PARIS (Reuters) - Monaco had a squad with every reason to be excited about playing in the Champions League a few months ago, but the prospect now looks rather scary as they prepare to host Bayer Leverkusen in their Group C opener on Tuesday.
Since qualifying for Europe's premier club competition, the Ligue 1 side have lost coach Claudio Ranieri, who guided them to second place last season, as well as World Cup revelation James Rodriguez and fellow Colombia forward Radamel Falcao.
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