The Covid-19 pandemic will determine the next edition of the Champions League, which will have to tighten its calendar to recover the lost normality.

The 32 teams, divided into four groups, will play their first matches on October 20 and 21, a month later than usual.

The league, with six days condensed in a month and a half, will end on December 8 and 9.

For the first time in two decades, the Champions League has been forced to modify its start of competition, usually scheduled for the second week of September.

Missing the summer dates, the tournament will start more than a month late and the teams will only have three weeks to prepare for their debut.

UEFA will also change the way in which the days are grouped.

The first three will be played in three consecutive weeks (October 20-21, October 27-28 and November 3-4), which will lead to a biweekly break.

The last three days will also be played in a row (November 24-25, December 1-2 and December 7-8).

Four bass drums

Thursday's draw in Geneva (starting at 5:00 pm) will precisely organize the dates for the teams, who in this phase will not be able to face off against rivals from the same country.

The participants will be divided into four drums.

In Pot 1 are Bayern, current champions, Sevilla, Europa League champions, Real Madrid, Liverpool, Juventus, PSG, Zenit and Oporto, the six champions of the federations with the highest ranking.

In Pot 2 are Barcelona, ​​Atlético de Madrid, Manchester City, Manchester United, Shakhtar Donetsk, Dortmund, Chelsea and Ajax.

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