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Champions League Takeaway: Brazilian Bonanza, Barça Explode, Real Comeback Kings, Villa Top The Pile & Everything Else!

Hello Rank Squad!

It's time for Champions League Takeaway, your midnight feast of Champions League content after the main meal was served up on both Tuesday and Wednesday nights by the third round of our new 36-team competition.

We start with Tuesday's games, opening with Barcelona's 4-1 dismantling of Bayern Munich that saw them lay recent demons to rest against their most regular scourge, the naivety of some of what Bayern did both offensively and defensively, and how Raphinha's promotion to the captain's armband in Catalunya has him cooking on Ballon d'Or contender form.

Then it's on to…

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