DBasia.news – The 2019-20 Champions League group draw has been held in Monaco on Thursday (8/29) evening Western Indonesian Time. Several big matches exist in several groups. Also, there are interesting facts from the draw.
The defending champion, Liverpool, is in an easy-going group. The Reds occupy Group E with Napoli, Salzburg, and Genk.
Meanwhile, Real Madrid is back to face Paris Saint-Germain after both occupying Group A. Besides the two teams, there are also Club Brugge and Galatasaray.
Juventus, who have big ambitions to win the Champions League, face challenges from Atletico Madrid, Bayer Leverkusen, and Lokomotiv Moscow. The four clubs are members of Group D.
One of the hottest groups is in Group F. Barcelona, Borussia Dortmund, Inter Milan, and Slavia Prague will be elbowing each other to win the top two positions.
BolaSkor.com has collected several interesting facts about the 2019-2020 Champions League group stage competition. Here are 12 of them:
1. Manchester City will face Dinamo Zagreb for the first time in team history. Also, The Citizens never faced opponents from Croatia in European competition.
2. Chelsea has a neat experience while in a group with Valencia. The Blues reached the finals in the 2007-2008 and 2011-2012 seasons.
3. Ajax Amsterdam will face Chelsea for the first time.
4. Tottenham Hotspur last met Bayern Munich in the 1983-1984 UEFA Cup. At that time, The Lilywhites lost 2-1 on aggregate.
5. Since the Champions League format began in 2003-2004, six of the 16 teams that emerged as champions came from Group F (38 percent).
6. Inter are unbeaten in four previous home matches against Barcelona in the Champions League. In detail, the Nerazzurri won one win plus three draws. Of that amount, La Beneamata has two clean sheets.
7. Valencia is unbeaten against LOSC Lille. However, the Spanish representative never won against Ajax and Chelsea.