The group stage will be played in less than two months, between September and November, before the World Cup in Qatar
The Qatar World Cup, to be played between November 21 and December 18, has forced UEFA to compress the Champions League 2022-2023, whose group stage is played in less than two months, while it is normally closed in almost three months. played. The first phase of the Champions League, with four Spanish teams (Real Madrid, Barcelona, Atlético and Sevilla), is played between September 6 and November 2, with hardly any weeks off European competition or national teams in that period prior to going to World .
UEFA announced on Tuesday the dates of the six rounds of the group stage, spread over Tuesday and Wednesday, with Thursdays again earmarked for the Europa League (Betis and Real Sociedad) and the Conference League (Villarreal). When the qualifications for the knockout stage of the Champions League have been determined, the top continental competition will be given a winter break of almost four months, as the first direct knockout round will not be played until mid-February (first legs), with the second legs in March. The quarter-finals will be played in April, the semi-finals at the beginning of May and the final on June 10 in Istanbul.
The draw for the Champions League group stage will take place on Thursday, August 25, and in hype, in addition to the four Spanish representatives, there will be five Germans (Bayern Munich, Borussia Dortmund, Bayer Leverkusen, Eintracht Frankfurt and Leipzig), four Englishmen (Manchester City, Liverpool, Chelsea and Tottenham), four Italians (Milan, Inter, Napoli and Juventus), two French (Paris Saint-Germain and Marseille) and at least two Portuguese (Porto and Sporting de Portugal). Ajax, Bruges, Salzburg, Celtic Glasgow and Shakhtar Donetsk have also secured their place in the 32nd place.
Source: La Verdad
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