If the qualifications of the three European Cups are in full swing, only seven places are vacant among the 36 of the Champions League 2025-2026. PSG, champion of France and magnificent winner of the C1 on May 31 against Inter, is accompanied by its last two pursuers, OM and AS Monaco. The OGC Nice arrived at 4th in the ranking and finds itself to challenge Benfica in the 3rd qualifying round, before a possible dam in order to participate in the “regular season” of the C1.
As indicated by the projections of the X account Football statsit is Bodo/Glimt, Benfica, the Bruges club, the FC Copenhagen, the Red Star of Belgrade, Ferencvaros and the Celtic which will complete the LDC painting if no prognosis is thwarted. At least, the results of the first -round matches do not upset the four theoretical hats of the draw for the league phase, scheduled for August 28.
PSG of Luis Enrique is obviously part of the head of the heads, with Real Madrid, Manchester City, Bayern, Liverpool, Inter, Chelsea, Dortmund and Barça. That's sure. As a reminder, since last year, the clubs face two teams from the same hat. The red and blue will therefore receive a large of the old continent at the Parc des Princes and will (at least) have a difficult trip.
Heavy everywhere in LDC
For OM and AS Monaco, who are condemned to come across heavy in the head of the heads of standard, it will absolutely be necessary to avoid the big pieces of the other three pots. There are traps absolutely everywhere in Champions. In the second hat alone, we will find Arsenal, Leverkusen, Atlético de Madrid, Benfica, Atalanta, Villarreal, Juventus, Frankfurt and the Bruges club.
The formation of Roberto de Zerbi will appear in the third hat of the draw alongside Tottenham, the PSV, Ajax, Napoli, Sporting, Olympiakos, Slavia Prague, Bodo/Glimt. The Neapolitan Italian champion will be a catastrophic draw for any club in the Champions League! Besides Monaco, the Hat 4 offers Copenhagen, L'Etoile Rouge de Belgrade, Ferencvaros, Galatasaray, Celtic, Union Saint-Gilloise, Athletic Bilbao and Newcastle! The last two cities are not gifts, far from it.
