LIVE Champions League draw: Nothing is the same in European football anymore

In less than 20 days, the season in the Champions League starts, and the draw for the elite competition will be more interesting than ever, which is on the program today from 18:XNUMX.

In a way, a new era begins – with 36 instead of the previous 32 teams in the competition, but also a different format of the competition.

Rivals in the groups will not be chosen, now the group stage consists of the league part in which each team will play eight matches – four each at home and away.

The best eight in the final table will secure a place in the round of 9, while the teams that place from 24th to 16th place will play a playoff for placement among the best XNUMX.

The news is that the teams that finish the league part from the 25th to the 36th position at that moment will end the European season.

COMPOSITION OF THE HAT:

First: Manchester City, Real Madrid, Bayern Munich, Paris Saint-Germain, Liverpool, Inter, Borussia Dortmund, Leipzig, Barcelona;

Second: Bayer Leverkusen, Atletico Madrid, Atalanta, Juventus, Benfica, Arsenal, Club Brugge, Shakhtar Donetsk, Milan;

Third: Feyenoord, Sporting Lisbon, PSV Eindhoven, Dinamo Zagreb, Salzburg, Lille, Red Star, Young Boys, Celtic;

Fourth: Slovan Bratislava, Monaco, Sparta Prague, Aston Villa, Bologna, Girona, Stuttgart, Sturm, Brest.