Champions League draw: BVB meets Atlético, Bayern on Lisbon

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8/30/18 5:30 pm

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8/30/18 5:21 PM

Daniel Raecke

If you are Schalke, look forward to the round of 16 (or get angry that you could have played Europa League with your opponents). If you are not a Schalke, look forward to Klopp against Tuchel.

That will be a good Champions League season. It starts on the 18th of September.

First we wish a nice evening. Maybe you want to bring down the pulse during the game RB Leipzig against Zorya Luhansk.

Bye for now.

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8/30/18 5:20 PM

Daniel Raecke

At the end, the player of the year will be honored. As expected, it is Luka Modric ! Congratulations.

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8/30/18 5:17 PM

Daniel Raecke

Here is a statistical order of the groups: Barcelona, ​​Spurs and Inter in the heaviest group, von Schalke is the lightest. With a very large gap. Striking but also: The German clubs play in the four easiest groups in the preliminary round, according to this index.

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8/30/18 5:14 PM

Benjamin Knaack

Another award: Danish Pernille Harder from VfL Wolfsburg is the best player in the women's Champions League.

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8/30/18 5:14 PM

Daniel Raecke

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8/30/18 5:13 PM

Benjamin Knaack

There are two very interesting coaching duels from the German point of view: Julian Nagelsmann meets Hoffenheim with the coach guru par excellence, Pep Guardiola and Manchester City. Jürgen Klopps Liverpool plays against Thomas Tuchel's PSG. Do I hear salt shakers collide with each other?

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8/30/18 5:11 PM

Daniel Raecke

If you now ask me about the chances of the Bundesliga teams (and even if you do not ask me), then I say: Bayern is 95 percent further, Schalke 60 percent, Dortmund 55 percent, Hoffenheim 40 percent.

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8/30/18 5:08 PM

Daniel Raecke

The heaviest groups are probably B and C. In addition to the Tuchel Klopp-Ancelotti group, the trio Barcelona, ​​Spurs and Inter is also considerable.

Otherwise we have groups with two clear favorites like G with Real Madrid and Roma against CSKA and Pilsen.

And salmon salvos like the group D with Lok, Porto, Schalke and Gala, so without a real top team.

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8/30/18 5:06 PM

Daniel Raecke

So Bayern against Benfica, Ajax and AEK - that's pretty much the easiest constellation imaginable.

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Benjamin Knaack

Inter Milan goes in Group B.

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8/30/18 5:04 PM

Daniel Raecke

Dortmund against Club Brugge - that reminds of the dark time of the fast bankruptcy, as the BVB failed to the Belgians in the Champions League qualifiers. At that time Marcio Amoroso missed a penalty.

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8/30/18 5:04 PM

Benjamin Knaack

Viktoria Pilsen plays in Group G against Real Madrid.

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8/30/18 5:03 PM

Benjamin Knaack

Bruges goes into the group A.

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8/30/18 5:02 PM

Benjamin Knaack

Red Star Belgrade is dissolved in Group C PSG, Liverpool, Naples - an attractive lot.

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Daniel Raecke

To be honest, for the Swiss champions Young Boys the round of 16 is almost excluded in this brutal group H.

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8/30/18 5:01 PM

Daniel Raecke

Schalke against Galatasaray, remember a dark hour for Jens Keller. But overall a really feasible group for the Schalke.

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Benjamin Knaack

The Young Boys Bern meet in Group H on Juventus, Manchester United and Valencia.

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Benjamin Knaack

Galatasaray Istanbul goes to the D. Zu Schalke.

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Daniel Raecke

And another very exciting coach duel: Julian Nagelsmann against Pep Guardiola. Overall, a heavy but outsider opportunities group for the TSG.

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8/30/18 4:59 PM

Benjamin Knaack

And there they are: Hoffenheim meet in his first season in Group F Manchester City.

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Daniel Raecke

But I also want to pay attention to Group C: PSG, Napoli, Liverpool. Tuchel, Ancelotti, Klopp. Wow.

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8/30/18 4:58 PM

Benjamin Knaack

The fourth pot, in Sinsheim, holds millions of people's breath.

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8/30/18 4:57 PM

Daniel Raecke

The AS Monaco together with Atlético and BVB in one group - that's not so easy for Lucien Favre's team.

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Benjamin Knaack

Award Number Four: The best attacker of the past CL season is ... * drum roll * ... Cristiano Ronaldo.

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8/30/18 4:57 PM

Daniel Raecke

Bavaria, Benfica, Ajax - there is hardly more tradition. There are eleven titles in this group. But still very feasible for the Bavarians.

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8/30/18 4:56 PM

Benjamin Knaack

Liverpool meets PSG and Napoli - in group C.

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Benjamin Knaack

AS Monaco goes into the group A.

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8/30/18 4:55 PM

Benjamin Knaack

Ajax Amsterdam goes to Bayerns Group E.

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Benjamin Knaack

PSV Eindhoven will be in Group B, Barcelona and Tottenham.

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8/30/18 4:54 PM

Daniel Raecke

Incidentally, this also means that Schalke meets Benedikt Höwedes, who has moved to Moscow.

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Benjamin Knaack

The Spanish representative from Valencia goes into Group H. Opponents: Juve and United

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8/30/18 4:53 PM

Daniel Raecke

For Schalke, this is pot three, which is pretty much the easiest group to think of. Good luck for.

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8/30/18 4:53 PM

Benjamin Knaack

Schalke play in group D Lok Lok Moscow and Porto.

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Benjamin Knaack

CSKA Moscow meets Real and the Roma in Group G.

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8/30/18 4:51 PM

Benjamin Knaack

Olympique Lyon will be dissolved in Group F.

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8/30/18 4:50 PM

Daniel Raecke

Some Dortmund are already very optimistic.

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Benjamin Knaack

So, let's go: The third pot is pulled.

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8/30/18 4:49 PM

Daniel Raecke

One can already say what the top matches of the preliminary round should be: Barcelona against Tottenham sounds good, even Juventus against United is exciting: Cristiano Ronaldo against his former club. And against José Mourinho, if he stays in office for so long.

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8/30/18 4:48 PM

Daniel Raecke

Benfica is certainly one of the easier opponents, Bayern could get from pot two. The team of Rui Vitória should not be a big hurdle for the Munich.

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Benjamin Knaack

The next award: Best Midfielder will be Luka Modric of Champions League winner Real Madrid.

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8/30/18 4:47 PM

Benjamin Knaack

Tottenham goes to Barcelona in Group B.

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Benjamin Knaack

Naples is in Group C, playing against Tuchel's PSG.

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Daniel Raecke

City and Shakhtar - that was already in the preseason for Pep Guardiola and City. At that time, City even lost a game against the Ukrainians - which cost Napoli then the knockout stages.

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8/30/18 4:46 PM

Benjamin Knaack

Bayern Munich meets Benfica in Group E

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8/30/18 4:45 PM

Daniel Raecke

Dortmund and Atlético, that's not easy - but not the worst case scenario for BVB.

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Benjamin Knaack

Shakhtar Donetsk goes to Manchester City in Group F.

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8/30/18 4:44 PM

Benjamin Knaack

Attention, dear BVB fans: Borussia Dortmund meets Atlético in Group A.

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Benjamin Knaack

Manchester United goes to Group H, to Juve.

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8/30/18 4:42 PM

Daniel Raecke

As the first team of the second pot, the FC Porto is drawn - to locomotive! There is a hint of a very light group.

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8/30/18 4:41 PM

Daniel Raecke

So, now it finally gets interesting. 18:41. Yes, good.

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8/30/18 4:40 PM

Daniel Raecke

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8/30/18 4:39 PM

Benjamin Knaack

Sergio Ramos? Okay, this selection will not satisfy everyone. My colleague Jan Göbel but certainly.

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8/30/18 4:37 PM

Benjamin Knaack

Now comes the next award: The best defender of the past Champions League season is Sergio Ramos.

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8/30/18 4:36 PM

Benjamin Knaack

Lokomotiv Moscow comes in the group D - logically, there was no other free.

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8/30/18 4:35 PM

Benjamin Knaack

Manchester City, the club of Pep Guardiola, has been dissolved in Group F.

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8/30/18 4:34 PM

Benjamin Knaack

Juventus (without Turin, do not worry, Daniel) comes in group H.

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8/30/18 4:33 PM

Benjamin Knaack

Atlético Madrid is head of group A.

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8/30/18 4:32 PM

Benjamin Knaack

FC Barcelona goes to Group B.

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8/30/18 4:32 PM

Daniel Raecke

If you are in desperation trying to find your documents: No, the names of the groups do not tell you anything yet. So far, we do not know who the other teams are in each group.

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8/30/18 4:31 PM

Benjamin Knaack

There is the German record champion: Bayern Munich was dissolved in Group E.

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8/30/18 4:30 pm

Benjamin Knaack

Real Madrid is head of Group G.

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8/30/18 4:29 PM

Benjamin Knaack

Paris Saint-Germain heads Group C.

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8/30/18 4:28 PM

Benjamin Knaack

Before the other awards are awarded, the first round of the draw takes place. The group heads are determined, Bayern fans are all awake?

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8/30/18 4:28 PM

Daniel Raecke

Here again the four lot pots at a glance.

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8/30/18 4:27 PM

Daniel Raecke

Uefa declare before the draw that teams from Russia and Ukraine will not play in a group. This also eliminates my fantasy group from earlier.

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8/30/18 4:25 PM

Benjamin Knaack

Not everyone agrees with the decision.

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8/30/18 4:22 PM

Benjamin Knaack

Now there are more trophies, no one should go home without a price! Goalkeeper of the Year is Keylor Navas of Real Madrid.

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8/30/18 4:21 PM

Daniel Raecke

The star density is getting bigger. Kaká and Diego Forlán enter the stage. Forlán will be interviewed about Atlético and the host stadium of the 2019 finals. I remember Forlán's strong performance in the Europa League Final 2010 in Hamburg. The Uruguayan then scored both goals in a 2-1 win against Fulham.

Fulham. In the Europa League final. Yes, children, it was like that back then. In the semifinals the cottagers had won against HSV. Who stood in two semi-finals in a row. Okay, nobody believes me anymore.

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8/30/18 4:19 PM

Benjamin Knaack

No time for the explanation, Daniel. It goes on and on! (For those who are interested, here is a link).

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8/30/18 4:18 PM

Daniel Raecke

The award Beckham received is called the "Uefa President's Award" and recognizes Beckham's charitable contributions.

So a kind of "Walter Payton Man of the Year Award".

If Icke reads here.

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8/30/18 4:17 PM

Benjamin Knaack

Haha, of course I know what an eidetic memory is. But do you know it too Daniel? Explain!

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8/30/18 4:16 PM

Daniel Raecke

I was, I can say with all modesty, not a bad memory player in my childhood.

However, unfortunately I have not so eidetic memory that I have noticed David Beckham tattoos on the neck.

Sorry, Benjamin.

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8/30/18 4:14 PM

Benjamin Knaack

David Beckham is allowed on the stage, he has won an award, if I understand correctly. Does he have new tattoos on his neck?

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8/30/18 4:12 PM

Daniel Raecke

But the tastes are different: In the streaming service Dazn, who is allowed to broadcast the Champions League for the first time this season, I hear of "sensational pictures" in the image film.

Then I do not want to have said anything.

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8/30/18 4:10 PM

Daniel Raecke

If you woke me up at three and asked what would be the first thing to be banned after the revolution, the answer would be clear: image films in draws that show how great the competition was last year.

Dudes, stop living in the past.

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8/30/18 4:09 PM

Benjamin Knaack

The joy of the newcomer is great. Can you understand?

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8/30/18 4:08 PM

Daniel Raecke

You can also do it as recommended by the esteemed colleague Schneider of the Süddeutsche Zeitung.

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8/30/18 4:06 PM

Daniel Raecke

I should not have praised punctuality before the evening. After all, discreet music sounds. On the darkened stage two men stand like extras in a Frank Castorf production in the background.

And many men in suits and some women are sitting in the auditorium, hoping their clubs can play against Lokomotiv Moscow.

With all due respect.

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8/30/18 4:06 PM

Benjamin Knaack

With the elevator music and the blue light, it feels like the seconds before a show in Disneyland, Sea World - or whatever these parks are called.

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8/30/18 4:02 PM

Daniel Raecke

More punctual than the DFB, you have to leave the Uefa. The stage is set in the so-called Grimaldi Forum in Monaco, all in the traditional Champions League blue. Star guests like David Beckham and Kaká have arrived.

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8/30/18 4:00 PM

Benjamin Knaack

So, 6 pm, you can start ...

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8/30/18 3:59 PM

Daniel Raecke

Loris Karius was one of the protagonists of the final of Kiev. He will not play Champions League this season. He was awarded by Liverpool Besiktas. The play this evening against the FK Partizan for the entry into the Europa League. That's a different collar size than Madrid.

(And keyword Madrid: That's arrived, Benjamin.)

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8/30/18 3:58 PM

Benjamin Knaack

Speaking of ... I would not plan on the first of June of next year. Would even polish up my (nonexistent) Spanish to get me through Madrid. Just have to let me know in time ...

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8/30/18 3:57 PM

Daniel Raecke

Yes, the Champions League final really had enough stories. Many of them had to do with Sergio Ramos . We see him here, as he has accompanied his teammate Luka Modric to Monaco.

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8/30/18 3:54 PM

Benjamin Knaack

Yes, the game was okay ... nonsense! It was, of course, outstanding. Even if I needed for the journey one and a half days. But this is another story. And stories had the final of Kiev more than enough.

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8/30/18 3:50 PM

Daniel Raecke

The final of the Champions League, in Kiev in May, which Benjamin remembers well, takes place next year in Madrid, by the way. However, not in the Estadio Santiago Bernabéu, but in the new stadium of Atlético.

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8/30/18 3:46 PM

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There are three debutants in the Champions League field: teams that have never been in the group stage since the competition was redesigned at the beginning of the 1990s: Swiss champions BSC Young Boys , TSG Hoffenheim and FK Crvena Zvezda , Germany's Reds Star Belgrade known.

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8/30/18 3:40 PM

Daniel Raecke

Incidentally, the Uefa Player of the Year will also be selected this evening as part of the draw. Cristiano Ronaldo , Luka Modric and Mohamed Salah are in the selection. In my opinion, Modric should have no way around.

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8/30/18 3:17 PM

Daniel Raecke

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8/30/18 3:12 PM

Daniel Raecke

Who are the favorites of this year's Champions League?

In recent years, this question was usually easy to answer: Real Madrid, Barcelona, ​​Bayern Munich. Maybe Atlético or Juventus .

But now it looks more complicated. The English clubs have become stronger again. Liverpool were already in the final in May, Manchester City is as confident about the title this season as Paris Saint-Germain .

By contrast, a finals of FC Bayern, with hardly reinforced squad and a inexperienced on this stage coach, almost a surprise.

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8/30/18 3:12 PM

Benjamin Knaack

Standing: 65 euros. Cake block: 175 euros. Goosebumps in the Uefa anthem: priceless.

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8/30/18 3:09 PM

Daniel Raecke

Frosinone against Eibar? Has the pre-sale already started?

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8/30/18 3:08 PM

Benjamin Knaack

A quick sideline ... uhhh ... Sidelong glance at the plans of the association: The Uefa wants to introduce a third European club competition again, according to "Sport Bild". If you look at many high-profile European League games from the past few years (Bucharest vs. Lugano or Guimaraes vs. Konyaspor), then you wonder what delicacies await you in the new Cup. Wacker Innsbruck against wooden leg, pardon, Holstein Kiel? Frosinone Calcio against Eibar? I can not wait any longer!

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8/30/18 3:07 PM

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But also this more life-affirming group:

Locomotive Moscow
Shakhtar Donetsk
PSV Eindhoven
Red star Belgrade

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So the following death group would be conceivable:

Barcelona
Borussia Dortmund
Liverpool
Inter Milan

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8/30/18 3:06 PM

Daniel Raecke

This has meant that Lokomotiv Moscow, one of the nominally weakest teams in the preliminary round, will be run as a favorite. And that there could be some spectacularly unbalanced groups.

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8/30/18 3:05 PM

Daniel Raecke

The mode of the seedlist provides that the first pot from which the group heads are drawn is determined not by the individual class of the clubs, but by titles: the defending champion, the Europa League winner and the champions from England, Spain, Italy , France, Germany and Russia make up this pot. The other three pots are sorted by Uefa coefficients.

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8/30/18 3:01 PM

Benjamin Knaack

Colleague Peter Ahrens is already very hot on the ceremony.

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8/30/18 2:59 PM

Benjamin Knaack

Oops, the boss is already writing, then I guess I have to start slowly. Hello also from my side.

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8/30/18 2:58 PM

Daniel Raecke

The Bundesliga, which nobody can take, is represented in all four pots. For the FC Bayern is in the Lostopf one at least as long at home as on the Säbener road. The BVB was assigned to the second pot, Schalke is in pot three and the TSG Hoffenheim in pot four.

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8/30/18 2:52 PM

Daniel Raecke

In Monaco traditionally the European Cup season is opened with the drawing of the groups. Tasty "Rien ne va plus" metaphors you will search in vain at this point, but my colleague Benjamin Knaack and I will provide you with information and all analysis to the eight groups.

Good evening.

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8/30/18 2:17 PM

Daniel Raecke

The good in the potty, the bad in the little head.

This is what Cinderella and her accomplices made of the bird kingdom.

So it should actually make the Uefa, if it determines the composition of the group phase of the new Champions League season.

By and large, the association has also stuck to it. Except for one exception. But see for yourself.