UCL 2018/2019: 5 things we learned from the second round of matchday one

#3 It was business as usual for the big boys

Real Madrid v AS Roma - UEFA Champions League Group G — Real Madrid posted a confortable 3-0 victory over AS Roma in the UEFA Champions League

32 teams participate in the Champions League group stage, but most of the clubs are so far beneath a select few that the group stage is seen as a formality, and that the competition doesn't really kick off until the knockouts.

Real Madrid, Juventus and Manchester United are in the upper echelons of European football, who nurture real aims of winning the competition.

Most of the big teams won with ease to highlight the difference in class between them and other teams, with Bayern Munich, Manchester United and Real Madrid all posting comfortable victories, with the only exception being Manchester City.

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