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The draw will take place Monday in Nyon Switzerland will take place in the final round of the Champions League, where the draw should lead to violent clashes between the old continent.
Major teams like Real Madrid, Barcelona and Lionel Messi, Barcelona, Juventus, Portuguese Cristiano Ronaldo, Bayern Munich, Poland's Robert Lefandowski, Paris Saint-Germain and Brazilian star Neymar, will set the stage for a task easy in the final price.
But the second-ranked team, which finished second in its group, includes rivals such as Liverpool and Atletico Madrid, winners of the Europa League last season.
Atletico dreams of the disappointment of 2014 and 2016 when he lost the final in a dramatic way against his great rival, Real, with the final on 1 June at Wanda Metropolitano.
Fortunately for Real and Barcelona, the draw requires not to face two teams from the same country in the second round of the continental competition, or between two teams playing together in the group stage.
The most powerful hypothesis for the Spanish giants is therefore to face the English trio Liverpool, Manchester United and Tottenham, who returned to their team alongside Ajax, Roma, Roma, from Lyon and Schalke.
Re-final of 2018?
In case of a draw Real in Liverpool, the "old continent" will have an appointment with a revenge face to face between the two teams, especially between the Egyptian Mohamed Salah and the leader of the club, Sergio Ramos.
Real was then led by Zinedine Zidane, who led it to a third consecutive title with a 3-1 win over the Reds in the final, which saw Salah leave after a controversial Ramos intervention, causing injury to the # 39, shoulder to the Egyptian.
Real changed a lot after this match: Zidane resigned and was replaced by Julien Lobetigi, then by Santiago Solari, but the club also lost the efforts of his star, Cristiano Ronaldo, who decided to defend Juventus. ;last summer.
Bayern Munich and Juventus will not be able to avoid either Atletico or Liverpool, who will prepare for an exchange of fire since the final phase.
This is certainly the best draw for the group's champions who face Schalke, Ajax, Roma or even Manchester United, who have a very erratic performance under the Portuguese coach Jose Mourinho and lack confidence in themselves like the Frenchman Paul Bogba or the Belgian striker Romilo Lucaco.
Unlike United, Tottenham, despite his rather modest experience in the continental competition, seems to be a very tough season-wide opponent offered by Argentine coach Mauricio Pocetino.
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). years) Such as Barcelona, Manchester City or St Germain …
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 first leg matches will take place on 12 and 13, 19 and 20 February and the return match on 5, 6, 12 and 13 March.
Top-level teams: Barcelona, Real Madrid, Manchester City, Borussia Dortmund, Porto, Paris St Germain, Bayern Munich, Juventus.
Second division teams: Atletico Madrid, Schalke 04, Rome, Tottenham, Liverpool, Ajax Amsterdam, Manchester United, Lyon.
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