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Major teams like Real Madrid, Barcelona and Argentine Lionel Messi, Juventus, Portuguese Cristiano Ronaldo and Bayern Munich, with Polish striker Robert Lefandowski, Paris Saint Germain and Brazilian star Neymar, The first will pave the way for an easy task in the final price. Among the teams ranked second in their group include rivals such as Liverpool and the champions of last season, as well as the winner of Atletico Madrid last year in Europa League.
Atletico dreams of the disappointment of 2014 and 2016 when the final was beaten by Real Madrid, its rival in the standings, with the final on 1 June at Wanda Metropolitano.
Fortunately for Real and Barcelona, the draw is that two teams from the same country will not participate in the second round of continental competition, nor between two teams playing together in the group stage.
The most powerful hypothesis for the Spanish elite thus seems to be that of the English trio of Liverpool, Manchester United and Tottenham, who returned to their team alongside Ajax Amsterdam, Roma, from the Italian León and Schalke.
Re-final of 2018!
In case of equality between Real Madrid and Liverpool, the "old continent" will be a rendezvous with a face-to-face revenge between the two teams, especially between the Egyptian Mohamed Salah and the club leader, Sergio Ramos.
Real was then led by French coach Zinedine Zidane, who led him to a third consecutive title by beating the Reds 3-1 in the final that saw Salah leave after a controversial intervention by Ramos, causing him an injury. shoulder.
Zinedine resigned from his post and was replaced by Julien Lobetigi and then by Santiago Solari, but the Meringue also lost the efforts of Cristiano Ronaldo, who had decided to defend Juventus last summer.
Unlike Manchester City, England, Barcelona, Real Madrid and Paris Saint-Germain, Bayern Munich and Juventus will not be able to escape from Atletico or Liverpool, who will pave the way for a fight from the final round.
The best draw for the group champions is to face Schalke, Ajax, Roma or even Manchester United, who have a very poor performance under Portuguese coach Jose Mourinho and whose players lack self-confidence like the Frenchman Paul Bugba or Belgian striker Romilo Lucaco.
Unlike United, Tottenham, despite his rather modest experience in the continental competition, seems to be a very tough opponent at the level of Argentine coach Mauricio Poquetino, who ranks third in the Premier League.
Ajax, who is back to play the days of glory and four titles in the continental competition, will look to find out if his new generation of promising players, such as Matisse Lechte, 19, and Francie de Jong (21). ) Experienced as Barcelona, Manchester City or PSG.
The Portuguese champions of 1987 and 2004, or even the Bundesliga champion of 1997, Borussia Dortmund, seem to be the ideal choice for young men from Ajax to pursue the adventure in the continental competition to which they returned for the first time since the 2014-2015 season. The final price goes back to the 2005-2006 season.
The matches of the final phase will take place on February 12, 13, 19 and 20 and will take place on March 5, 6, 12 and 13.
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