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26. August 2021 – 16:33 clock
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Berlin (dpa) – Who against whom in the Champions League? That is the exciting question, if today from 6 p.m. in Istanbul the former Champions League winner Michael Essien and the former Serbian national soccer player Branislav Ivanovi? assist with the group stage draw.
In the first stage on the way to the final on May 28, 2022 in St. Petersburg, not only the four Bundesliga clubs FC Bayern Munich, Borussia Dortmund, RB Leipzig and VfL Wolfsburg are hoping for luck. If that does not happen, there is a risk of hammer games and a possible end right from the start.
Although the German champions Munich are in lottery 1 with the national champions of the top leagues as well as Champions League Chelsea and Europa League winners FC Villarreal and thus supposedly in the best position, Bayern could also duel against Paris Saint-Germain with Lionel Messi , Kylian Mbappé and Neymar as well as FC Porto and AC Milan face equally difficult tasks.
Wolfsburg in pot four
But especially Dortmund (lottery 2), Leipzig (3) and Wolfsburg (4) have to reckon with strong group opponents. Demanding tasks are likely, especially for Lower Saxony. Because Wolfsburg starts after five and a half years of abstinence from the Champions League compared to the league competitors with the lowest coefficient. With possible opponents such as defending champion Chelsea FC with coach Thomas Tuchel, Real Madrid and Ajax Amsterdam, the adventure could be over quickly.
The group stage, which is played in eight groups with four teams each, begins on 14/15. September and ends on 7./8. December. There can be no German duels in the preliminary round, because a group with several teams from one association is not possible.
Pot 1 (champions) Liga Manchester City England Atlético Madrid Spain Inter Milan Italy FC Bayern Munich Germany OSC Lille France Sporting Lisbon Portugal FC Chelsea England / CL winner FC Villarreal Spain / EL winner Pot 2 Liga Real Madrid (position in coefficient ranking : 2) Spain FC Barcelona (4) Spain Juventus Turin (5) Italy Manchester United (7) England Paris Saint-Germain (8) France FC Liverpool (9) England FC Sevilla (12) Spain Borussia Dortmund (14) Germany Pot 3 Liga FC Porto (16) Portugal Ajax Amsterdam (17) Netherlands Shakhtar Donetsk (18) Ukraine RB Leipzig (21) Germany RB Salzburg (23) Austria Benfica Lisbon (24) Portugal Atalanta Bergamo (27) Italy Zenit St. Petersburg (28) Russia Pot 4 Liga Besiktas Istanbul (30) Turkey Dynamo Kiev (31) Ukraine FC Brugge (41) Belgium Young Boys Bern (42) Switzerland AC Milan (53) Italy Malmö FF (88) Sweden VfL Wolfsburg (103) Germany Sheriff Tiraspol ( 108) Moldova
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Source: DPA
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