Long awaited, the draw for the first phase of the Champions League on Thursday evening was terrible for PSG, reigning European champion, and OM, its Ligue 1 runner -up last May. With the presence of six English clubs and five Spanish clubs, the three hexagonal representatives were more likely to compose with shocks against Premier League and Liga training. It didn't fail!
The Parisians shot Bayern, Barça, Atalanta, Leverkusen, Tottenham, Sporting, Newcastle and Bilbao, while the Marseillais must face Real Madrid, Liverpool, Atalanta, Club Bruges, Ajax, Sporting, Newcastle and the Union Saint-Gilloise hoping to finish in the top 24. squarely in Bernabéu against the Merengues of Kylian Mbappé.
PSG simply has the hardest draw according to the calculations of the X Football Meets Data account, in front of the PSV Eindhoven (which will face Bayern, Liverpool, Atlético, Napoli and Newcastle!) And OM. Monaco challenges Manchester City, Real, Tottenham and Juventus, but also Bodo/Glimt, Galatasaray and the Cypriot Pafos surprise.
The easiest draw for OL!
Friday noon, the Europa League set the LOSC, Lille and the OGC Nice and it was the Gones that simply inherited from the most “easy” calendar of the second European Cup. The Lyonnais will cross the iron with Salzburg, Real Betis, Pak, Maccabi Tel Aviv, FC Basel, Young Boys, Go Ahead Eagles and Utrecht. The Lille have the 8th most complicated draw with in particular Roma, Friborg and Celta Vigo in opponents.
By way of comparison, the worst draw was given to Roma, which will face LOSC, Rangers, Celtic, Viktoria Plzen, Midtjylland, Nice, VFB Stuttgart and Panathinaikos. Aiglons have the 4th hardest calendar with Roma, Porto, Braga, Fenerbahçe, Friborg, Ludogorets Razgrad, Go Ahead Eagles and Celta de Vigo.
