La Real will be hype 4

The carambola of results that Real needed throughout the Champions League preview did not end with the rounding off last night and the San Sebastian team is on the last drum, number 4, in the draw for the group stage this Thursday on the August 31, in Monaco.

The San Sebastian team needs two surprises in the three qualifiers with clashes between teams with a better coefficient and others with a worse one, and on Tuesday Young Boys and Sporting Braga manage the removing realistic illusions. The Portuguese defended a narrow 1-0 lead, but they held on and beat Greek Panathinaikos 0-1, and will go into pot 3. For their part, the Swiss drew with Israel but lost 3-0 in the second leg to beat Maccabi Haifa and, by the way, send Real (and Celtic) to the bass drum 4.

The group of death, close at hand

The royalist presence in the hype 4 mainly has one consequence: the group of death is getting closer or, in the end, it is more likely that the difficulty of the group will increase, despite the fact that this is a season without much difference in between the last hype.

For example, there could be a group with Bayern, Arsenal, Milan and Real. Or a Manchester City, Dortmund, Lazio, Real. The Imanols will surely share the hype, and therefore avoid them in the draw, along with Newcastle, Celtic, Galatasaray, Lens, Union Berlin, and the winner of AEK-Antwerp, as well as Young Boys or Rakow.

This Wednesday will complete the 32 places in the competition, at the end of the previous phase. The winner of PSV-Rangers will go into pot 3, Copenhagen defend their advantage and if they win they will also go into 3, but if Rakow returns, the Poles will go into 4 and Young Boys will ‘promote ‘ in 3. For their part, the winner from AEK Athens-Antwerp will go directly to 4.