Goddess Luck has allied herself with the Spanish teams in the draw for the group stage of the Champions League held in Monaco. The five Spanish representatives, Real Madrid, Barcelona, Atlético de Madrid, Real Sociedad and Sevilla, have emerged satisfied from the draw and all of them have a good chance of getting into the round of 16.
This is how the 8 groups have been:
– Group A: Bayern Munich (GER), Manchester United (ING), Copenhagen (DIN) and Galatasaray (TUR)
– B Group: Seville (ESP), Arsenal (ING), PSV Eindhoven (NED) and Lens (FRA)
– Group C: Naples (ITA), real Madrid (ESP), Braga (POR) and Union Berlin (GER)
– Group D: Benfica (POR), Inter Milan (ITA), Salzburg (AUT) and Real society (ESP)
– Group E: Feyenoord (NED), Atlético de Madrid (ESP), Lazio (ITA) and Celtic (ESC)
– Group F: PSG (FRA), Borussia Dortmund (GER), Milan (ITA) and Newcastle (ING)
– Group G: Manchester City (ING), RB Leipzig (GER), Red Star (SRB) and Young Boys (SUI)
– Group H: Barcelona (ESP), Porto (POR), Shakhtar Donetsk (UKR) and Antwerp (BEL)
no doubt the group of death is the F. PSG will face Borussia Dortmund, Milan and Newcastle in search of one of the two places that will put them in the round of 16 to avoid a new failure.
Match dates:
Day 1: September 19/20
Day 2: October 3/4
Matchday 3: October 24/25
Matchday 4: November 7/8
Day 5: November 28/29
Matchday 6: December 12/13
Round of 16 draw: December 18
Round of 16: 13/14/20/21 February and 5/6/12/13 March
Draw for quarterfinals and semifinals: March 15
Quarterfinals: 9/10 and 16/17 April
Semifinals: April 30/May 1 and May 7/8
The final will be held at Wembley Stadium on Saturday June 1
