The raffle of the group phase of the Champions League of Hockey Skates of this next season has provided a demanding path for the Reus Deportiu, framed in group A. The red and black have fallen matched with Barcelona, the Porto, the Igualada, the Italian Trissino and the French Saint-Romer. In Group B there will be Liceo, Benfica, Sporting de Lisbon, Oliveirense, Barcelos and Bassano.
The reuse debut could not be more intense: the red and black will be measured to Barça on the opening day, on November 6 in La Bombonera, in a new European classic. From there, the calendar will not give truce: on November 20 they will travel to the always complicated Porto track, while on December 11 they will face the Trissino in Italy.
The beginning of 2026 will not be simple either. On January 8 they will receive an ever-combative matched at home, before visiting, on January 22, the French Saint-Romer, a team that has taken a quality leap in recent years. The second round will start on February 5, again in La Bombonera, with the duel against the Saint-Romer, and will continue on February 26 with a demanding displacement to matched.
March will be a decisive month for the aspirations of red and black players: 12 will receive the Trissino, in a high demand match, and the 26 will play another shock of maximum tension against Porto, also at home. The group will close with another classic: April 16 at the Palau Blaugrana.
The competition format contemplates a double lap league, with ten days in which every detail can make a difference. Reus Deportiu must enforce the track factor in La Bombonera to dream of advancing to the next phase, aware that regularity will be key to opponents who know the Champions League secrets well.
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