Barcelona already knows its eight rivals in the first phase of the new Champions League format. The culé team will host Bayern Munich, Atalanta, Young Boys and Brest at the Olympic Stadium of Montjuic. Outside the house, you will have to visit Borussia Dortmund, Benfica, Red Star and Monaco.
A draw that leaves the reunion of Hansi Film with the Bayern MunichBarça’s visit to Monaco After the defeat in Gamper this summer, the return to Lisbon to face the Benfica and a very interesting duel against Dortmund in the always impressive Signal Iduna Park.
He Barcelona will also have to welcome in its territory competitors who are apparently affordable, such as Atalantathe swiss club Young boys and the Brestthe French revelation last season. The culé team will also have to travel to Belgrade to face Red Star. A draw where the Blaugrana were lucky and should have no problem qualifying directly for the round of 16 among the top eight or at least for the playoffs.
He Barcelona faces a new season in the Champions League with the disorder of registrations and the salary cap in the EA Sports League. In the Champions League, it’s a different story, but the squad is just as limited. The Barça team will face this new league format without Araujo and Christensen. And while waiting to know the time of withdrawal Eric Garcia and the recovery of Gavi which is planned for the end of the year. Marc Bernal He will not be able to participate for the whole season after breaking his cruciate ligament last Tuesday in Vallecas. It was one of the great appearances of La Masía in this new season.
Against him Rayo Vallecano made its debut Daniel Olmo with the t-shirt Barcelona. This is the brand new and unique signature of Joan Laporta this season. The former Leipzig player had a superb game after coming off at half-time, changing the course of the game and scoring the comeback goal for the culé team.
A player, with Lamine Yamal, Lewandowski or Raphinha, which will be the most dangerous thing in the world Barcelona of Hansi Film who will make his debut as a Culé coach in the Champions League next September 17th with the dispute of the first day. The schedule and dates will not be known until this Saturday.
He Barcelona Last season they managed to reach the quarter finals. He was eliminated against a PSG who still had Mbappe and directed by Luis Enrique. Xavi Hernández’s men won 2-3 at the Parque de los Príncipes in the first leg and were confident of qualifying for the semi-finals. In the return match at Montjuic, they took the lead and made it 4-2 on aggregate. But later Araujo was sent off and the French team came back to level with four goals, including two from the French star.
