Bayern to play Barcelona in Champions League, Liverpool to face Ajax Football News – Times of India

Istanbul: Bayern Munich was placed in the same section as Robert Lewandowski barcelona in Thursday’s draw for UEFA Champions League Group stage in Istanbul, while Erling Haaland will face his former club as Manchester City were linked with Borussia Dortmund.
Bayern and Barcelona will also face Inter Milan in Group C, completed by Czech champion Viktoria Plze.
Bayern beat Barcelona 8-2 in a one-sided quarter-final in Lisbon in 2020, while the Catalans also lost 3-0 to the Germans twice last season as they were eliminated in the group stage.

Lewandowski, 34, signed for Barcelona during a close season for a fee that reached 50 million euros ($49.9m) after scoring 344 goals in eight years at Bayern.
Haaland left Dortmund for Premier League champions City in a close season. Those sides in Group G will also face Sevilla and Danish champions FC Copenhagen.
Last season’s finalists liverpool will play ajaxNapoli and Rangers will be in Group A, while defending champions Real Madrid will face Celtic as well as RB Leipzig and Shekhar Donetsk in Group F.
Meanwhile, Paris Saint-Germain – who are again one of the favorites to clinch a trophy that continues to avoid them since the Qatari takeover more than a decade ago – join Juventus as well as Benfica and Israeli champions Maccabi. Will meet in group from Haifa. H.
Chelsea, the winners in 2021, will take on Serie A champions AC Milan as well as Red Bull Salzburg and Dinamo Zagreb in Group E, while Tottenham Hotspur face last season’s Europa League winners Eintracht Frankfurt in Group D with Sporting Lisbon and Marseille. Will be from.
Porto and Atlético Madrid meet for a second season running in Group B, which also includes Bayer Leverkusen and Belgian champions Club Brugge.
This season’s group stage will begin with the first round of games on 6 and 7 September.
All six matchdays will be played over a span of nine weeks, ending on 1 and 2 November, requiring UEFA to complete the group stage before the World Cup begins on 20 November.