Lee Kang-in vs Kim Min-jae! The Champions qualifying round is a big battle! → Where's Son Heung-min?
Aug 30, 2024
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On the 30th (Korea time), UEFA held a first-round draw in Monaco for the '2024-2025 UEFA Champions League'.Bayern, which includes Kim Min-jae, will face PSG (home), FC Barcelona (away), Benfica (home), Shaktar Donetsk (away), Dynamo Zagreb (home), Feyenoord (away), Slovan Bratislava (away) and Aston Villa (away).
Lee Kang-in's PSG will play Manchester City (home), Bayern (away), Atletico Madrid (home), Arsenal (home), PSV Eindhoven (home), Salzburg (away), Girona (home) and VfB Stuttgart (away).
Tottenham finished fifth in the Premier League last season and failed to secure a Champions League ticket. He will play in the Europa League, which is lower than the Champions League.
European competitions organized by UEFA, such as the Champions League and the Europa League, have changed their way from this year.
The previous 32 teams participated in the tournament, breaking the traditional framework of holding the tournament through group qualifying rounds.
The number of participating clubs increased to 36. All clubs play the league in a round-robin manner, but not in a full league. Each team will play eight qualifying games in order to arrange the country and the ranking. The draw is a draw of eight matches.
Here, the top eight teams go straight to the round of 16 tournaments.
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From the perspective of soccer fans, the number of games and the number of matches where strong teams meet from the preliminary round has increased, which has increased the number of things to see. The European Football Federation is also expected to increase profits due to increased games. Players have to play more games due to increased schedules.
Real Madrid had a rough schedule, including Borsia Dortmund (home), Liverpool (away), AC Milan (home), Atalanta (home), Salzburg (home), Lille (away), Stuttgart (home) and Brest (away).
Manchester City, the strongest team in the Premier League, will be followed by Inter Milan (home), PSG (away), Club Brugge (home), Juventus (away), Sporting Lisbon (away), Sparta Prague (home) and Slovan Bratislava (away).
In addition to the confrontation between Bayern and PSG, big matches between Real vs Liverpool, Manchester City vs PSG, Bayern vs Barcelona, PSG vs Arsenal are expected in the preliminary round.
dhhan@sportschosun.com
