Madrid, Sept. 7 -- Real Madrid, Real Betis and Villarreal begin their UEFA Champions League campaigns on Tuesday with contrasting ambitions, while Barcelona and Atletico Madrid open their campaigns Wednesday.
Real Madrid hosts Inter Milan aiming to challenge for the title after last season's quarterfinal exit.
Betis hopes to reach the knockout phase playoffs in its first appearance in the competition in more than 20 years, while Villarreal is looking to improve on a dismal campaign in which it collected just one point from eight league-phase games.
Villarreal's poor European performance was one reason the club parted ways with Marcelino Garcia Toral and appointed Inigo Perez as coach this summer.
Perez faces a difficult trip to Borussia...