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Champions League draw: Madrid and Dortmund are the biggest threat to the champions
AFP
August 28, 2019
The draw of the Champions League on Thursday in Monaco will involve Real Madrid and Atletico, as well as Borussia Dortmund, the biggest threat to the first six champions of the Champions League and Europa League.
Champions League champions Liverpool, Europa League and Chelsea were ranked first, with the top ranked national champions: Manchester City (England), Barcelona (Spain), Bayern Munich (Germany), Juventus (Italy), Paris St Germain (France) and Zenith St. Petersburg (Russia).
There is great potential for what is considered a "death group", since the draw avoided clubs in the same country (in addition to Russian and Ukrainian clubs because of the dispute between the two countries over Crimea) and the presence of clubs such as the giant Real Madrid, who had won the title three times in a row. Last season Liverpool was on the throne, with renewed Atletico and Inter Milan, followed by Naples, Borussia Dortmund, Tottenham and other finalists.
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The Manchester City coach and Spanish Josep Guardiola could be in the same group as Real or Inter, or Juventus will face Tottenham Hotspur or Atletico Madrid, who met the Italian champion last season at the last price and ended the 2-0 win at home before losing the first leg. Cristiano Ronaldo scored a hat trick.
Clubs are ranked according to the total points collected in the last five years or points collected by local associations.
The 26 clubs, which have qualified directly for the group stage according to the standard of points applied by the Confederation, will join six clubs in the preliminary rounds, until the quarter-final of Tuesday between Dynamo Zagreb, the Red Star of Belgrade and Olympiakos.
Wednesday, Ajax Amsterdam, who reached the semi-finals last season, after beating guest Cyprus Apoel Nicosia 2-0 (0-0 draw), and Belgian club Belgium beat LASK Linz 2-1 (1-0) Slavia Prague, Czech Republic, beat Cluj 1-0 (1-0).
The first round of the group stage will take place on September 17th and 18th, the last round will take place on December 10th and 11th. The final will be held on May 30 at the Ataturk Olympic Stadium in Istanbul.
– First level clubs:
Liverpool (defending champions)
Chelsea (champion of Europe)
Barcelona, Spain
Manchester City
Italian Juventus
Bayern Munich
Paris Saint Germain
Zenit St. Petersburg Russian
– Other qualified clubs:
real Madrid
Atletico Madrid
Borussia Dortmund
Naples, Italy
Shakhtar Danitsk Ukrainian
Tottenham Hotspur
Benfica Portuguese
French Lyonnais
German Bayer Leverkusen
Salzburg from Austria
Greek Olympiacos
Spanish Valencia
Inter Milan
Croatian Dinamo Zagreb
Lokomotiv Moscow Russian
Belgian Gnk
Turkish Galatasaray
The German Leipzig
Red Star Belgrade
Italian Atalanta Bergamo
French Lille
Ajax Dutch Amsterdam
Belgian Club Brugge
Slavia Prague Czech Republic
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