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Argentine players in the Champions League preview, Lautaro Martínez, Equi Fernández

A total of 19 Argentine players can take part in the Champions League on Tuesday.

The Champions League continues on Tuesday and of the nine matches, seven of them involve Argentine players. Francisco Ortega, Lorenzo Scipioni and Santiago Hezze of Olympiacos travel to Barcelona to take on FC Barcelona in one of the two early matches of the day.

In the other early match of the day, it’s Kairat against Pafos. Nicolás Otamendi and Enzo Barrenechea with Benfica travel to England to play Newcastle United. Gianluca Prestianni, part of the Argentina U20 national team, did not train with Benfica.

Bayer Leverkusen will be without Exequiel Palacios due to injury but Equi Fernández and Claudio Echeverri will host reigning Champions League winners Paris Saint-Germain.

Lautaro Martínez and Inter travel to Belgium to play Kevin Mac Allister and Union Saint-Gilloise.

Aarón Anselmino is back in the team for Borussia Dortmund as they play Copenhagen. Juan Foyth has been out injured for Villarreal and is not expected to play against Manchester City.

Diego Simeone’s Atletico Madrid with Juan Musso, Thiago Almada, Nahuel Molina, Julián Álvarez, Giuliano Simeone and Nicolás González will travel to London to play against Arsenal. Here are the matches for Tuesday in the Champions League:

FC Barcelona vs. Olympiacos (Francisco Ortega, Lorenzo Scipioni and Santiago Hezze)

Kairat vs. Pafos

Newcastle United vs. Benfica (Nicolás Otamendi, Enzo Barrenechea and Gianluca Prestianni)

PSV vs. Napoli

Bayer Leverkusen (Exequiel Palacios, Equi Fernández and Claudio Echeverri) vs. Paris Saint-Germain

Union Saint-Gilloise (Kevin Mac Allister) vs. Inter (Lautaro Martínez)

Copenhagen vs. Borussia Dortmund (Aarón Anselmino)

Villarreal (Juan Foyth) vs. Manchester City

Arsenal vs. Atletico Madrid (Juan Musso, Thiago Almada, Nahuel Molina, Julián Álvarez, Giuliano Simeone and Nicolás González)

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