Yesterday in Monte Carlo was the day of draw for the new one Champions League. New formula and combinations decided by the algorithms: each team will face them 8 in an open championship 36 formations with final ranking. Inter e Juventus they find the Manchester City reigning champions: the Nerazzurri away, the Bianconeri at home.
For Inzaghi's men, in the first phase, also Leipzig, Arsenal, Leverkusen, Red Star, Young Boys, Monaco and Sparta Prague. Juve will also face Benfica, PSV Eindhoven and Stuttgart at home and Leipzig, Bruges, Lille and Aston Villa away.
Il Milan will have Liverpool, Brugge, Red Star and Girona at home and Real Madrid, Bayer Leverkusen, Dinamo Zagreb and Slovan Bratislava away. Bologna draws Borussia Dortmund at home, Liverpool and Benfica away. For theAtalanta There will be Real Madrid, Arsenal, Celtic and Sturm Graz at home and Barcelona, Shakhtar, Young Boys and Stuttgart away.
Le Race dates they will get to know each other Saturday.
Champions League draw, new format
The new format includes a 36-team championship phase with single ranking: first day between September 17th and 19th, last round on January 29th. The top eight teams advance directly to the round of 24; the teams ranked from ninth to XNUMXth play in the play-offs for the knockout stage and the winners advance to the round of XNUMX. From that moment on, the competition will continue with the classic formula direct elimination.
These, in detail and waiting for the calendar, the challenges that await the five Italian teams involved in the Champions League, eliminated from last night's draw.
Inter
Inter-Leipzig Manchester City-Inter
Inter-Arsenal Bayer Leverkusen-Inter
Inter-Stella Rossa Young Boys-Inter
Inter-Monaco Sparta Prague-Inter
Atalanta
Atalanta-Real Madrid Barcelona-Atalanta
Atalanta-Arsenal Shakthar-Atalanta
Atalanta-Celtic Glasgow Young Boys-Atalanta
Atalanta-Sturm Graz Stuttgart-Atalanta
Juventus
Juventus-Manchester City Leipzig-Juventus
Juventus-Benfica Bruges-Juventus
Juventus-PSV Eindhoven Lille-Juventus
Juventus-Stuttgart Aston Villa-Juventus
Milan
Milan-Liverpool Real Madrid-Milan
Milan-Bruges B.Leverkusen-Milan
Milan-Red Star Dynamo-Milan
Milan-Girona S.Bratislava-Milan
Bologna
Bologna-Borussia-Dortmund Liverpool-Boloogna
Bologna-Shakthar Benfica-Shakthar Bologna-Lille Sporting Lisbon-Bologna
Bologna-Monaco Aston Villa-Bologna.