One is a veteran of nearly 20 years at his club, the other started his new job only months ago. Both share the same goal: delivering European glory with teams lacking a Champions league title.
Paris Saint-Germain coach Unai Emery and Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger are on opposite trajectories when the Champions league resumes for their teams on Tuesday at the Parc des Princes. It will be Emery's first Champions league game as PSG's coach, while Wenger is starting a 19th consecutive campaign in Europe's most prestigious competition.
On the Champions league opening day, five-time winners Barcelona hosts Celtic and Bayern Munich takes on Russian newcomers Rostov.
Unlike his former great rival Alex Ferguson, who turned Manchester United into a European powerhouse, Wenger has not tasted Champions league success since he was appointed Arsenal's manager 20 years ago. Despite qualifying for the lucrative tournament for an English record 19 consecutive seasons, Arsenal has never won Europe's biggest prize, losing to Barcelona in the 2006 final. Emery's record in the Champions league is quite disappointing compared to what he achieved with Sevilla in the Europa league. Emery, who replaced laurent Blanc this summer, guided Sevilla to a third consecutive Europa league title last season but led his various teams to just eight Champions league wins in 25 games.
Barcelona and Manchester City, two of the top candidates for the European Cup, start their respective campaigns against more accessible opponents before their highly anticipated clash in the group stage. Barcelona hosts Celtic, while City welcomes Borussia Moenchengladbach.
Dynamos beat Skene IF
Skene (Sweden): Indian Super league side Delhi Dynamos Football Club registered its first win by coming from behind to beat Swedish Club Skene IF 2-1 at the Vavarevallan, here.
Dynamos, playing their second friendly match in Sweden as part of their pre-season training, were trailing for the majority of the match.
But the away side produced another resilient performance, thanks to two second half goals from midfielders Kean lewis and Marcelo leite to register their maiden win of the pre-season.