Champions League draw simulated as Arsenal host Barca and Liverpool get 13,700-mile trip | Football | Sport
Six English teams will learn their fate when the main annual draw in the Champions League will take place later during the day. Arsenal better represented the Premier League last season, with the team of Mikel Arteta beaten in the semi-finals by the possible champions Paris Saint-Germain.
Manchester City, Liverpool, Tottenham, Chelsea and Newcastle United. It is the second year of the revised format, which sees all the qualified clubs face eight different opponents in a 36 team tournament.
Before the draw tonight, Express Sport succeeded in the possible results via a supercomputer, the simulator returning quite interesting results.
Liverpool
Real Madrid (H)
Barcelona (A)
Benfica (H)
Frankfurt (A)
Marseille (H)
Napoli (A)
Monaco (H)
Kairat Almaty (A)
The first thing that appears during the analysis of the potential draw of Liverpool is the double-head El Clasico. Barcelona and Real Madrid were withdrawn as Liverpool Pot One Adversaries, while the Reds were also twinned with the tough opponent of Pot Two, Napoli. However, there will be few more intriguing matches than trip to Kazakhstan to face Kairat Almaty, with the round trip to more than 13,700 miles.
ARSENAL
Barcelona (H)
Inter Milan (A)
Juventus (H)
Bayer Leverkusen (A)
Ajax (H)
Sportsman (A)
Monaco (H)
PAFOS (A)
A rehearsal of the 2005 Champions League final is probably the Arsenal competition, with Barcelona – in this simulation – which takes place for a visit to the Emirates stadium. The matches against the giants of Serie A, between Milan and Juventus, would also attract their eyes, while the beginners of the league phase, Pafos, could have the chance to welcome Arteta and Co. in Cyprus.
Chélat
Real Madrid (H)
Bayern Munich (A)
Atalanta (H)
Juventus (A)
PSV Eindhoven (H)
Sportsman (A)
Galatasaray (H)
Athletics Club (A)
This could be a return to the site where Chelsea raised the Champions League for the first time in 2012, with the game of Bayern Munich The Blues. Real Madrid’s visit to Stamford Bridge is expected to move languages, with Galatasaray and Athletic Club among more difficult potential opponents.
Man
Paris Saint-Germain (H)
Inter Milan (A)
Atletico Madrid (H)
Benfica (A)
Olympiacos (H)
Slavia Prague (A)
Athletic Club (H)
Qarabag (A)
The recently crowned European champions would provide a severe test for the new look of Pep Guardiola, Manchester City, as well as clashes against the finalists of Inter Milan and Atletico Madrid. Travel to Lisbon, Prague and Bakou would represent exciting days for travel fans.
Tottenham
Bayern Munich (H)
Borussia Dortmund (A)
Atletico Madrid (H)
Club Brugge (A)
Olympiacos (H)
Bodo / Glimt (A)
Galatasaray (H)
FC Copenhagen (A)
Some rehearsals from the Spurs race at the Europa League attract the look, including a rehearsal of the semi-final against Bodo / Glimt. Otherwise, it is a set of lighting with which Tottenham and Thomas Frank should be confident.
Newcastle
Paris Saint-Germain (H)
Borussia Dortmund (A)
Villarreal (H)
Eintracht Francfurt (A)
Marseille (H)
Slavia Prague (A)
Union Saint-Gillie (H)
Qarabag (A)
As was the case two years ago, these are matches against PSG and Borussia Dortmund for the return of Newcastle. In truth, however, a draw that includes matches against Marseille, Slavia Prague, Union Saint-Gilloise and Ferencvaros would probably fill the Toon army with great confidence, since they failed to get out of the group the last time they qualified.
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