The different soccer leagues are already working. In our country no less than three days have already passed, so the different teams already have their squads working and training. But for some there is a somewhat more important event such as the Champions League for which we will soon be able to see the draw.
As is customary, the best teams from the different European leagues meet at one of the best sporting events of the year. It is not surprising that they take it so seriously in order to add one more trophy in the soccer course, one of the most beloved as is the famous orejona.
Start the Champions League
As every year, UEFA will put in a hype the names of the teams placed in the highest positions of their respective classifications. It is not surprising that names like Real Madrid, FC Barcelona, ​​PSG, Manchester City or Benfica are some of the representatives of their different countries for proving their worth.
But of course, it would not be fair to form the four groups by hand, so the entity will make the famous draw for the 23/24 Champions League, classifying the teams into four drums from which the different clashes will come.
It will be tomorrow, Thursday August 31, when this happens at the Grimaldi Forum in Monaco, where important personalities from the different clubs will attend to see the draw. But if you are not one of the lucky ones and the only chair you are going to sit in is the one at home, you should know that to follow the draw for the Champions League 23/24 live you will have to tune in to the channel #Vamos, Movistar+, UEFA .com and GOL PLAY at 18:00 tomorrow.
How the hype was formed
At the moment the drums are not completely closed. At least in those that are the Spanish teams (Real Madrid, FC Barcelona, ​​Atlético de Madrid and Sevilla FC) they are closed and distributed in the first two, while for the third and fourth drum there are still a couple of names missing. For now, this is how they are:
- Pot 1: Manchester City, Sevilla, Bayern Munich, PSG, Barcelona, ​​Benfica, Napoli and Feyenoord.
- Pot 2: Real Madrid, Manchester United, Inter Milan, Borussia Dortmund, Atlético de Madrid, RB Leipzig, Porto and Arsenal.
- Drum 3: Pending closing. At the moment there are Shakhtar Donetsk, Salzburg, Milan, Lazio, Red Star. Real Sociedad and Celtic are as provisional teams
- Drum 4: Pending definition. Lens, Newcastle, Union Berlin are the ones that are fixed.
When are the first group stage matches?
Once it is known how the different groups will be after the draw for the Champions League, it will be announced who will be the first teams that will be measured soon. In fact, the dates on which the different meetings will take place are already known, which are the following:
- Matchday 1: September 19/20, 2023
- Matchday 2: October 3/4, 2023
- Matchday 3: October 24/25, 2023
- Matchday 4: November 7/8, 2023
- Matchday 5: November 28/29, 2023
- Matchday 6: December 12/13, 2023
Once these matches are over, which will last until practically the end of this year, the best teams will face each other in a tie starting in the round of 16 with the best of two matches remaining. The final also follows the tradition of being a match held on a neutral ground chosen by UEFA. This year, the Champions League final will be at the mythical Wembley stadium in England on June 1, 2024.
