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ISTANBUL: This unique Champions League season, which has been divided between a sprint and a marathon owing to the World Cup in Qatar, will begin on Tuesday evening with holders Real Madrid kicking off their championship defense in Glasgow.
The first Group “F” match pits Carlo Ancelotti’s team against Scottish champions Celtic, while Manchester City and Paris St. Germain embark on their newest quest to win the premier trophy in European club football for the first time the same evening.
Real Madrid’s 14th European Cup victory made the continued quest for success at City and PSG even more apparent. Despite their respective domestic supremacy and one final appearance each, both teams have massively invested in their quest of the ultimate prize of all. However, the hunger goes unfulfilled.
Carlo Ancelotti’s team is unlikely to be too troubled by the group stage as Real, who have won five of the last nine editions, will attempt to capture a 15th European Cup in Istanbul in June.
In Group “F,” they will also play RB Leipzig and Shakhtar Donetsk. They know full well that even their home loss to Sheriff Tiraspol last year turned out to be meaningless.
Ancelotti told Spanish reporters, “We need to respect these teams because last year we lost the easiest game, which was supposed to be against Sheriff at the Bernabeu.”
He didn’t take long to mention another element that may be relevant this season.
The Champions League group stage normally ends in December, but due to the World Cup being played in Qatar’s milder months from November 20 to November 18, top-tier European football was suspended. As a result, UEFA was forced to extend the group stage into eight full weeks, with the final group matches taking place on November 2.
Teams never play back-to-back Champions League games during a regular season, and the group stage would extend until mid-December.
This season, the Champions League matches are scheduled in three consecutive sets of back-to-back midweeks, so teams may finish their work before many players are called up for international action.
Liverpool manager Jurgen Klopp said, “We will have to be ready not just for the quality of the opposition but also for the different demands and rhythms.” Klopp’s squad starts its season against Napoli on Wednesday in an attempt to move beyond their loss to Real Madrid in the May final.
It’s possible that many players at the top clubs in Europe won’t really feel the effects of that until the knockout stages begin in February, when they will have had to endure the grueling experience of a World Cup in the middle of the season. However, it is fantastical to think that a team outside of a select group of great teams might win the Champions League.
Real will not open the match as the favorite against City, and especially not against a strengthened PSG.
The greatest players, supporters, and teams are brought out by the Champions League. PSG coach Christophe Galtier stated, “To claim that PSG is the favorite would be quite simplistic.
With 10 goals in his first six Premier League games as a new addition, Erling Haaland, City is looking like a juggernaut right now and is favored by many to win their first Champions League.
Although Liverpool and Bayern Munich are strong candidates, Chelsea, Tottenham Hotspur, and Barcelona are still up for grabs.
The most intriguing group this time around is Group “C,” which includes Czech champions Viktoria Plzen along with Bayern, Barcelona, and Inter Milan, who have combined for 14 European Cups. Barca could fail in the group stage for the second consecutive year after a tight season in which they had to sell off assets in order to improve their team in spite of massive debts.
