Who to succeed Chelsea, winner of the Champions League on May 29 in Porto, Portugal, against Manchester City?
Response on May 28, 2022 in St. Petersburg, Russia.
The 32 clubs qualified for this 67th edition dream of it.
And they now know what to expect in the group stage.
The draw took place in Istanbul, Thursday, August 26, the day after the last play-offs played.
As a reminder, two clubs from the same country cannot compete in the first round.
And due to a tense geopolitical context, since 2014, Russian clubs cannot play against Ukrainian clubs (in this case this year: Zenit Saint-Petersburg on the one hand, and Chakhtior Donetsk and Dynamo Kiev of somewhere else).
Paris finds its scarecrow, Manchester City
Hat 1 being reserved for the reigning European champions, namely Chelsea (Champions League) and Villarreal (Europa League), as well as the reigning national champions, Paris Saint-Germain, vice-champion of France 2021, ended up in hat 2 this year.
Of the eight teams in hat 1, he could not avoid Lille, champion of France, during the draw.
Finalist in 2020 and semi-finalist last season, PSG finds itself in Group A with Manchester City, the champion of England. An opponent who has never succeeded in Paris. In 2016, the Cityzens eliminated Paris in the quarter-finals (2-2 at the Parc des Princes, 1-0 at the Etihad Stadium). And last season, in the semifinals, City still had the last word by winning the first leg and the return (2-1 at the Parc des Princes, 2-0 at the Etihad Stadium).
The Rouge et Bleu will also face RB Leipzig, a club that succeeded them in the Final 8 of the 2019-2020 edition, largely altered because of the Covid-19: in the semi-final, Paris had won brilliantly ( 3-0).
The Belgians of FC Bruges complete this group.
In 2019, in the first round, PSG had already beaten this opponent (5-0 away, 1-0 at home).
For its part, the Losc escapes a European cador.
The 2020-2021 season has been complicated for several behemoths, returned to hat 2. But the Mastiffs were rather lucky in the draw and fell in group G with Sevilla FC, fourth in the Spanish league last season.
Be careful, however, not to underestimate the Andalusians and their great European experience.
They have won the Europa League six times, a record.
The Austrians from RB Salzburg, continuous national champions since 2014 (8 of their 15 coronations), will also be in this group G, with the Germans from VfL Wolfsburg.
The group stage is scheduled to run from September 14 to December 8.
The draw for the round of 16 will take place on December 13.
The full draw
Group A
Manchester City (England)
PSG (France)
RB Leipzig (Germany)
Club Bruges (Belgium)
Group B
Atlético de Madrid (Spain)
Liverpool (England)
FC Porto (Portugal)
AC Milan (Italy)
Group C
Sporting CP (Portugal)
Borussia Dortmund (Germany)
Ajax Amsterdam (Netherlands)
Besiktas (Turkey)
Group D
Inter Milan (Italy)
Real Madrid (Spain)
Chakhtior Donetsk (Ukraine)
Sheriff Tiraspol (Moldova)
Group E
Bayern Munich (Germany)
FC Barcelona (Spain)
Benfica (Portugal)
Dynamo Kiev (Ukraine)
Group F
Villarreal (Spain)
Manchester United (England)
Atalanta Bergamo (Italy)
Young Boys Berne (Switzerland)
Group G
Lille (France)
Sevilla FC (Spain)
RB Salzburg (Austria)
VfL Wolfsburg (Germany)
Group H
Chelsea (England)
Juventus (Italy)
Zenit Saint Petersburg (Russia)
Malmö (Sweden)
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