The VfL Wolfsburg in the Champions League – the first important date is August 26th. Then the groups will be drawn and VfL will get their top class opponents. One thing is already clear: there will be top international players. Because in the five-year evaluation, according to which the seeding list for the draw is drawn up, VfL ranks 103rd in Europe with a coefficient of only 14.714 – and will end up in pot 4, the pot of the “little ones”.
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The coefficient is actually calculated from the Europa Cup performance since 2016. And VfL did not collect any points three times (2017, 2018, 2019), once there were 12.0 points (for reaching the Europa League round of 16 in 2020) , once 2.0 points (for participation in the EL qualification 2021). But: There is also a coefficient for the country with which the performance of all German teams since 2016 is calculated. And for three years now: every club gets at least the coefficient of its country. Since Germany with 14.714 is just above the Wolfsburg value of 14.0, this 14.714 counts for VfL – which does not change the position in the seeding list.
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All top teams that have already qualified for the CL group stage could become VfL opponents – this includes Manchester City with ex-VfLer Kevin De Bruyne, Inter Milan, ajax Amsterdam or Sporting Lisbonwho are established as masters. Not masters, but certainly there are among others the FC Barcelona and the FC Porto. Also Atletico and Real Madrid will start in the Champions League – which of the two champions will be decided on Sunday.
While all four CL participants have been determined in Germany (in addition to Wolfsburg, these are Bayern, Leipzig and Dortmund), it is still exciting in other top leagues – especially in England. There he has FC Chelsea participation in the premier class is not yet certain, but can secure the place of the defending champion, because Thomas Tuchel and his team are in the final of the current season, facing Manchester City on May 29th. And: Also the Europa League winner (final on May 26th between Manchester United and FC Villareal) automatically redeems the premier class ticket.
With Paris St. Germain, the FC Liverpool and Juventus Turin Meanwhile, three absolute top clubs have to worry about making it into the Champions League. Paris is second before the last match day and can lead the table OSC Lille still catching up – but also slipping to third place. And France’s third (currently AS Monaco) has to qualify for the CL. In England (four CL places) a preliminary decision could be made during the week: Liverpool is fifth behind Leicester and Chelsea and would definitely overtake one of the two opponents with a win on Wednesday in Burnley – because they are already in direct contact on Tuesday Duel opposite. It’s getting really tight in Italy for permanent champions Juventus. In order to reach the Champions League, Cristiano Ronaldo’s team has to win at Bologna FC on the last day of the match (Sunday) – and then hope that the AC Milan (at table runner-up Atalanta Bergamo) or the SSC Naples (against Hellas Verona) fail at the same time.
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There are also some illustrious names among the clubs that have yet to play their way through the qualifying round to the group stage: one of them, for example RB Salzburg, Benfica Lisbon as well as the two Glasgow clubs Celtic and Rangers. The Champions League season will officially start in five weeks with the first qualifying round, in which the champions of Kosovo, the Faroe Islands, San Marino and Andorra will compete.
The dates for the group stage 2021/22 have already been set, the game will be on 14/15. September, 28/29 September, 19./20. October, 2/3 November 23/24 November and 7./8. December. Important: The games will not be shown on Sky, the pay TV broadcaster was unable to acquire broadcast rights for the first time in 21 years. The sports streaming service DAZN shows almost all the games, some games are broadcast by Amazon.
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