Jakarta –
ahead of Champions League draw, there is great potential for a hell group to be created. The main reason is because Pot 2 draw is full of top teams.
The draw for the 2021/2022 Champions League for the group phase will be made on Thursday (26/8) night WIB. The draw is planned to be held in Istanbul, Turkey, starting at 23.00 WIB.
As usual, the 32 teams that have qualified for the main round will be divided into four pots to be drawn into eight groups of four each.
Teams from one Pot will not be drawn with teams from the same pot, or in other words each Champions League group will contain each team from Pots 1, 2, 3, and 4. Teams from the same country will also not meet in the group phase.
Chelsea
Villarreal
Manchester City
Atletico Madrid
Inter Milan
Bayern Munich
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Sporting Lisbon
Real Madrid
Barcelona
Juventus
Manchester United
Paris Saint Germain
Liverpool
Sevilla
Borussia Dortmund
Porto
Ajax
Shakhtar Donetsk
RB Leipzig
Red Bull Salzburg
Benfica
Atalanta
Zenit St Petersburg
Besiktas
Dynamo Kiev
Club Brugge
Young Boys
AC Milan
Malmo
VfL Wolfsburg
Sheriff Tiraspol
From a brief description of the four pots, a group may at least contain the top teams in Pot 1 and Pot 2 and even more deadly because other tough teams are added from Pot 3 and Pot 4.
It can also be seen that Pot 1, which contains the Champions League and Europa League winners plus domestic champions in Europe’s top leagues, is practically as “horrifying” as a number of teams in Pot 2 which contains Real Madrid, Barcelona, Juventus, Manchester United, Liverpool. , Paris Saint-Germain, Sevilla and Borussia Dortmund.
That is, from Pot 1 and Pot 2 alone, it is almost certain that there will be one group that is half filled by the two giant European teams. For example, Chelsea and Real Madrid in one group. Or in another group there are Manchester City and Paris Saint-Germain; Atletico and Liverpool; Bayern Munich and Man United; Inter Milan and Barcelona; Villarreal and Juventus.
Coupled with a number of top teams from Pot 3 and dark horses in Pot 4, there is a great chance of having a hellish group in Champions League draw such as Chelsea, Real Madrid, Porto and AC Milan. Or Manchester City, Paris Saint-Germain, Ajax and Besiktas. Bayern Munich, Man United, Atalanta and Dynamo Kiev can also attend.
(krs / aff)
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