Manchester City Travels Far in the 2019-20 Champions League Group Phase

DBasia.news –  Manchester City are in group C of the 2019-20 Champions League with Dinamo Zagreb, Atalanta and Shakhtar Donetsk. The group is relatively easy, however, Man City’s away game journey is not easy.

Based on the players’ material, Manchester City is certainly superior. The Citizens are strengthened by the best players from around the world. Not to mention, the greatness of Pep Guardiola as manager.

Meanwhile, other contestants are still only supplementary status in the Champions League. Namely Dinamo Zagreb, who last appeared in the 2016-2017 season without winning a single victory.

In addition, there is also a debutant team, Atalanta. Last season, Gian Piero Gasperini’s squad made a surprise by finishing third in the Serie A final standings.

Nevertheless, one problem that Man City will face is distance. As according to the Daily Mail report, The Citizens will travel 6,000 kilometers during the group phase. The distance is fairly far compared to other clubs.

The Furthest journey of Sergio Aguero and his mates was when they visited Shaktar headquarters. The distance Manchester City will took was is 3,464 kilometers. Meanwhile, when against Atalanta, Man City will head to Milan as the Serie A representative are borrowing San Siro as a base while competing in the Champions League.

The thousands of kilometers distance will be predicted to be difficult. As the competition in the UK is famous for being solid. The Premier League team alone must strengthen three domestic competitions, namely the Premier League, the English League Cup and the FA Cup. As a result, the break time was cut short.

Apart from Manchester City, another English team who will face similar difficulties is Tottenham Hotspur. As Harry Kane and his mates will face a trip of 5,000 kilometers during the group phase.

Meanwhile, Chelsea and Liverpool can still smile. As the Reds only covered a distance of less than 4,000 kilometers, while Chelsea only 2,724 kilometers.