Record winners Real Madrid start their Champions League title defence on the first day of action, September 17, with a home game against surprise Bundesliga runners-up VfB Stuttgart. UEFA released the fixtures list on Saturday, two days after the draw for the new league stage in which each of the 36 teams plays eight matches, four at home and four away. Also on September 17, multiple winners AC Milan and Liverpool meet at San Siro while the next day Manchester City take on Inter Milan in a rematch of the 2023 final. September 19 sees a third Italian-English duel in the form of Europa League wi…