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We could see if we will dig out a few of the extra curious matchups from that:

• Olympiakos v Pafos is the battle of the Greek audio system

• Additionally with Olympiakos – they are going to play Actual Madrid and Barcelona

• Tottenham return to Bodø/Glimt in a rematch of final season's Europa League semi-final. Erling Haaland's Manchester Metropolis additionally go to Norway

• Marseille v Newcastle may be very 1999

• David Luiz's Pafos head to Chelsea

• An all-yellow Dortmund v Villarreal

And … Chelsea will play all 4 of the opponents they beat within the knockout levels on their strategy to the Champions League in 2012: Napoli, Benfica, Barcelona, Bayern Munich

Simply to be clear: these fixtures will not be as they are going to be performed chronologically. The schedule will likely be launched by Uefa on Saturday.

Kairat Almaty v Pafos – phwoar

Copenhagen: Dortmund (h), Barcelona (a), Leverkusen (h), Villarreal (a), Napoli (h), Tottenham (a), Kairat Almaty (h), Qarabag (a)

Kairat Almaty: Actual Madrid (h), Inter (a), Membership Brugge (h), Arsenal (a), Olympiakos (h), Sporting (a), Pafos (h), Copenhagen (a)

Pafos: Bayern Munich (h), Chelsea (a), Villarreal (h), Juventus (a), Slavia Prague (h), Olympiakos (a), Monaco (h), Kairat Almaty (a)

Union S-G: Inter (h), Bayern Munich (a), Atalanta (h), Atlético (a), Marseille (h), PSV (a), Newcastle (h), Galatasaray (a)

Newcastle: Barcelona (h), PSG (a), Benfica (h), Leverkusen (a), PSV (h), Marseille (a), Athletic Membership (h), Union S-G (a)

Galatasaray: Liverpool (h), Man Metropolis (a), Atlético (h), Frankfurt (a), Bodø/Glimt (h), Ajax (a), Union S-G (h), Monaco (a)

Monaco: Man Metropolis (h), Actual Madrid (a), Juventus (h), Membership Brugge (a), Tottenham (h), Bodø/Glimt (a), Galatasaray (h), Pafos (a)

Qarabag: Chelsea (h), Liverpool (a), Frankfurt (h), Benfica (a), Ajax (h), Napoli (a), Copenhagen (h), Athletic Membership (a)

Athletic Membership: PSG (h), Dortmund (a), Arsenal (h), Atalanta (a), Sporting (h), Slavia Prague (a), Qarabag (h), Newcastle (a)

Pot 4 will full the set. Newcastle are in right here with debutants Kairat Almaty, Pafos and Union Saint-Gilloise

Napoli: Chelsea (h), Man Metropolis (a), Frankfurt (h), Benfica (a), Sporting (h), PSV (a), Qarabag (h), Copenhagen (a)

PSV: Bayern Munich (h), Liverpool (a), Atlético (h), Leverkusen (a), Napoli (h), Olympiakos (a), Union S-G (h), Newcastle (a)

Slavia Prague: Barcelona (h), Inter (a), Arsenal (h), Atalanta (a), Bodø/Glimt (h), Tottenham (a), Athletic Membership (h), Pafos (a)

Ajax: Inter (h), Chelsea (a), Benfica (h), Villarreal (a), Olympiakos (h), Marseille (a), Galatasaray (h), Qarabag (a)

Olympiakos: Actual Madrid (h), Barcelona (a), Leverkusen (h), Arsenal (a), PSV (h), Ajax (a), Pafos (h), Kairat Almaty (a)

Sporting: PSG (h), Bayern Munich (a), Membership Brugge (h), Juventus (a), Marseille (h), Napoli (a), Kairat Almaty (h), Athletic Membership (a)

Bodø/Glimt: Man Metropolis (h), Dortmund (a), Juventus (h), Atlético (a), Tottenham (h), Slavia Prague (a), Monaco (h), Galatasaray (a)

Tottenham: Dortmund (h), PSG (a), Villarreal (h), Frankfurt (a), Slavia Prague (h), Bodø/Glimt (a), Copenhagen (h), Monaco (a)

Marseille: Liverpool (h), Actual Madrid (a), Atalanta (h), Membership Brugge (a), Ajax (h), Sporting (a), Newcastle (h), Union S-G (a)

Pot 3's groups are up subsequent. Tottenham, Napoli and Ajax amongst them.

Arsenal v Atlético Madrid maybe the standout new fixture from that lot?

Villarreal: Man Metropolis (h), Dortmund (a), Juventus (h), Leverkusen (a), Ajax (h), Tottenham (a), Copenhagen (h), Pafos (a)

Atlético: Inter (h), Liverpool (a), Frankfurt (h), Arsenal (a), Bodø/Glimt (h), PSV (a), Union S-G (h), Galatasaray (a)

Juventus: Dortmund (h), Actual Madrid (a), Benfica (h), Villarreal (a), Sporting (h), Bodø/Glimt (a), Pafos (h), Monaco (a)

Frankfurt: Liverpool (h), Barcelona (a), Atalanta (h), Atlético (a), Tottenham (h), Napoli (a), Galatasaray (h), Qarabag (a)

Membership Brugge: Barcelona (h), Bayern Munich (a), Arsenal (h), Atalanta (a), Marseille (h), Sporting (a), Monaco (h), Kairat Almaty (a)

Benfica: Actual Madrid (h), Chelsea (a), Leverkusen (h), Juventus (a), Napoli (h), Ajax (a), Qarabag (h), Newcastle (a)

Atalanta: Chelsea (h), PSG (a), Membership Brugge (h), Frankfurt (a), Slavia Prague (h), Marseille (a), Athletic Membership (h), Union S-G (a)

Arsenal: Bayern Munich (h), Inter (a), Atlético (h), Membership Brugge (a), Olympiakos (h), Slavia Prague (a), Kairat Almaty (h), Athletic Membership (a)

Bayer Leverkusen: PSG (h), Man Metropolis (a), Villarreal (h), Benfica (a), PSV (h), Olympiakos (a), Newcastle (h), Copenhagen (a)

Time for Pot 2

Properly, some blockbuster ties in there. Actual Madrid at Anfield, Barcelona at Stamford Bridge, Tottenham on the Parc des Princes …

Man Metropolis: Dortmund (h), Actual Madrid (a), Leverkusen (h), Villarreal (a), Napoli (h), Bodø/Glimt (a), Galatasaray (h), Monaco (a)

PSG: Bayern Munich (h), Barcelona (a), Atalanta (h), Leverkusen (a), Tottenham (h), Sporting (a), Newcastle (h), Athletic Membership (a)

Barcelona: PSG (h), Chelsea (a), Frankfurt (h), Membership Brugge (a), Olympiakos (h), Slavia Prague (a), Copenhagen (h), Newcastle (a)

Liverpool: Actual Madrid (h), Inter (a), Atlético (h), Frankfurt (a), PSV (h), Marseille (a), Qarabag (h), Galatasaray (a)

Dortmund: Inter (h), Man Metropolis (a), Villarreal (h), Juventus (a), Bodø/Glimt (h), Tottenham (a), Athletic Membership (h), Copenhagen (a)

Inter: Liverpool (h), Dortmund (a), Arsenal (h), Atlético (a), Slavia Prague (h), Ajax (a), Kairat Almaty (h), Union St-Gilloise (a)

Actual Madrid: Man Metropolis (h), Liverpool (a), Juventus (h), Benfica (a), Marseille (h), Olympiakos (a), Monaco (h), Kairat Almaty (a)

Barcelona (h), Bayern Munich (a), Benfica (h), Atalanta (a), Ajax (h), Napoli (a), Pafos (h), Qarabag (a)

Bayern Munich: Chelsea (h), PSG (a), Membership Brugge (h), Arsenal (a), Sporting (h), PSV (a), Union Saint-Gilloise (h), Pafos (a)

The 9 groups from Pot 1 are about to be drawn one after the other by Ibrahimovic, with Kaká urgent a button to find out their eight opponents.

The balls are of their pots, the supercomputer is prepared. Let's get this began!

Whereas the flowery graphics are dancing on our screens, Adam Sutton has emailed in to supply some predictions for the Champions League this season:

• Chelsea to achieve a minimum of the semi-finals

• Bayer Leverkusen (and Ten Hag) to beat an English aspect away from residence

• Kairat Almaty to go unbeaten at residence

We'll maintain you to these, Adam

Giorgio Marchetti has arrived, which implies we should be shut. Uefa's deputy basic secretary celebrates the impression of the brand new 36-team league section final season, pointing to the truth that it had essentially the most objectives per match within the competitors's historical past.

We are going to, in fact, get one final have a look at the technical process – an opportunity for me to understand the place I've gone improper to date …

After a fairly cringe-worthy dramatised video, Zlatan Ibrahimovic is handed the Uefa president's award by Ceferin. “My prime 10 objectives shouldn't be that unhealthy,” he says. “The England goal was good as a result of it was towards England …”

Zlatan begins to move off stage earlier than being reminded of his draw-conducting duties. He will likely be joined by Kaká: “The great man and the unhealthy man,” Zlatan gives.

Anyway, the process. That's what we're right here for. Listed here are the details:

• Every workforce will play eight fixtures: towards two groups from every pot, together with their very own. Which suggests there will likely be some heavyweight clashes between groups in Pot 1

• Groups can't play anybody else from their very own nation at this stage

• One workforce can't play greater than two groups from the identical nation – so, for instance, Chelsea can't play Actual Madrid, Barcelona and Atlético Madrid

• The highest eight from the 36-team league desk advance to the final 16; Eighth-Twenty fourth go right into a playoff; Twenty fifth-Thirty sixth are out

• Group-stage fixtures will happen from September to January

Received it? If not, here's a handy video explainer courtesy of Uefa.

Hosts Pedro Pinto and Reshmin Chowdhury welcome Uefa president Aleksander Ceferin on to the stage in Monaco. Their first job is to award Chelsea a particular plaque celebrating their achievement of successful each Uefa competitors, culminating, in fact, with their triumph within the Europa Convention League in Could.

We'll begin with the simple bit. 4 pots of 9 groups every, based on Uefa coefficient.

Pot 1
1. Paris Saint-Germain (FRA)
2. Actual Madrid (ESP)
3. Manchester Metropolis (ENG)
4. Bayern Munich (GER)
5. Liverpool (ENG)
6. Inter (ITA)
7. Chelsea (ENG)
8. Borussia Dortmund (GER)
9. Barcelona (ESP)

Pot 2
10. Arsenal (ENG)
11. Bayer Leverkusen (GER)
12. Atlético Madrid (ESP)
13. Benfica (POR)
14. Atalanta (ITA)
15. Villarreal (ESP)
16. Juventus (ITA)
17. Eintracht Frankfurt (GER)
18. Membership Brugge (BEL)

Pot 3
19. Tottenham (ENG)
20. PSV Eindhoven (NED)
21. Ajax (NED)
22. Napoli (ITA)
23. Sporting Clube de Portugal (POR)
24. Olympiakos (GRE)
25. Slavia Praha (CZE)
26. Bodø/Glimt (NOR)
27. Marseille (FRA)

Pot 4
28. Copenhagen (DEN)
29. Monaco (FRA)
30. Galatasaray (TUR)
31. Union Saint-Gilloise (BEL)
32. Qarabag (AZE)
33. Athletic Membership (ESP)
34. Newcastle (ENG)
35. Pafos (CYP)
36. Kairat Almaty (KAZ)

Properly, properly, properly. Right here we go once more. Three months after Paris Saint-Germain lifted the trophy in Munich, the Champions League begins to take form once more for an additional season. Dignitaries of the 36 certified golf equipment are gathered on the glitzy Grimaldi Discussion board in Monaco to find who their opponents will likely be within the expanded league section, which made its debut final marketing campaign to largely optimistic opinions.

After Celtic and Rangers had been dumped out on the playoff spherical this week, there will likely be simply the six British groups concerned – all of them English. They're Premier League champions Liverpool, Membership World Cup winners Chelsea, Europa League conquerors Tottenham, Arsenal, Manchester Metropolis and Newcastle. Let's simply say Alexander Isak is likely to be taken with multiple workforce's set of eight fixtures.

Whereas our buddies at Uefa discuss away on stage, I'll endeavour to elucidate the process for the attract layman's phrases as a result of, properly, that's the one probability I've bought. Let's have your ideas, reactions and predictions for the Champions League this season – you may electronic mail me right here.