of Manchester City Pep Guardiola and Haalandbut also of the hero Rodri, closed the 22-23 edition of the Champions League on Sunday and activated, in turn, the countdown for the start of the next one. It is the most special, and not because it is played by Real, which is also the case, but because it will be the last in the known format.
The title ‘skyblue’ also means changes in the making of the drums for the draw for the group’s next stage. The city is in pot 1 as the European champion, which will give the place of the English champion to the lucky Feyenoord, Eredivisie champion, sixth league in the ranking. It has no negative influence on Real because the first hype is about the champions and not about the coefficients, and because the Dutch have better than txuri urdin (51,000 points for 33,000 realists).
In fact, the total confirmation of 26 clubs directly entering the group stage has not changed in any way the realistic options to enter pot 3. The key continues to be four of the six teams with the best coefficient there those in the past (Young Boys, Dinamo Zagreb and Copenhagen from the champions route, and Rangers, PSV and Sporting Braga from the League route) were removed. Previews begin on June 27, but the group draw isn’t until August 31.
In search of the least difficult group
With two Spanish teams in each of the first two pots, the toughest possible rival will be reduced to Real. It won’t be easy in any case, but Benfica and Feyenoord are the most wanted first on the drums, thus avoiding the mighty City, the renewed PSG or Bayern. At 2, old ‘friends’ like United or Leipzig look hard bones along with Inter, Dortmund and Arsenal. Porto, perhaps, is the least tough. Numbers 3 and 4, not yet fully formed, bring together rookies, tough and sweet teams in equal parts. The ‘Saudi’ Newcastle, wonderful stadiums that are very pressing like San Siro, the Scottish ones, the ‘small Maracana in Belgrade’ or Galatasaray are far from being Cinderella. Some surprise from the previous one will be most appetizing, in case the txuri urdin jumps to the third bass drum.
Source: La Verdad
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