Jonatan Giráldez’s Barça already know their rivals in this new edition of the Champions League. Barça will have to beat English Arsenal, German Hoffenheim and Danish Koge in the group stage to advance to the next round of European competition. A priori, a complicated group but where is the favorite team. Barça’s goal in this new European adventure is to win the trophy again after winning the historic treble in the previous campaign. Real Madrid, in its first appearance in the draw for the continental competition, has also come out well and will have to face Paris Saint-Germain, the Icelandic Breidablik and the Ukrainian Kharkiv if it wants to continue in his first participation in European competition.
This year’s Champions League marks a new era in European competitions. With new sports and commercial planning, clubs will receive greater financial compensation for going round at the same time as they will have to compete in different phases, inspired by men’s competition. The season began this June with the preliminary stages, continued with a second round that certified the passage of Real Madrid against Manchester City in the draw that was held this Monday in Nyon. The dates of the group stage matches are not yet set, but the first day will be October 5 or 6. The top two finishers in each group advance to the quarterfinals.
In the other groups, the English Chelsea will face the Germans of Wolfsburg, the Italian Juve and the Swiss of the Servette FCCF. And Olympique de Lyon, the team that has won the competition the most times and broken the heart of Levante in the previous phase, will face German Bayern, Swedish Häcken and Portuguese SL Benfica.
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