A few hours before the draw for the UEFA Champions League season 2021-2022 takes place, Sheriff Tiraspol and Malmö FF, from Peruvians Gustavo Dulanto and Sergio Peña, are the main candidates to access the group stage.
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Latest news from the Champions League
At the moment, the most important tournament in Europe has 26 teams classified to play this new edition of the championship, so there are still 6 places left, which would be defined between this coming Tuesday, August 24 and 25.
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Gustavo Dulanto’s Sheriff Tiraspol is the favorite of his series, since in the first leg, he was able to beat Dinamo Zagreb 3-0, so he has a great advantage to get the much-desired classification.
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In the case of Sergio Peña’s Malmö FF, the Swedish team also beat Ludogorets 2-0 in the first leg, and only a draw would be enough, like the Sheriff, to get into the group stage of the European tournament .
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If both teams manage to qualify for the Champions League groups, in the draw they would be placed in Pot 4, so they could play teams such as Real Madrid, PSG, Chelsea, Juventus, among others. However, the only squads they could not play with would be Milan, Wolfsburg and Brugge, as these squads are in the same hype.
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How are the Champions League pots classified?
For this season, the drums have been constituted as follows:
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- Pot 1: Chelsea, Villarreal, Manchester City, Atlético, Bayern, Inter, Lille, Sporting de Portugal.
- Pot 2: Real Madrid, Barcelona, Sevilla, Juventus, PSG, Liverpool, Manchester United y Borussia Dortmund.
- Pot 3: Ajax, Leipzig, Atalanta, Porto and Zenit. (Possible teams for this kick: Shaktar Donestk, Benfica and RB Salzburg)
- Pot 4: Milan, Wolfsburg and Bruges (Possible teams for this hype: Young Boys, Ludogorets, PSV, Malmo, Sheriff Tiraspol, Ferencvaros and Brondy)
- Besiktas and Dinamo Kiev are already classified, but they still do not know if they will go to pot 3 or 4. Everything will depend on how the classifieds develop.
- Dinamo Zagreb and Monaco are also in the same situation, but these teams have yet to contest the last qualifying round.
