New Champions League: what are the first phase matches?

• The configuration establishes that there are 36 teams. The top eight advance directly to the round of 16. From 9 to 24 they will be paired for another round of 16 from which the teams that complete the round of 16 will emerge | Photo: EFE

With great clashes, reunions, historic classics and unfinished business on the pitch, the new Champions League kicks off, brought to the forefront of the football calendar at the Grimaldi Forum in Monaco, with the legendary Italian goalkeeper Gianluigi Buffon and the legendary Portuguese striker Cristiano Ronaldo as masters of ceremonies, innocent hands in charge of charting the competitive paths of the teams.

The Champions League, which will feature 36 teams, four more than before, was quickly set up and its schedule will be presented on August 31.

With the only premise that teams from the same federation do not face each other in the first phase, the initial part of the tournament was established, with 4 groups of 9 clubs. There will not be a round trip as until now. Four of them will play at home and the other four will play away.

There will also be no group classification. Instead, there will be a general classification of the 36 teams. The top eight will go directly to the last 16. From 9 to 24 they will be paired for another round of 16 from which the teams that complete the last 16 will be chosen. The last 12 in the general classification will be eliminated. They will not go to the Europa League either.

Spanish football will therefore have four representatives for the next European season: Real Madrid, the reigning champions, Barcelona, ​​Atlético Madrid and Girona, one of the Champions League debutants and for whom every duel is a prize.

First round clashes of the new Champions League

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-Manchester City (ENG) will play at home against Inter (ITA), Club Brugge (BEL), Feyenoord (NED) and Sparta Prague (CZE), and will visit PSG (FRA), Juventus (ITA), Sporting (POR) and Slovan Bratislava (SVK)

-Inter Milan (ITA) will play at home against RB Leipzig (GER), Arsenal (ENG), Red Star (SRB) and Monaco (FRA), and will visit Manchester City (ENG), Bayer Leverkusen (GER), Young Boys (SUI) and Sparta Prague (CZE)

-Bayern Munich (GER) will play at home against PSG (FRA), Benfica (POR), Dinamo Zagreb (CRO) and Slovan Bratislava (SVK), and will visit Barcelona (ESP), Shakhtar Donetsk (UKR), Feyenoord (NED) and Aston Villa (ENG)

-RB Leipzig (GER) will play at home against Liverpool (ENG), Juventus (ITA), Sporting (POR) and Aston Villa (ENG), and will visit Inter Milan (ITA), Atlético de Madrid (ESP), Celtic (ESC) and Sturm Graz (AUT)

-Borussia Dortmund (GER) will play at home against Barcelona (ESP), Shakhtar Donetsk (UKR), Celtic (ESC) and Sturm Graz (AUT), and will visit Real Madrid (ESP), Club Brugge (BEL), Dinamo Zagreb (CRO) and Bologna (ITA)

-Barcelona (ESP) will play at home against Bayern Munich (GER), Atalanta (ITA), Young Boys (SUI) and Brest (FRA), and will visit Borussia Dortmund (GER), Benfica (POR), Red Star (SUI) and Monaco (FRA)

-Real Madrid (ESP) will play at home against Borussia Dortmund (GER), Milan (ITA), Salzburg (AUT) and Stuttgart (GER), and will visit Liverpool (ENG), Atalanta (ITA), Lille (FRA) and Brest (FRA)

-PSG (FRA) will play at home against Manchester City (ENG), Atlético de Madrid (ESP), PSV Eindhoven (NED) and Girona (ESP), and will visit Bayern Munich (GER), Arsenal (ENG), Salzburg (AUT) and Stuttgart (GER)

-Liverpool (ENG) will play at home against Real Madrid (ESP), Bayer Leverkusen (GER), Lille (FRA) and Bologna (ITA), and will visit RB Leipzig (GER), Milan (ITA), PSV (NED) and Girona (ESP)

-Bayer Leverkusen (GER) will play at home against Inter Milan (ITA), Milan (ITA), Salzburg (AUT) and Sparta Prague (CZE), and will visit Liverpool (ENG), Atlético de Madrid (ESP), Feyenoord (NED) and Brest (FRA).

-Atlético de Madrid (ESP) will play at home against RB Leipzig (GER), Bayer Leverkusen (GER), Lille (FRA) and Slovan Bratislava (SVK), and will visit PSG (FRA), Benfica (POR), Salzburg (AUT) and Sparta Prague (CZE).

-Atalanta (ITA) will play at home against Real Madrid (ESP), Arsenal (ENG), Celtic (ESC) and Sturm Graz (AUT), and will visit Barcelona (ESP), Shakhtar Donetsk (UKR), Young Boys (SUI) and Stuttgart (GER)

-Juventus (ITA) will play at home against Manchester City (ENG), Benfica (POR), PSV (NED) and Stuttgart (GER), and will visit RB Leipzig (GER), Club Brugge (BEL), Lille (FRA) and Aston Villa (ENG)

-Benfica (POR) will play at home against Barcelona (ESP), Atlético de Madrid (ESP), Feyenoord (NED) and Bologna (ITA), and will visit Bayern Munich (GER), Juventus (ITA), Red Star (SRB) and Monaco (FRA)

-Arsenal (ENG) will play at home against PSG (FRA), Shakhtar Donetsk (UKR), Dinamo Zagreb (CRO) and Monaco (FRA), and will visit Inter (ITA), Atalanta (ITA), Sporting (POR) and Girona (ESP)

– Club Brugge (BEL) will play at home against Borussia Dortmund (GER), Juventus (ITA), Sporting (POR) and Aston Villa (ENG), and will visit Manchester City (ENG), Milan (ITA), Celtic (ESC) and Sturm Graz (AUT)

-Shakhtar Donetsk (UKR) will play at home against Bayern Munich (GER), Atalanta (ITA), Young Boys (SUI) and Brest (FRA), and will visit Borussia Dortmund (GER), Arsenal (ENG), PSV (NED) and Bologna (ITA)

-Milan (ITA) will play at home against Liverpool (ENG), Club Brugge (BEL), Red Star (SRB) and Girona (ESP) and will visit Real Madrid (ESP), Bayer Leverkusen (GER), Dinamo Zagreb (CRO) and Slovan Bratislava (SVK)

-Feyenoord (NED) will play at home against Bayern Munich (GER), Bayer Leverkusen (GER), Salzburg (AUT) and Sparta Prague (CZE), and will visit Manchester City (ENG), Benfica (POR), Lille (FRA) and Girona (ESP)

-Sporting (POR) will play at home against Manchester City (ENG), Arsenal (ENG), Lille (FRA) and Bologna (ITA), and will visit RB Leipzig (GER), Club Brugge (BEL), PSV (NED) and Sturm Graz (AUT)

-PSV Eindhoven (NED), will play at home against Liverpool (ENG), Shakhtar Donetsk (UKR), Sporting (POR), Girona (ESP), and will visit PSG (FRA), Juventus (ITA), Red Star (SRB) and Brest (FRA)

-Dinamo Zagreb (CRO) will play at home against Borussia Dortmund (GER), Milan (ITA), Celtic (ESC), Monaco (FRA), and will visit Bayern Munich (GER), Arsenal (ENG), Salzburg (AUT) and Slovan Bratislava (SVK)

-Salzburg (AUT) will play at home against PSG (FRA), Atlético de Madrid (ESP), Dinamo Zagreb (CRO) and Brest (FRA), and will visit Real Madrid (ESP), Bayer Leverkusen (GER), Feyenoord (NED) and Sparta Prague (CZE)

-Lille (FRA) will play at home against Real Madrid (ESP), Juventus (ITA), Feyenoord (NED) and Sturm Graz (AUT), and will visit Liverpool (ENG), Atlético de Madrid (ESP), Sporting (POR) and Bologna (ITA)

-Red Star (SRB) will play at home against Barcelona (ESP), Benfica (POR), PSV (NED) and Stuttgart (GER), and will visit Inter (ITA), Milan (ITA), Young Boys (SUI) and Monaco (FRA)

-Young Boys (SUI) will play at home against Inter (ITA), Atalanta (ITA), Red Star (SRB) and Aston Villa (ENG), and will visit Barcelona (ESP), Shakhtar Donetsk (UKR), Celtic (ESC) and Stuttgart (GER)

-Celtic (ESC) will play at home against RB Leipzig (GER), Club Brugge (BEL), Young Boys (SUI) and Slovan Bratislava (SVK), and will visit Borussia Dortmund (GER), Atalanta (ITA), Dinamo Zagreb (CRO) and Aston Villa (ENG).

-Slovan Bratislava (SVK) will play at home against Manchester City (ENG), Milan (ITA), Dinamo Zagreb (CRO) and Stuttgart (GER), and will visit Bayern Munich (GER), Atlético de Madrid (ESP), Celtic (ESC) and Girona (ESP)

– Monaco (FRA) will play at home against Barcelona (ESP), Benfica (POR), Red Star (SRB) and Aston Villa (ENG), and will visit Inter (ITA), Arsenal (ENG), Dinamo Zagreb (CRO) and Bologna (ITA)

-Sparta Prague (CZE) will play at home against Inter Milan (ITA), Atlético de Madrid (ESP), Salzburg (AUT) and Brest (FRA), and will visit Manchester City (ENG), Bayer Leverkusen (GER), Feyenoord (NED) and Stuttgart (GER).

-Aston Villa (ENG) will play at home against Bayern Munich (GER), Juventus (ITA), Celtic (ESC) and Bologna (ITA), and will visit RB Leipzig (GER), Club Brugge (BEL), Young Boys (SUI) and Monaco (FRA).

-Bologna (ITA) will play at home against Borussia Dortmund (GER), Shakhtar Donetsk (UKR), Lille (FRA) and Monaco (FRA), and will visit Liverpool (ENG), Benfica (POR), Sporting (POR) and Aston Villa (ENG)

– Girona (ESP) will play at home against Liverpool (ENG), Arsenal (ENG), Feyenoord (NED) and Slovan Bratislava (SVK), and will visit PSG (FRA), Milan (ITA), PSV (NED) and Sturm Graz (AUT)

-Stuttgart (GER) will play at home against PSG (FRA), Atalanta (ITA), Young Boys (SUI), Sparta Prague (CZE), and will visit Real Madrid (ESP), Juventus (ITA), Red Star (ITA) and Slovan Bratislava (SVK).

-Sturm Graz (AUT) will play at home against RB Leipzig (GER), Club Brugge (BEL), Sporting (POR) and Girona (ESP), and will visit Borussia Dortmund (GER), Atalanta (ITA), Lille (FRA) and Brest (FRA)

-Brest (FRA) will play at home against Real Madrid (ESP), Bayer Leverkusen (GER), PSV (NED) and Sturm Graz (AUT), and will visit Barcelona (ESP), Shakhtar Donetsk (UKR), Salzburg (AUT) and Sparta Prague (CZE).

With information from EFE

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