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Champions League Draw Revealed With New Format
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The draw for the new Champions League format has been completed.
This year, the tournament will start with a “Swiss-style” league phase instead of the usual group stage football fans have been used to.
Also, 36 teams will compete instead of the normal 32.
The league stage will end in January, not December as before.
The top eight teams will move directly to the knockout rounds, while teams ranked 9th to 24th will play a two-leg playoff to secure a spot in the last 16.
Teams finishing between 25th and 36th will be eliminated from the competition.
Here are some of the matchups:
Man City will face Inter, Club Brugge, Feyenoord and Sparta Prague at Home. They will then have PSG away, Juventus away, Sporting Lisbon away and Bratislava away.
Inter Milan will play Leipzig h, Man City a, Arsenal h, Leverkusen a, Red Star h, Young Boys a, Monaco h, Sparta Praha a.
Bayern Munich will play PSG h, Barcelona a, Benfica h, Shakhtar a, Dinamo h, Feyenoord a, Slovan Bratislava h, Aston Villa a.
Bayern Munich will play – PSG h, Barcelona a, Benfica h, Shakhtar a, Dinamo h, Feyenoord a, Slovan Bratislava h, Aston Villa a.
RB Leipzig will play Inter (a), Liverpool (h), Juventus (h), Atletico Madrid (a), Sporting Lisbon (h), Celtic (a), Aston Villa (h), Sturm Graz (a)
Borussia Dortmund are: Barcelona (h), Madrid (a), Shakhtar (h), Brugge (a), Celtic (h), Dinamo Zagreb (a), Sturm Graz (h), Bologna (a)
Barcelona’s matches: Bayern Munich (h), Dortmund (a), Atalanta (h), Benfica (a), Young Boys (h), Red Star (a), Brest (h), Monaco (a)
Real Madrid will face: Dortmund (h), Liverpool (a), Milan (h), Atalanta (a), Salzburg (h), Lille (a), Stuttgart (h), Brest (a)
Liverpool’s games: Madrid (h), Leipzig (a), Milan (a), Leverkusen (h), Lille (h), PSV (a), Bologna (h), Girona (a)
PSG face: Man City (h), Bayern (a), Atletico Madrid (h), Arsenal (a), PSV (h), Salzburg (a), Girona (h), Stuttgart (a)
Atletico Madrid face: Leipzig (h), PSG (a), Leverkusen (h), Benfica (a), Lille (h), Salzburg (a), Bratislava (h), Sparta (a)
Atalanta will play: Madrid (h), Barcelona (a), Arsenal (h), Shakhtar (a), Celtic (h), Young Boys (a), Graz (h), Stuttgart (a)
Club Brugge’s games: Dortmund (h), Man City (a), Juventus (h), Milan (a), Sporting Lisbon (h), Celtic (a), Aston Villa (h), Graz (a)
Arsenal’s matches: PSG (H), Inter Milan (A), Shakhtar Donetsk (H), Atalanta (A), Dinamo Zagreb (H), Sporting Lisbon (A), Monaco (H), Girona (A)
Bayer Leverkusen’s games: Inter Milan h, Liverpool a, AC Milan h, Atletico Madrid a, RB Salzburg h, Feyenoord a, Sparta Praha h, Brest a.
AC Milan’s matches: Liverpool (h), Madrid (a), Brugge (h), Leverkusen (a), Belgrade (h), Dinamo (a), Girona (h), Bratislava (a)
Benfica’s games: Barcelona h, Bayern a, Atletico h, Juventus a, Feyenoord h, Red Star a, Bologna h, Monaco a.
Juventus fixtures: Man City (h), Leipzig (a), Benfica (h), Brugge (a), PSV (h), Lille (a), Stuttgart (h), Villa (a)
Shakhtar’s games: Bayern (h), Dortmund (a), Atalanta (h), Arsenal (a), Young Boys (h), PSV (a), Brest (h), Bologna (a)
Young Boys’ games: Inter (h), Barcelona (a), Atalanta (h), Shakhtar (a), Belgrade (h), Celtic (a), Villa (h), Stuttgart (a)
Lille’s games: Real Madrid h, Liverpool a, Juventus h, Atletico a, Feyenoord h, Sporting CP a, Sturm Graz h, Bologna a.
PSV’s matches: Liverpool h, PSG a, Shakhtar h, Juventus a, Sporting CP h, Red Star a, Girona h, Brest a.
Feyenoord’s fixtures: Man City a, Bayern h, Leverkusen h, Benfica a, Salzburg h, Lille a, Sparta Praha h, Girona a.
Red Star’s matches: Barcelona h, Inter a, Benfica h, Milan a, PSV h, Young Boys a, Stuttgart h, Monaco a
Celtic’s matches: Leipzig h, Dortmund a, Atalanta a, Brugge h, Young Boys h, Dinamo a, Slovan Bratislava h, Aston Villa a
Sporting Lisbon fixtures: Man City h, Leipzig a, Arsenal h, Brugge a, Lille h, PSV a, Bologna h, Sturm Graz a
Stuttgart’s games: PSG h, Real a, Atalanta h, Juve a, Young Boys h, Red Star a, Sparta Praha h, Bratislava a
Girona’s matches: Liverpool h, PSG a, Arsenal h, Milan a, Feyenoord h, PSV a, Bratislava h, Sturm Graz a
Bologna’s games: Dortmund h, Liverpool a, Shakhtar h, Benfica a, Lille h, Sporting a, Monaco h, Aston Villa a
Aston Villa’s fixtures: Bayern (h), Leipzig (a), Juventus (h), Brugge (a), Celtic (h), Young Boys (a), Bologna (h), Monaco (a)
Sparta Praha’s games: Inter (h), Man City (a), Atletico (h), Leverkusen (a), Salzburg (h), Feyenoord (a), Brest (h), Stuttgart (a)
Bratislava’s matches: Man City (h), Bayern (a), Milan (h), Atletico (a), Dinamo (h), Celtic (a), Stuttgart (h), Girona (a)
Monaco’s games: Barcelona (h), Inter (a), Benfica (h), Arsenal (a), Belgrade (h), Dinamo (a), Villa (h), Bologna (a)
Brest’s games: Real Madrid h, Barcelona a, Leverkusen h, Shakhtar a, PSV h, Salzburg a, Sturm Graz h, Sparta Praha a
Stum Graz’s fixures: Leipzig (h), Dortmund (a), Brugge (h), Atalanta (a), Sporting (h), Lille (a), Girona (h), Brest (a)
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