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The road to the Champions League title , how could it be otherwise, will be full of traps for the four Spanish teams in Liza. He left very badly stopped the draw held in Monaco Barcelona , badly used in recent times to the requirement in the first phase. Not only for having to meet with the German Borussia Dortmund, reinforced this campaign with players like Hummels and Thorgan Hazard - brother of the Real Madrid footballer - and with the Signal Iduna Park as a fearsome home. But because on the third bass drum Antonio Antonio's new project was waiting for the Inter , still with Icardi and with Lukaku newly incorporated from Manchester United. The Slavia of Prague , the last executioner of Sevilla in the last Europa League, closes the group F of the Catalans.

Real Madrid , despite dodging the current champion, Liverpool, met the draw that matched him with an old rival, the PSG . Who knows if Neymar is still in their ranks, but with Kylian Mbappé as a great offensive reference - and also as a great aspiration for the future. The team of Thomas Tuchel, great dominator of the French Ligue 1, aspires to finally perform in the great continental tournament. Spaniards Pablo Sarabia and Ander Herrera went on to reinforce Parisians this summer. The Belgian Bruges and the Turkish Galatasaray , always tricky at home, complete group A.

Atlético de Madrid did not come out well, condemned one more season to cross Juventus . And also with Cristiano Ronaldo, responsible with his hat trick of the comeback with which the Turinese eliminated the rojiblancos in the knockout stages of the last Champions League. They also await in that group D the Bayer Leverkusen , fourth classified of the last Bundesliga and with the midfielder Kai Havertz as a great reference, and the Lokomotiv of Moscow , with the low temperatures and the long displacement always as allies.

As for Valencia , a member of group H, he was already aware of his position in the third hype of what the draw could hold. Chelsea , the current Europa League champion and who has had to be paralyzed in this transfer market for the FIFA sanction, appears as the main opponent. Those of Marcelino, eliminated in the group stage of the Champions League last year, will also run into Ajax in Amsterdam , a team that despite losing De Jong and De Ligt, but still with Van de Beek, continues to pile up talent and offensive self-confidence. Lille, runner-up of the French league and with the great loss of Nicolas Pépé (transferred to Arsenal for 80 million euros) is the other rival of Valencia.

The group phase will take place between September 17 and December 11. The final will be played on May 20, 2020 at the Atatürk stadium in Istanbul.

In addition, UEFA took the opportunity to award their prizes from the last Champions League. Van Dijk, center of the current European champion, Liverpool, opened his way to the Golden Ball winning the first of the battles against Leo Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo. His partner Alisson Becker won the Frenchman Lloris (finalist with Tottenham) and Barca Ter Stegen in the prize for the best goalkeeper. There was no surprise as to better central, with the Van Dijk network imposing itself on de Ligt and Alexander-Arnold. The prize for the best midfielder went to the now Barca De Jong for his campaign in Ajax (ahead of Eriksen and Henderson). While Messi was awarded as the best striker, beating Cristiano Ronaldo and Mané.

All the groups

Group A

  • PSG
  • Real Madrid
  • Witches
  • Galatasaray

B Group

  • Bayern
  • Tottenham
  • Olympiacos
  • Red Star

Group C

  • Manchester City
  • Shakhtar
  • Dinamo Zagreb
  • Atalanta

Group D

  • Juventus
  • Athletic
  • Bayer Leverkusen
  • Lokomotiv Moscow.

Group E

  • Liverpool
  • Naples
  • Salzburg
  • Genk

Group F

  • Barcelona
  • Borussia Dortmund
  • Inter
  • Slavia Prague

Group G

  • Zenit
  • Benfica
  • O. Lyon
  • Leipzig

Group H

  • Chelsea
  • Ajax
  • Valencia
  • Lille

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