Summon the famous former players, print out and fold up the pieces of card, arrange the opaque plastic balls into the correct seeding pots: the Champions League group-stage draw is upon us today. An evening that treads the line between pomposity and kitsch, replete with close-up shots of grinning club officials, is coming to Istanbul. The countdown […]

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