At 6:00 p.m., the draw for the group stage of the Champions League 2022-2023 will begin from Istanbul
Barça, in pot 2, will know their European rivals
Start a new season of Champions League for him FC Barcelona. Behind the disappointment last season, in which the azulgrana team could not go beyond the group stage, Barça returns to the maximum continental competition with renewed airs and with the ultimate ambition to try to get a title that was last achieved in 2015. From 6:00 p.m. the draw for the group stage takes place from Istanbul, headquarters in 2023 of the grand final of the Champions League.
The team of Xavi Hernandez is in the bomb 2 of the draw, and will try to avoid any of the ‘coconuts’ from the first drum, the league champions how are they Manchester City, Bayern, Milan or PSG. There are also, a priori, more affordable sets such as the Ajax, Porto or Eintracht Frankfurt, current champion of the Europa League. In this first phase of the competition still teams from the same country cannot play each other.
Along with Barça, in the second pot there are teams with the potential of the Liverpool, Chelsea, Tottenham, Juventus over RB Leipzig, who could be rivals Real Madrid, current champion of the competition, located in pot 1. The other Spanish representatives are also present, the Atletico Madrid and Sevilla.
We will explain all this and what happens at the UEFA Gala live from SPORT.es
The Soccer World Cup which will be played in Qatar and the next one starts November 20 has disrupted the calendars of the main leagues, and consequently, that of the Champions League, in such a way that, before the World Cup event starts, The group stage of the European competition will have already been completed. In fact, in just under two weeks, the matches with which the group stage will start will already take place.
Where can we find the La Liga teams that qualified for this edition?
The real Madridas current champion, will be in the Bomb 1made up of the winners of the six best European leagues according to the UEFA ranking, as well as the latest winners of the Champions League and the Europa League.
FC Barcelona, Athletic of Madrid and Seville will be part of Bomb 2which like 3 and 4 has been composed based on the coefficient ranking of the clubs.
To start engines, from SPORT We tell you the reasons that prevent a cross between the Spanish teams in this first phase.
Hello everyone, welcome to the live broadcast of the 2022/23 UEFA Champions league group stage draw. From here we will tell you everything about the act that starts at 18:00 CET in Istanbul.
