Celtic vs Real Madrid live stream, Tuesday 6 September, 8pm
Celtic will welcome the European champions Real Madrid to Parkhead on Tuesday for their first Champions League group game in five years.
There is genuine belief at Celtic Park that Ange Postecoglou's side are capable of qualifying for the knockout phase of this tournament. RB Leipzig have made a poor start to the Bundesliga season, while Shakhtar Donetsk will have to play their home games in Poland due to the war in Ukraine. Leipzig remain the favourites to advance alongside Madrid, but confidence is high in the green-and-white half of Glasgow right now.
And so it might be. Rangers were utterly dominant in the 2020/21 Scottish Premiership season, but Celtic managed to wrestle the title back in Postecoglou's first season at the helm. The appointment of the Australian came out of left field last summer, but Postecoglou has done a magnificent job since taking charge at Celtic Park. His team play fantastic football, the type of which will compel them to take the game to Madrid on Tuesday.
That could end in a hefty defeat. Los Blancos have much more talent and experience within their ranks, and they are masters at picking opponents off. Throughout their run to Champions League glory last term, Madrid were on the back foot for long periods. But they continually found a way to win, and the likes of Luka Modric, Karim Benzema and Toni Kroos will not find the atmosphere at Celtic Park daunting in the slightest.
Yet Celtic are good enough to cause Madrid problems. There is no guarantee that sitting deep and launching sporadic counter-attacks would be a better modus operandi. Celtic will try to be as proactive as possible on Tuesday, and that positive mindset could bear fruit.
Kyogo Furuhashi suffered an injury during the 4-0 thrashing of Rangers at the weekend and is a doubt, while Jesus Vallejo and Alvaro Odriozola are sidelined for Madrid.
Kick-off is at 8pm BST on Tuesday 6 September and is being shown on BT Sport 3. See below for international broadcast options.
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Use a VPN to watch Champions League football from outside your country
If you’re out of the country for a round of Premier League fixtures, then annoyingly your domestic on-demand services won’t work – the broadcaster knows where you are because of your IP address (boo!). You'll be blocked from watching it, which is not ideal if you’ve paid up for a subscription and still want to catch the action without resorting to illegal feeds you’ve found on Reddit.
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UK TV rights
How to watch Premier League live streams for UK subscribers
Sky Sports and BT Sport are the two main players once again, but Amazon also have a slice of the pie in 2022/23.
US TV rights
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NBC Sports Group are the Premier League rights holders, with the Peacock Premium streaming platform showing even more than the 175 games it aired last season, with other matches split between NBCSN channel, CNBC and the over-the-air NBC broadcast channel. If you pick up a fuboTV subscription for the games not on Peacock Premium, you'll be able to watch every game.
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Canada TV rights
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Australia TV rights
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Sky Sport are serving up all 380 games – plus various highlights and magazine shows throughout the week, as well as the Champions League.
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