The Barça wants to go back to reign
Schedule and TV of the draw of the phase of groups of the Champions
Published:28/08/2018 - 17:52h
Updated:30/08/2018 - 19:07h
This Thursday in the afternoon will celebrate the draw of the Phase of Groups that will decide which teams confront in the present edition of the Champions League in which the Real Madrid will have to defend his championship. The FC Barcelona is one of the favourites
The key moment is about to to arrive. This Thursday in the afternoon will celebrate the draw of the phase of groups of the Champions League, that will determine the three rivals that will have the FC Barcelona in the phase of groups of the tournament, in which it expects that the Barcelona group go back to show like one of the applicants to win the esteemed title.
The draw will take place in the Forum Grimaldi of Montecarlo to the 17.30 hours, will be able to be still in direct by television by the channels Goal TV, Esport3, Movistar #0 and Movistar League of Champions and will serve so that the 32 teams classified for the final phase of the competition know his rivals in the liguilla that will classify to 16 of them for the phase of eighth of final.
The Real Madrid is the current champion of the Champions League and, more specifically, has won the three last editions. The FC Barcelona has not had a very stood out paper these last years, since it has fallen in the phase of quarter-finals in the three last occasions, something that the ones of Ernesto Valverde have to commission of revertir.
Especially painful was the defeat of the past season in hands of the Rome. The Barça there was goleado by 4-1 in the Camp Nou and travelled to the Italian capital with the half work fact. Nevertheless, the roman team put the batteries in front of a Barça unknown and achieved to trace back. Nevertheless, this season is another history and the team has to learn of his errors.
New format in the Champions League
This season, the format of the competition will change from quarter-finals. When already it have contested the phase of groups, all the applicants will know to his first rival by means of draw, and afterwards will organise the signpost that will carry to the big final. On the one hand or by the another, all will know who are his possible opponents, breaking with the norm of the draw by round.
Since the calendar already is configured to avoid possible coincidences, already knows when will occur this definite step, and in this edition will take place on 15 March 2019. It will be from then when it touch to prepare and give it everything to go advancing, with the only aim to finish raising the the trophy in Wanda Metropolitan the next 1 June.
