Terrible group for Barça and Sevilla; Real Madrid and Atlético leave well unemployed

• Champions The draw for the group stage, live

How not to understand Barcelona in its sorrow.

This season in which the club chaired by

aspires to its great reconstruction after the long decline that began after winning the Champions League in 2015, it will have to return to recreate the torments of its most recent past.

Perhaps there is no club in Europe that has stripped the Catalans as ruthlessly as Bayern, executioner in Lisbon 2-8 in 2020 and that last season led Barça into exile from the Europa League.

Well, the draw for the group stage of the Champions League held this Thursday in Istanbul brought about a new duel with the Bavarians.

Of course, with

now as a great Barcelona flag after his 344 goals with the Munich team.

Coach

has found a suitable replacement with the signing of

, a new standard bearer after his successful spell at Liverpool.

As if that were not enough, Bayern hopes to solve the defensive problems that penalized them last year with the arrival of the Dutch central defender

, who failed to adapt to Juventus after his emergence alongside Frenkie de Jong at Ajax.

That group C also multiplies its demand with the presence of Inter, champion of Serie A two seasons ago and who dreams of

's awakening where he shone the most.

The Czechs from Viktoria Plzen do not seem relieved.

Real Madrid was lucky in the first important match of this Champions League.

The draw paired him with RB Leipzig, Shakhtar Donetsk and Celtic Glasgow, who will fight with the Whites for the two places that give access to the round of 16.

They will be some curious clashes for

's team .

Leipzig finished fourth in the last Bundesliga, behind Bayern, Dortmund and Leverkusen, and has

,

,

and newcomer

(ex-Chelsea) to its main stars.

The first, a French attacker, has been related to Madrid in some of the rumors this summer and could make the leap to a great European player in the coming months.

He comes from scoring 35 goals in 52 games and has already scored two in the first two days of the current Bundesliga.

Celtic, meanwhile, comes to this edition after lifting the title in Scotland ahead of Rangers and has the well-known

, formerly of Manchester City and the English team, as the main star in goal.

The British should be the weakest rival in the group, considering that they land from the last pot of the draw, but the presence of Shakhtar conditions everything.

The Ukrainians, affected by the Russian invasion of their country, have lost their main footballers, especially the Brazilians

,

,

and

, and their current level is unknown.

They have returned to dispute the national league in kyiv, but their continental meetings will be held in Warsaw, the capital of Poland.

Sevilla, in Group G, will probably have to fend for themselves against Borussia Dortmund who, after losing

, will be without their main attacking asset,

, who is recovering from a testicular tumor.

Favoritism remains in the hands of

's pompous Manchester City , who continues to fight to win his first Champions League away from the Camp Nou and who hopes to complete his work under Haaland's goalscorer.

Copenhagen, where the Spanish striker

stands out , will be the contender for the miracle.

While the Atlético group arouses some interest, even though their opponents do not suggest a long journey.

Porto, a double European champion who has just won the Portuguese league, has a squad that is as balanced as it is dangerous.

Although he has lost one of his great references,

' first signing

for PSG.

Bayer Leverkusen, third in the last Bundesliga, has not passed the round of 16 of the tournament since it reached the final in Glasgow in 2002, where it was executed by

.

Club Brugge, where former Barcelona striker

has already scored three goals in his first five Belgian league games, will be the Rojiblancos' other rival.

The World Cup in Qatar (November 20-December 18) will compress this group stage of the Champions League, which will be resolved in just eight weeks.

The first day will be played between September 6 and 7, closing the league on November 1 and 2.

The round of 16 draw will be held on November 7.

Group A: Ajax, Liverpool, Napoli, Rangers.

Group B: Porto,

, Bayer Leverkusen, Bruges.

Group C: Bayern,

, Inter, Viktoria Plzen.

Group D: Eintracht, Tottenham, Sporting Portugal, Marseille.

Group E: Milan, Chelsea, Salzburg, Dinamo Zagreb.

Group F:

, Leipzig, Shakhtar, Celtic.

Group G: Manchester City,

, Dortmund, Copenhagen.

Group H: PSG, Juventus, Benfica, Maccabi Haifa.

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