A new edition of the Champions League began in July 2021. It will take the qualified teams until mid-September for the first big stage, namely the group stage. In order to determine the hats for the draw for the group phase, four qualifying rounds are necessary, here is the projection at the end of the second round.
A first screening was established by CulturePSG.com at the end of May, after the end of the championships. However, two elements were missing, the two winning clubs of the European Cups. Chelsea beat Manchester City and won the Champions League, so he qualified in Pot 1. Winner of Manchester United, Villarreal – not qualified by his championship – won the Europa League and is also included in Hat 1. This defeat of Manchester United implies the direct non-qualification of AS Monaco, 3rd in Ligue 1, which must go through the Voie de la Ligue in the third round.
After this little reminder, let’s see the damage from the first two qualifying rounds. In the Champions’ Way, all the seeds of the 2nd Round qualified without exception, in particular the big coefficients like Dinamo Zagreb, Olympiacos, Young Boys of Bern, Red Star of Belgrade and Ludogorets Razgrad.
In the League Way, the biggest coefficient of this round, Celtic FC fell from the start to Danes FC Midtjylland with a 2-1 loss in extra time in the second leg in Denmark. It goes for the PSV Eindhoven who crushed Galatasaray, then easily also for the Sparta Prague. The Czechs will also be opposed to AS Monaco in the next round in this part of the table.
Temporary hats:
#1 : Chelsea (Winner C1), Villarreal (Winner C3), Atlético Madrid, Manchester City, Inter Milan, Bayern Munich, Lille OSC, Sporting CP
#2 : Real Madrid, FC Barcelone, Juventus, Manchester United, Paris Saint Germain, Liverpool FC, Sevilla FC, Borussia Dortmund
#3 : FC Porto, Ajax Amsterdam, Shakthar Donetsk (if qualified round 3 and 4), RB Leipzig, FC Salzburg (if qualified round 4), SL Benfica (if qualified round 3 and 4), Atalanta Bergamo, Zenit Saint-Petersburg
#4 : Besiktas JK, Dynamo Kiev, Dinamo Zagreb (if qualified round 3 and 4), Slavia Prague (if qualified round 3 and 4), Olympiacos FC (if qualified round 3 and 4), Club Bruges, AC Milan, Wolfsburg
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