Champions League draw, Today 7PM

Mishale

Elder Lister
Champions League draw: When does it take place? Who has qualified? All you need to know

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Chelsea beat Manchester City in last year's final



Who is in the draw?
There are 26 teams that have qualified for the group stage automatically, with a further six sides progressing via the play-offs.
Spain have five qualifiers, four through their finish in La Liga plus Villarreal after winning the Europa League.

Spain: Atletico Madrid, Real Madrid, Barcelona, Sevilla, Villarreal

England: Manchester City, Manchester United, Liverpool, Chelsea

Germany: Bayern Munich, RB Leipzig, Borussia Dortmund, Wolfsburg

Italy: Inter Milan, AC Milan, Atalanta, Juventus

France: Lille, Paris St-Germain

Portugal: Sporting Lisbon, Porto, Benfica

Russia: Zenit St Petersburg

Belgium: Club Brugge

Ukraine: Dynamo Kyiv

Netherlands: Ajax

Turkey: Besiktas

Switzerland: Young Boys

Sweden: Malmo

Plus three qualifiers from Wednesday night's final play-off matches.


What are the seeding pots?

Teams will be split into four seeding pots, with pot one containing the holders Chelsea and Europa League winners Villarreal.
The remaining pot one teams are made up of the champions from the six highest-ranked nations;
Manchester City (England), Atletico Madrid (Spain), Inter Milan (Italy), Bayern Munich (Germany), Lille (France), Sporting Lisbon (Portugal).

Pots two, three and four will be determined by Uefa's club coefficient.


How does the draw work?
At this stage, no sides from their own association can be drawn against each other. For example, Manchester City will avoid a meeting with rivals Manchester United.

If associations have two representatives, such as Lille and PSG from France, those teams will be paired so that their matches can be split between Tuesday and Wednesday.

If associations have four or more representatives, which is the case for Spain, England, Germany and Italy, then two pairings will be made.
The 32 teams will be put into eight groups of four.


When will the group matches take place?

Matchday one: 14/15 September

Matchday two: 28/29 September

Matchday three: 19/20 October

Matchday four: 2/3 November

Matchday five: 23/24 November

Matchday six: 7/8 December


How does the competition work?
The top two teams from each group will advance to the last-16 knockout stage.
Teams finishing third in each group will drop down to the Europa League last-16 stage, where they will face the runners-up from the Europa League groups.
This year's Champions League final takes place at the St Petersburg Stadium in Russia on Saturday, 28 May.



The Champions League pots are set for today's draw



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Every Champions League final

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NOTE


Abolition of the away goals rule in all UEFA club competitions

With the decision to remove this rule, ties in which the two teams score the same number of goals over the two legs would be not decided on the number of goals scored away, but two 15-minute periods of extra time are played at the end of the second leg and in case the teams score the same number of goals or no goals during this extra time, kicks from the penalty mark would determine the team which qualifies to the next stage of the competition.
 

Mishale

Elder Lister
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Carabao Cup third-round draw

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Manchester City have won the League Cup in each of the last four seasons


Manchester United will host West Ham United in the Carabao Cup third round.
The tie will see Hammers boss David Moyes return to the club that sacked him in 2014 after 10 months in charge.

Four-time defending champions Manchester City will host League One side Wycombe Wanderers while Nuno Espirito Santo returns to his former club as Tottenham face Wolves.

Chelsea host Aston Villa and Norwich City welcome Liverpool in the other all-Premier League ties.
The games will take place in the week commencing 20 September.


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Watch all the goals as Arsenal hit West Brom for 6

 

JazzMan

Elder Lister
This season, the teams to beat are Chelsea, PSG and Man City. Early assessments but of course vindu vichenjanga. Ancelloti might pull a surprise na Klopp pia aamue kuleta masterclass.
 

Mishale

Elder Lister
This season, the teams to beat are Chelsea, PSG and Man City. Early assessments but of course vindu vichenjanga. Ancelloti might pull a surprise na Klopp pia aamue kuleta masterclass.
true.
Leipzig would be there kaa coach angebaki, they have gained necessary experiece to have a threat.

but tu sisahau Atletico na Juve na pia Atalanta.
The CL has proved over and over that you might be doing well in your league but utolewe au kosa kushinda CL. some have been average kwa ligi but CL wanatandika watu.

but Man City might win it
 

Othello

Elder Lister
for me hardest group is Groups A na B then tricky Groups ni E na F.

Millan na Porto wanaeza suprise watu, na Leipzig kaa loss ya coach wao haitawaffect, wateleta shida pia.
Man U na Villa ni draws game zote mbili, so Atalanta wanaeza take advantage.
Barca wakicheza, Benfica watapenya kimchezo.
The good thing about is utd gets disappointed by the least expected. Last season walipiga PSG and Leipzig round one only to be disappointed vibaya sana. I won't be surprised wakitolewa group stage as usual 😆
 

Mishale

Elder Lister
My predictions for top 3 in each group

Group A

Paris
Manchester City
Leipzig

Group B
Atlético
Liverpool
Milan

Group C
Dortmund
Ajax
Sporting CP

Group D
Inter
Real Madrid
Shakhtar

Group E
Bayern
Barcelona
Benfica

Group F
Villarreal
Manchester United
Atalanta

Group G
LOSC
Sevilla
Wolfsburg

Group H
Chelsea
Juventus
Zenit
 

Mishale

Elder Lister
The good thing about is utd gets disappointed by the least expected. Last season walipiga PSG and Leipzig round one only to be disappointed vibaya sana. I won't be surprised wakitolewa group stage as usual 😆
yeah.
inaeza kua number one Atalanta, then Villarreal, then United. (alafu Europa watolewe na Arsenal)
 

Mishale

Elder Lister
Benjamin Mendy: Manchester City footballer charged with rape
Published
2 hours ago


Benjamin Mendy

image sourcePA Media
image captionBenjamin Mendy has been remanded in custody

Manchester City footballer Benjamin Mendy has been charged with rape.
The 27-year-old defender has been charged with four counts of rape and one count of sexual assault, Cheshire Police said.
The charges relate to three complainants over the age of 16 and are alleged to have taken place between October 2020 and August this year.

Mr Mendy, of Prestbury, has been remanded in custody and will appear at Chester Magistrates' Court on Friday.
The left-back has played for last season's Premier League champions since 2017, when he joined from Monaco for a reported £52m




Europa League & Europa Conference League draw tomorrow from 2pm
 

Denis Young

Elder Lister
for me hardest group is Groups A na B then tricky Groups ni E na F.

Millan na Porto wanaeza suprise watu, na Leipzig kaa loss ya coach wao haitawaffect, wateleta shida pia.
Man U na Villa ni draws game zote mbili, so Atalanta wanaeza take advantage.
Barca wakicheza, Benfica watapenya kimchezo.
Hapo kwa villareal nimekataa. I guarantee a win home and away. Hizi ni group stage and United will play with no fear.
 

Mishale

Elder Lister
Europa League & Europa Conference League draw tomorrow from 2pm
@mzeiya, @Pamba 1 what say you? 😂 Watu wanagawana nyama nyinyi iko wapi..
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The group stage will be reduced from 48 to 32 teams – eight groups of four. The eight group winners progress automatically to the round of 16.

There will be additional knockout round play-offs prior to the round of 16; these will be between the eight UEFA Europa League group runners-up and the eight third-ranked teams of the UEFA Champions League groups.

Matches will continue to be played on Thursday (other than the final), now alongside UEFA Europa Conference League games. The matches of the two competitions will in principle be equally split between the two time slots: 18:45 CET (no longer 18:55) and 21:00 CET.
 
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