PSG, OM and AS Monaco, the podium of the last Ligue 1, will be fixed next Thursday on their eight opponents of the first phase of the Champions League, after a draw which will start at 6 p.m. (as a reminder, a computer is now taking care of determining the meetings). The 36 teams will be distributed in four hats, established according to the UEFA ranking of the clubs, and each of the participants therefore face two teams of each pot (one at home, one outside).
We hold the identity of 29 participants for the moment and the last seven qualified for the C1 will be known in the middle of next week. After the first legs of the C1 dams, several teams are in a position of strength: Bodo/Glimt won 5-0 against Sturm Graz! The Rontada is almost impossible for the Austrian team. The Bruges club won 3-1 in the lair of the Rangers before receiving in Belgium. On the other hand, the big shock of the dams between Fenerbahçe and Benfica gave a 0-0 to start. Back to Lisbon.
In the champions table, there are two surprises of possible size. Qarabag, the Azerbaijan champion, won 3-1 in Ferencvaros! It will be necessary to hold on during the second round in Baku. The other feeling is called Pafos. The Cypriot team left the lair of Belgrade's red Star with 2-1 success. Finally, Kairat Almaty, champion of Kazakhstan, held the 0-0 at Celtic Park…
Teams to avoid in hats 3 and 4
European champion on May 31, PSG ends up with Real Madrid, Manchester City, Bayern, Liverpool, Inter, Chelsea, Dortmund and Barça among the heads of standard and the three French clubs will all inherit two opponents of this hat 1! Hat 2 is also very high since we will find Arsenal, Atlético de Madrid, Atalanta, Juventus as well as Benfica and Club Bruges in the event of qualification.
The danger is present everywhere in the last two hats. In the 3, there are Napoli, Tottenham, Sporting or the PSV. Knowing that French clubs cannot compete but can for example come across two Premier League clubs (there are 6!). And to reach the second round, OM and Monaco will have to avoid, in the last hat, Newcastle, Bilbao and Galatasaray. Qarabag, Pafos and Almaty would appear in this hat to offer distant trips.
