and Mohamed Salah each scoring 10 Champions League goals last season - three of only four players to hit double figures in the tournament.
"They are the two best front threes in world football right now," said French football journalist Julien Laurens.
And then there are the managers.
Paris St-Germain boss Thomas Tuchel's two previous managerial roles have been identical to Reds boss Jurgen Klopp's. He took over at Mainz in 2009, a year after Klopp resigned. And when Klopp left Dortmund in 2015, Tuchel was the man to replace him again. However, he slightly broke tradition this summer when he became PSG manager - a team Klopp has never worked for.
"There are so many narratives," said Laurens. "Klopp against Tuchel - Tuchel facing his mentor really. I don't think there's anyone who knows Klopp as well as Tuchel. I don't think anyone knows Tuchel as well as Klopp either. It'll be fascinating to see how they set up tactically and play the game. The atmosphere will be amazing. I can't wait for it."
Laurens already knows how this year's final will go. "This is PSG's year," he said. "This is Kylian Mbappe's year, Neymar's year and Gianluigi Buffon's year.
"They will win the Champions League in Madrid against Juventus in the final, with Buffon winning his first and last - because I can see him retiring on that peak of his career, winning the only trophy he hasn't won.
"Juventus couldn't win it with him and yet they'll beat them in the final. There's no debate - this is what's going to happen."
A game which guarantees goals
Inter Milan v Tottenham Hotspur (Tuesday, 18 September 17:55 BST)
We all have the same first thought when we hear this game mentioned, right? Arguably the most famous hat-trick on a losing side ever, when Gareth Bale scored three as Spurs lost 4-3 at the San Siro in 2010.
But another notable thing from previous meetings is how high-scoring they have all been. Their four meetings, all in the past decade, have produced 19 goals - and all been won by the home team.
Two weeks after that thrilling defeat in the Champions League group stages, Spurs beat Inter 3-1 at White Hart Lane.
In 2013, they met in the Europa League last 16, with Spurs going through on away goals in extra time after a 3-0 win at home and a 4-1 reverse in Milan.
The pair have two of European football's top goalscorers.
Inter Milan striker Mauro Icardi - with 29 league strikes - was the joint top scorer in Serie A last season, as well as 2014-15.
Kane - who scored 30 league goals - was only denied a third consecutive Premier League golden boot by Salah. In the past four seasons, Icardi has scored an impressive 98 goals, but that is in the shadow of Kane's 135 strikes.
Argentina international Icardi will be making his Champions League debut at the age of 25 - because he only joined in 2013 and Inter have not been in Europe's top competition since 2011-12.
They qualified for the tournament after beating Lazio on the final day to overtake them into fourth spot. Since then they have signed Belgian midfielder Radja Nainggolan from Roma, Netherlands centre-back Stefan de Vrij - who conceded a penalty in that game - from Lazio and Senegalese winger Keita Balde from Monaco.
Tottenham are the only team in their group to have not won the European Cup - with Barcelona having won five, Inter winning three times and PSV Eindhoven lifting the trophy in 1988.
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