The competition champion, Bayern Munich, faced Atletico Madrid, Red Bull Salzburg and Lokomotiv Moscow in Group A of the Champions League following Thursday’s draw in Geneva.
Bayern were eliminated from the semi-finals of the 2015/16 Champions League by Atletico, looking like Diego Simeone advancing home goals while Pep Guardiola’s Bayern failed in the quarter-finals for the third consecutive season, but last faced Lok moscow in 1995/96. UEFA Cup They never met Austria champion RB Salzburg.
Bundesliga rivals Borussia Dortmund will also feel they have the chance to move from Group F, where they were tied alongside Russian champion Zenit St Petersburg, Italian Lazio and Belgian Club Brugge.
BVB have faced Zenit and Bruges in years, travelled to St. Petersburg in the eighth round in 2014 and faced Bruges as the organization’s stage in 2018. Dortmund last faced Lazio in the quarter-finals of the 1995 UEFA Cup, this time to face former player Cyrus still.
With only their third appearance in the Champions League, RB Leipzig will have to face at least one more difficult task in the role, having been tied in Group H alongside Paris Saint-Germain, who eliminated him from the semi-final of last season’s Lisbon tournament.
English giant Manchester United and Turkish newcomer Istanbul Basaksehir form a set of clubs whose ownership models will have to be the worst nightmare of many classic football fans.
Finally, Borussia Monchengladbach is back in the Champions League for the first time since 2016, but faces a huge challenge in Group B alongside Real Madrid, 13-time European champion, Inter Milan, Europa League finalists and Ukrainian champion Shakhtar Donetsk.
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