The Group Stage Draw For The 2023 UEFA Champions League Was Revealed
The Champions League draw was held in Istanbul, Turkey where the final is set to played at the famous Atatürk Stadium. Here is how the groups played out in draw ceremony.
Group AGroup A features the winners of the Dutch league and the only Dutch team in the draw Ajax who will have a tough task against last year's finalists Liverpool also facing Napoli and Rangers FC from Glasgow.
Group BGroup B is a very interesting group that features FC Porto, Atletico Madrid, Bayern Leverkusen, and Club Brugge, Porto, and Atletico seem to be early favorites but watch out for early upsets in group play.
Group CGroup C could be defined as the group of death which has Bayern Munich, Barcelona, Inter, and Viktoria Plzen to round out the group and look for the top three times to battle it out to make the knockout stage.
Group DGroup D has the likes of Eintracht Frankfurt, Tottenham, Sporting Portugal, and Marseille, Look for the English side to top the group but it won't be easy against a UEFA Super Cup finalist.
Group EGroup E has two heavyweights with AC Milan and Chelsea and is clear favorites to advance in a group with Salzburg and Dinamo Zagreb who are fresh off qualifying for the tournament.
Group FGroup F is where we find Real Madrid who has some stiff competition facing RB Leipzig, Shakhtar Donestk, and Celtic, this is the third time in a row that Real and Shakhtar have been grouped together.
Group GGroup G features the winners of the English Premier League Manchester City who will face Borussia Dortmund, FC Sevilla, and FC Copenhagen in the group stage.
Group HGroup H will feature a battle between two top clubs in PSG and Juventus who are also grouped with Benefica and Maccabi Haifa, look out for the Portuguese club to pull a surprise.
Schedules and timetables for matches will be released later today and the group stage is set to begin on September 6th.
Author- Mehr Ali
Mehr Ali is a journalist, photographer, and football player.
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